Gonna have to cancel our holiday to Cyprus aren’t we

Any sympathy for the people in Iran? Or is it all good as long as you get your ☀️ ?

I get that people are naturally concerned about their flights and money but you seem a bit too blasé.

Funny how people on here all back people cancelling their holidays to the US because they “might get rounded up by ICE” but this is “ridiculous” 😂

BBC breaking news is saying that Cyprus air bases have been targeted

Who have you booked with? They may let you transfer your deposit to another holiday. Utimately they'll earn more money from you holidaying through them than you going elsewhere, whilst they keep the deposit.

It’s just mad that everyone was saying there’s such a low chance of anything ever happening and hours later there’s missiles heading towards Cyprus. I’d rather be cautious and go somewhere else as you haven’t paid the balance yet.

Given the new information, I'd cancel and re-book somewhere else.

I’ve got family living in Cyprus and yes it’s true. I’ve travelled there many times when there’s been unrest in the Middle East and been fine but I do understand why you’d be nervous, it feels different this time for some reason. I’d wait and see what happens, worst case scenario is you have to change your holiday destination, if you do the Canary Islands are a similar flight time and will have good weather.

Check that your insurance covers it. Sometimes war and government directives aren't covered. I wasn't covered during the airport shutdown in 2010 (ash cloud) because the airport closures were government directives.

Things will probably look very different in a few days anyway.

I understand OP (and her DH's) discussions. Nothing wrong with thinking about olanning ahead. We are not going away until much later - August. But it's for a big birthday, so the plan is Bali, and then a few nights in Doha on the way back. We had a vonversation last night about what to do if things get bad.

Reality is, there is nothing we can do rught now other than see how things go over the next fee weeks, and start considering a plan B if we have to (right now it is so far away, we don't have to yet).

However, I would recommend holding off paying the full balance until the day you have to OP - 20th March us still a few weeks away; see what happens between now and then.

‘British Defence Secretary John Healey tells the Sky News broadcaster that two missiles have been fired in the direction of Cyprus, where thousands of British soldiers are stationed.
“We don’t believe they were targeted at Cyprus, but nevertheless, it’s an example of how there is a very real and rising threat from a regime that is lashing out widely across the region, and that requires us to act,” he said of Saturday’s launches.
Iranian strikes on Saturday landed within a few hundred yards (a few hundred metres) of British troops in Bahrain, the defence secretary said.’

Cyprus holds the Presidency of the EU until the end of June so will have seriously upped their security for all the Leaders of EU countries, and many many Ministers, visiting over the 6 months. So I would think it is safer than usual, despite what is going on with Israel - Israel’s targets are in the exact opposite direction and Iran knows the EU is not involved in the Israel/US targeting.

Yes, it's on the news

I wasn’t. The post I was quoting had been talking about a different (Cyprus air force base). But yes the raf have a base too. But I think the USA use the other one more

Yes, 2 missiles fired at Cyprus, on the news

If you’ve got insurance and it gets cancelled then you’ll be fine

I was keeping an eye on Skyscanner yesterday. There was an ‘unmarked’ plane out of Akrotiri patrolling over the Arabian peninsula. I’m assuming it was one of the British defensive interventions mentioned in the media yesterday.

This

I bet you feel a bit silly now

Assuming OP has travel insurance, exactly this. My policy has a specific exclusion about the policyholder’s disinclination to travel. If the FCO advice changes to advise against travel I am covered.

There are extensive security measures in place to protect the bases. Additionally, Russia and China (sympathetic to Iran) have significant financial interests in Cyprus. I doubt Iran wants to antagonise its allies.

@notabingthingHaving said that, a holiday is supposed to be enjoyable. If you are concerned book somewhere else, there is no point paying to feel anxious.

I don't think it's necessarily just about direct hits and anyway we have no idea yet how this terrible situation will escalate.
My comment was addressing the fact that posters piled on quickly to several threads, including those where people in Dubai were expressing their fear, saying that there was no cause for alarm. There certainly is.

Currently watching BBC One with Laura Kusenberg and they’ve just mentioned missiles fired towards the British bases in Cyprus. Very worrying, seems to be aimed and anywhere and anyone.

FCO will start cancelling flights and then people can get refunds.

Ffs calm down, iam going to Egypt next week, flights at moment still going ahead