Holidays after virus

[Tor88]

I want to go On holiday as we’ve booked for September but I’ll don’t the thought of a holiday with no pool etc is very very boring, I’d love to be able to cancel but we’d lose all the money. We have insurance but this pandemic is not covered by it. So if it’s on we have to go I suppose but I’d just like for them to say no holidays this year etc. Obviously they won’t as tourism is needed for the economy and they’ll keep us hanging on but I think non essential travel will be banned for a while.

 

[Bubble And Squeak]

I am due to take my mum on a surprise holiday to Dubai in October (for her 60th birthday). It has to be paid for by mid August and I really don’t know what to do! I’ve looked at the prices for next year and like most on this thread it’s over double the price I paid and I just won’t be able to afford it then so even if I pay it and it gets cancelled then a voucher may not cover the same holiday again next year. Should I pay the balance in August or just lose my deposit and move on?

We lost our deposit and moved on.. but our deposit was only £49 each so we didn’t lose anything in the grand scheme of things, depends how much your deposit is. If it’s not that much and you really don’t want to go, then I would cancel. Some airlines are staying their flights up again in July so there might not be a chance it will be cancelled on their end

 

[Elsass]

Anyone had any success getting a refund from EasyJet?

Yes!!! Today for flights that were supposed to be late March, right at the start of lockdown

 

[Disneylover]

This guy does a live stream on Insta every day at 3:30 with the latest travel updates and a q&a if anyone’s interested - Simon Calder. It’s interesting.

We holiday 4-5 times a year but I don’t see us getting on a plane in 2020. Quarantines periods will make a holiday near impossible even when flights do start up again and prices for holidays within the U.K. will go through the roof as a result.

Thanks, I’ll give him a follow I like Simon Calder. I agree about uk prices, they’ll rocket. Also availability as well, once they allow holiday parks etc to open it’ll be hard to get anything I think. I’m going to change our holidays to next year, no way I’m getting on a plane this year even if we’re allowed x

 

[JD-Morgan]

I’m due to go to Spain in August but I hope the company lets me rebook for next summer.

The thought of staying in a hotel and using toilets etc when you don’t know who’s been there, as well as the plane journey worsens my anxiety. I know I wouldn’t be able to relax and enjoy myself.

 

[Keiffers pipe]

Sooo anybody have anything planned for the coming few weeks ?

How do you feel about it ?

I have booked something as it was cheap enough for me to loose if I decide not to go. I am swaying between excited and thinking I have gone insane.

I am on the side of people who have taken extreme precautions so really not sure what I was thinking. Even if I do decide to go I have no idea if my body will cooperate ( I had anxiety, panic attacks and PTSD from something prior to covid)

But travel is my life UK or abroad I'm not fussy . I love the freedom and the feeling of going somewhere and no idea where my hotel will be that night. If anything covid has made me realise I want to travel even more than before.

So I'm currently torn between my itchy feet wanting to jump on the plane I booked and crippling anxiety that I have lost my mind and am behaving totally recklessly and I don't know what to do!!


How is everybody else feeling about upcoming trips?

 

[Hello Kitty]

I've got nothing booked and won't be going away this year.

 

[GiggleBee]

Im meant to be on a cruise at the end of September and I really dont want to go now

 

[Disneylover]

If hoildays abroad mean 14days isolation after it will be only the rich or the people with jobs that give them loads of holidays that can go

That’s true, not many people would be able to take a further two weeks annual leave to quarantine

 

[Basicbasic]

I don't think holidays will happen but flights will. Ie if you're travelling say to Germany or turkey to see family it will be fine, but resort holidays won't happen. We were due to pay a massive final balance on our summer holiday to Malaysia but the agents told us it's best not to pay and to ask for a credit note for the deposit. Apparently the credit note it's atol protected and we can use it against another holiday for next year. Still don't know if that's right but it made no sense to pay thousands for a holiday we know will definitely not be happening and it could until the end of the year to get the money back.

 

[Perfectly_Flawed]

I have a holiday booked for October and my husband is frantic about it as he said this will still be going in for long time and he said sharing a pool with people and going into accommodation after people is going to increase the risk of catching this. I dont know what to do as we didnt take holiday insurance and it's a group booking to Lanzarote. Any advice welcome?

Give the pool a miss and why not take a disinfectant spray with you and give the room a once over when you first get in.

 

[jewelkitty]

I had big plans for travel this year but now I think I'm gonna spend this year and next year exploring more local places. I'm from Ireland living in London so I'd love to explore more of both the UK and Ireland. Tourism is going to suffer hugely so I think this is the best time to support tourism at home.

 

[puddington]

Spain has also just announced a mandatory 14-day quarantine for anyone coming into the country, technically only until the end of May but I can see them extending it past that point

 

[Rlaw1978]

What do we think about U.K. holidays this summer?
Are they safe? Will they happen?
I’m still too nervous to book. Simply I can’t afford for a holiday company to take weeks to refund me or give me an alternative date which is much less in cost but keep the difference- I have actually seen this in a few companies small print.
I read that Wales is likely to impose a 5 mile travel limit on visitors, which will put a lot of people off.
I’m figuring October half term will be near enough back to normal and it probably the dates worth looking at?

 

[Summer0408]

I’d be really interested on everybody’s thoughts on going away soon given the new announcements, and if anybody is planning on?
Long story short, we were supposed to get married in Italy on 30th July. That’s all been cancelled and moved to next year BUT we booked a mini moon in Croatia for a week after the wedding, going on 5th August. The hotel has been fully paid and our return flights haven’t been cancelled, and it’s looking likely travel advice will mean that we can go. If we can go the hotel won’t refund us and we can’t claim on the insurance as it’s simply us not wanting to travel, and we’d lose almost £3k.
I’m so conflicted - obviously it’s a lot of money to lose, but more than the money I’d love nothing more than a holiday after the past few months (as we all would) and Croatia has such a low infection rate I wouldn’t be worried about travelling. But on the other hand I’d feel incredibly selfish going away at the moment. Im really interested in what you guys would do?? Xx

I think I'd potentially go just for the sake of not wasting money. It's incredibly difficult and it would depend on the person(s) and how comfortable they would be doing this. But, then again, I think I'd wait until closer to the time, see how things are going and come to my decision then.

 

[Tor88]

Due to go to a turkey 12/09. Just logged in as I couldn’t find our flights on the schedule last night to this. If you’re with first choice/tui may be with a look

 

[Renegadedancer]

Jet2holidays still trying to convince everyone that holidays after 17th June are still going ahead. We all know that is not going to happen. So for a holiday leaving on 20th June for example, to get your deposit back you need to pay the full holiday amount then wait however long for a refund. And you can’t change the dates without paying extra fees. How is that fair?

The problem with paying the balance is that they may have gone bust next year and then you will have even more hassle getting your money back.

 

[Devondoll]

I'm due to go on a cruise to bloody Belguim in November. Looking at their stats I'm not keen

 

[Limw2019]

We had a holiday booked for May to Egypt which was cancelled. We’ve moved to late September for now, but who knows! If we can go, we will!

We’ve also just booked a trip to Dominican next May while the prices are ok!

 

[Juliet]

So they’ve said today and summer holidays are unlikely to go ahead. I don’t know what will happen if companies are still saying the holiday is on, maybe they’ll just agree refunds anyway if people don’t want to travel. Maybe the government will step in.
I know I would not want to go abroad this year personally

Where did you see where that’s been said please?