Summer Holidays 2021

[croyde]

2020.

Madeira in April turned into Greece in Sept which in turn has been changed to Canaries this April. I doubt it will happen.

Even 3 days near blooming Guildford in Dec got cancelled and a week oop North last November got moved to Feb and now to March. Again I very much doubt that will happen either.

Add to that even my work is now threatening the sack if we go abroad and then don't book an extra 2 weeks off for quarantine even if there are travel corridors.

I personally think 2021 is already a right off.

[Tyre Smoke]

Booked Tanzania for April, which was a replacement for cancelled Dominican Republic at Christmas which was a replacement for Goa at Christmas which was a replacement for Jamaica last July.

Chances of Tanzania? 50/50 I'd say. Flying with Qatar Airways and Tanzania is pretty much open as normal.
Only problem being if Boris locks us down for foreign travel.

[fridaypassion]

GT03ROB said:

Booking anything right now is a triumph of optimism over reality.

Hoping August is realistic we can drive if absolutely necessary to where we are going. The Mrs was looking at stuff for the May school holidays which I thought was probably not going to happen.

My view is that people did get away last year off the back of the natural advantage we have the weather picking up and reducing virus transmission plus the lockdowns. This year we have the lockdowns/Vaccine/Weather turning so e have everything on our side. I would guess we will still be wearing masks on the plane but barring some other catastrophe coming along I think we will get there.

[markymarkthree]

We have just bought a lodge down in Cornwall. So plenty of holidays to come in the future.

[RammyMP]

My neighbour has booked a week in the Maldives for March, a bit optimistic if you ask me!

[GT03ROB]

Tyre Smoke said:

Booked Tanzania for April, which was a replacement for cancelled Dominican Republic at Christmas which was a replacement for Goa at Christmas which was a replacement for Jamaica last July.

Chances of Tanzania? 50/50 I'd say. Flying with Qatar Airways and Tanzania is pretty much open as normal.
Only problem being if Boris locks us down for foreign travel.

Tanzania Or Zanzibar? We made Zanzibar last February. Good holiday...hope you make it!

[Tyre Smoke]

GT03ROB said:

Tyre Smoke said:

Booked Tanzania for April, which was a replacement for cancelled Dominican Republic at Christmas which was a replacement for Goa at Christmas which was a replacement for Jamaica last July.

Chances of Tanzania? 50/50 I'd say. Flying with Qatar Airways and Tanzania is pretty much open as normal.
Only problem being if Boris locks us down for foreign travel.

Tanzania Or Zanzibar? We made Zanzibar last February. Good holiday...hope you make it!

Zanzibar.

I was talking to a chap from Zambia the other day (long story, over here to drop kids at school, schools closed, heading back home after 48 hours) who said Qatar Airways will fly as it's scheduled not charter, and the hotels are all open and working normally. He said both Tanzanian and Zambian Presidents have said "look, we have malaria and Aids which are causing us more problems than Covid, we need to just be sensible and live with it, we cannot afford to do anything else ".

[bobbysmithy]

RammyMP said:

My neighbour has booked a week in the Maldives for March, a bit optimistic if you ask me!

whats optimistic about it?

[Prolex-UK]

Have cottage mid may booked june in devon july lake district

Hoping to get to Romania in sept as mrs prolex has not been able to see her mum since sept 2019

[RammyMP]

bobbysmithy said:

RammyMP said:

My neighbour has booked a week in the Maldives for March, a bit optimistic if you ask me!

whats optimistic about it?

I don’t know if you’ve seen the news but currently we have a travel ban, I can’t see it being lifted to allow foreign holidays before Easter. I hope I’m wrong as it will fk the airline industry.

[GT03ROB]

Tyre Smoke said:

GT03ROB said:

Tyre Smoke said:

Booked Tanzania for April, which was a replacement for cancelled Dominican Republic at Christmas which was a replacement for Goa at Christmas which was a replacement for Jamaica last July.

Chances of Tanzania? 50/50 I'd say. Flying with Qatar Airways and Tanzania is pretty much open as normal.
Only problem being if Boris locks us down for foreign travel.

Tanzania Or Zanzibar? We made Zanzibar last February. Good holiday...hope you make it!

Zanzibar.

I was talking to a chap from Zambia the other day (long story, over here to drop kids at school, schools closed, heading back home after 48 hours) who said Qatar Airways will fly as it's scheduled not charter, and the hotels are all open and working normally. He said both Tanzanian and Zambian Presidents have said "look, we have malaria and Aids which are causing us more problems than Covid, we need to just be sensible and live with it, we cannot afford to do anything else ".

Even in February last year they were monitoring temperatures on arrival. Airport is chaos (Africa at it’s very best) getting in & out, but the rest of the place is a good experience.

[Tyre Smoke]

RammyMP said:

bobbysmithy said:

RammyMP said:

My neighbour has booked a week in the Maldives for March, a bit optimistic if you ask me!

whats optimistic about it?

I don’t know if you’ve seen the news but currently we have a travel ban, I can’t see it being lifted to allow foreign holidays before Easter. I hope I’m wrong as it will fk the airline industry.

There is no travel ban. There are restrictions, but you can still fly.

[bobbysmithy]

RammyMP said:

I don’t know if you’ve seen the news but currently we have a travel ban, I can’t see it being lifted to allow foreign holidays before Easter. I hope I’m wrong as it will fk the airline industry.

Nope
There is no ban by law
You seem to be confused between guidelines and law
If there’s a ban then how come we can book flights to Dubai?

[RammyMP]

Tyre Smoke said:

RammyMP said:

bobbysmithy said:

RammyMP said:

My neighbour has booked a week in the Maldives for March, a bit optimistic if you ask me!

whats optimistic about it?

I don’t know if you’ve seen the news but currently we have a travel ban, I can’t see it being lifted to allow foreign holidays before Easter. I hope I’m wrong as it will fk the airline industry.

There is no travel ban. There are restrictions, but you can still fly.

If the government are saying it is not appropriate to go on holiday and you need to quarantine when you get back, for at least 5 days if you then have a test, arguably it’s not the best idea to go on holiday at the moment. I doubt if their flight will be running at the moment.

[bobbysmithy]

RammyMP said:

If the government are saying it is not appropriate to go on holiday and you need to quarantine when you get back, for at least 5 days if you then have a test, arguably it’s not the best idea to go on holiday at the moment. I doubt if their flight will be running at the moment.

Just because you don’t think it’s the best idea doesn’t mean others will think the same

I’d be surprised if it didn’t go ahead

[Tyre Smoke]

Your opinion. That's fine. But there is no travel ban. And flights are operating. Holiday flights such as Tui et al, no. But scheduled flights are. Perhaps less frequently, but you can still fly.

Quarantine doesn't bother me either.

[The Leaper]

markymarkthree said:

We have just bought a lodge down in Cornwall. So plenty of holidays to come in the future.

In the distant future if you comply with the present government guidelines about travel and stay local.

R.

[RammyMP]

Tyre Smoke said:

Your opinion. That's fine. But there is no travel ban. And flights are operating. Holiday flights such as Tui et al, no. But scheduled flights are. Perhaps less frequently, but you can still fly.

Quarantine doesn't bother me either.

It doesn’t bother me as I work from home, my neighbour is an ambulance driver, he can’t work from home.

[Road2Ruin]

Vasco said:

......but the UK is currently far ahead of most other countries.

Not the one I have booked

[Tyre Smoke]

RammyMP said:

Tyre Smoke said:

Your opinion. That's fine. But there is no travel ban. And flights are operating. Holiday flights such as Tui et al, no. But scheduled flights are. Perhaps less frequently, but you can still fly.

Quarantine doesn't bother me either.

It doesn’t bother me as I work from home, my neighbour is an ambulance driver, he can’t work from home.

I can't work from home either. I don't understand your point. Unless you have posted on this thread to pontificate that we shouldn't be booking holidays because we are spreading the virus?