Thanks for the heads up about Walgreens charging now. I just did a mock booking just now and they were going to charge me when I answered that I had no symptoms. Then I went back and said I had a runny nose and cough it was not going to charge me.
Two weeks ago, I wanted to try out one of these cheap online sites. I booked and did my Walgreens test so I had my negative result just in case I had an issue with my experiment. I used OnPoint and at that time the test was only $9.99 and I used one of the free IHealth test sent out by the government.
Certified Teleservice COVID Testing - OnPoint Testing (onpoint-testing.com)
I was able to set up a session as quick as an hour from when I purchased the appointment. There was a bit of a learning curve because the IHealth tests have a different kit than the EMED but she talked me through it. The one thing I didn't like was that she was asking me my booking number for the cruise and my flight info. I started to get that info for her and asked why she needed it, she said so she could report the results. I told her that I didn't want to give her that information and she that it was not necessary, you can just say you don't want to answer that. I'm glad that I pushed back on that.
She told me the results right then and there and I received an email about 20 minutes later. And yes, I presented those results to board and got through just fine. (Had Walgreens in my pocket just in case. lol) I will be using them again this weekend as I am coming in 3 days early. I see that their fee has popped up to $14.99.