Brexit: Should I travel to the UK in May??

[Backwoodsgirl]

We are Brits living in the US, I am due end of March. We were planning on returning to the UK for a 10 day vacation in May so grandparents and family can meet the LO for the first time. I need to book flight soon.

However I don’t know if it’s a good idea to be traveling to the UK due to Brexit. Will our flight get canceled in the probable Hard Brexit? Is it a good idea to travel to the UK if there are shortages and civil unrest?

I am a Brit in NZ and guess when I fly to UK! Yes, you guessed --- March{smile}

Ooops my smile failed - hope I am still smiling at the end of March

FiveShelties

Good luck, am hoping it will be ok but just don’t know!!

Thank you, I booked my flights a couple of months ago and never even thought about Brexit.

That could have been a mistake. Good Luck with the baby, perhaps you could leave booking until the baby is born, save you worrying about the trip.

Nobody knows what's going to happen is the short answer. I would guess that transatlantic flights and entry would be unaffected. As for shortages, the government is supposed to be publishing guidance about what to do in the event of a hard brexit, and they seem to be expecting disruption to supply chains.

We might not get a hard brexit though. We might not get a brexit at all. And by may hopefully things will have settled down.

If you do come, bring nice deli meats and fresh fruit to barter with criminal gangs and their impromptu roadblocks.

I'm meant to fly on the 29th for fucks sake.

I’m a Brit in the US and I usually travel back in May to see family. I won’t be booking anything until the situation surrounding Brexit is clearer. As far as I know, there is no way of flying to the UK without crossing EU airspace, so flights will be affected if there is no deal.

My company (international, offices in London) has put a moratorium on any business travel to the UK from March onwards, so if they’re doing that, it’s only sensible for me to follow suit.

I'm booking flights for early May right now. $475 round trip.

I am using a credit card that has good travel insurance on it, mind you.

We live in Canada and have just booked flights to visit the UK in June.

My MIL said that it would be fine so we will blame her if it all goes tits up and we lose our money.

I'm flying on the 30th March. Wish me luck!

I leave UK on 27th March - could be good timing. I also flew on 31st December 1999 - when everyone said the world was going to grind to halt as clocks ticked over to 2000.

On a different note, is it your first baby?
your baby would be just 8 weeks old when flying. I’d personally wait until the following month Incase you need more recovery time etc.
Ive lived outside of UK for 15years travelling back to see grandparents and know flying with young babies & kids can be stressful.
Maybe wait until June when everything has hopefully settled down a bit with Brexit & baby.
Good luck

What about getting a passport?

We can get a passport in 3 weeks so that’s not a issue

Interesting range of responses, I like the credit card idea, I’ll look into that. I had forgotten that credit cards did that.

A lot of airlines and travel companies have put in exemptions in the terms and conditions so they won't be liable for refunds in the event of No Deal Brexit.

I don't know if credit card companies would still cover? Worth looking into. I don't actually know, so I'd be interested in the answer if anyone knows.

I have flights booked for Spain on 30th March. I did this last year when they were released so scored cheap ones which we can afford to write off if it comes down to it. After yesterday's debacle, I'm not in a rush to book accommodation, hire a car etc. I've become increasingly resigned to the fact that a week visiting Granada, Cordoba & Ronda is probably not going to happen. It's a first world problem but I really wanted to see the Alhambra and walk the Caminito del rey.

I spoke to a friend yesterday who booked flights to the States for Easter. She said that for the first time, she's had to book indirect flights because the direct flights to Florida were really expensive (she goes once or twice a year since her parents have a holiday home there). I suspect that the sterling/dollar exchange rate is a major factor. She hadn't thought too much about the impact of Brexit until I mentioned it!

Slightly off topic, DH is in the States this week for work. It took him nearly 2 hrs to go through security on arrival at SFO, not the 15 mins they claim in the press release. (A bit like Stansted on a bad day then!) He's worried that he won't make it home at the end of this week from Washington due to a combination of the weather (snow storms) and the increasing number of unpaid TSA staff reporting in sick so airport queues are inevitably longer. The world has gone mad!

No, it'll be like the zombie apocolypse after brexit

themoomoo

I have family fully expecting that. They are prepping for shortages, civil unrest/civil war.

@sansou someone got a fucking gun on a flight from Atlanta to Japan the other day.

I hope to God the shit down ends soon. I have friends that are looking at not paying their mortgage this month.

I wouldn’t rely on your credit card insurance kicking in if cancellations are due to Brexit. Check the fine print, they often exclude stuff like this.

Iirc, there is an international treaty for overflying countries that predates the EU, so I wouldn't worry.

I wouldn’t rely on your credit card insurance kicking in if cancellations are due to Brexit. Check the fine print, they often exclude stuff like this.

I checked, but thanks.

Nice one. Mine doesn’t cover “political or civil unrest”. Anyway, I am of the camp that there will be no Brexit at all. Fingers crossed

Hope the shut down is over by then. Could be a fucking nightmare leaving and arriving!

DH is adamant we fly on the 29th. Argh!