Are you booking summer holidays or waiting to see how Brexit plays out?

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Want to go to Europe in May/June but worried about insurance, flights and getting stuck- also concerned about rising costs and whether or not we'd be better saving money in case food /bills rocket.

Booked a holiday to France in August. I had hoped it would all be sorted by then but with all the can-kicking, who knows.

I think it has already been said that aviation agreements would be rushed through asap in the event of no-deal so hopefully flights would resume fairly quickly, but there would be some limitations, eg UK-based carriers could travel between the UK and other EU countries but not within EU countries.

For those travelling linf-haul, might be worth checking what countries like the USA have said re the UK dropping out of the open skies agreement. All transatlantic flights are currently regulated as part of our EU membership

We are travelling by ferry so my biggest concern is delays at the ports if customs checks are needed, so we will have to factor in a lot of extra time. We're also sorting out international driver's licences. We always take out insurance anyway.

You go without travel insurance and rely on your e111 then you’re taking a huge risk. Yes covered for emergency surgery at point of need. Beyond that - bugger all.

As for cancellation, brexit is a political event and, like any other political event, unlikely to be covered.
However if flights are operating as normal, I can’t see the problem on this front?

@DippyAvocado

Read attached re flights and should assuage your concerns somewhat

We are off to Italy for two weeks in June, and France in September. Both booked last year. Dh has a couple of cycling weekends in France coming up too.

I've booked to go to the UK late April.

Starting to think that might not have been my best idea.

Having had 2 work colleagues delayed by 4.5 and 6.5 hours apiece at French customs this past fortnight has convinced me to not go to the EU this summer; that and the possible crash of sterling.

Normally go abroad for easter and summer.
Sooo expensive this year we've just booked a caravan with hot tub in Devon for Easter. Apart from weather, I'm actually relieved at no airports for Easter.
We plan on taking our bikes (we're not an active family, but I'm active myself) so it'll be different 😁
Summer fortnight will be abroad but holding out on booking atm.

What point are we all missing? The current advice is to buy travel insurance, as before, to ensure you are fully covered. That's what most people do now surely - have an EHIC and travel insurance

@Backseatonthebus a lot of travel insurance policies assume that you have a valid EHIC/E111, and they cover you for anything that the E111 doesn't cover. In case of no deal, it is unclear whether you would still be covered by your insurance or not, as the E111 (which is a prerequisite of your insurance) wouldn't be valid any more. You may be covered, but then again you may not and some insurers might require you to purchase an additional health cover so it is definitely worth checking. It's not as simple as just buying travel insurance as the conditions under which you are purchasing it now may not exist anymore at the time you travel.

Plus, as many PP have pointed out, travel insurance doesn't normally cover delays and cancellations due to political events, and you would then be at the mercy of the individual airline's goodwill (or lack of).

It's not scaremongering, just facts about how insurance works.

This is from the ABI:

Director General of the ABI, Huw Evans, said: “As it looks increasingly possible that a ‘no deal’ Brexit may happen, we want all insurance customers to know the facts about what this means for them. “Despite ‘no-deal’ uncertainty about the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), I also want to reassure people that their travel insurance will continue to operate in the normal way when it comes to medical expenses, as emergency medical treatment is a standard feature.

I spoke to my insurance last week and they told me they won’t be covering brexit. No one will.

If something happens to prevent our travel we are covered by atol and may have some protection from credit cards. That’s the best we will get.

I am British but living abroad, flying back to the UK in a couple of weeks.

Then we have Easter plans in Italy and weekends in France for May. And back to the UK for July.

I have been very concerned but I am not nervous anymore, I can't remember where but I did read this week that we will be able to travel freely for 6 months while they put regulations in place.

According to Martin Lewis' website, Admiral, Aviva, Direct Line and Saga have all said they will cover brexit related delays. Axa, Allianz, Coverwise and Halifax have said they will cover people whose policies include 'travel disruption' cover. LV and Nationwide will cover clients who have a higher level of cover (not the most basic policies). Holidaysafe are covering the majority of clients.

That isn't 'no-one'.

We're flying out next weekend to Spain for a week. I'll let you know what happens at Stansted next Saturday......

Flights also booked for July to Europe. All flights were booked last autumn. Trying to be optimistic....

@WhoTFIsAlanBrazil

22 of extensive travel as an adult and multiple travel claims did myself or family.

Not once have I been asked about e111

My insurance policy makes no mention of it either Mmmmbrekkie

I booked a week off in early April on the basis of getting something fairly last minute once we knew at the end of March what was happening.

Now, of course, it's been extended until 12 April, which would be my last day in the office before my week off.

I'd also booked a fortnight off in June and of course that is now just after the May deadline.

Think I shall just bit the bullet and get on with it!

We have booked for the summer holidays to Sweden and Norway. Never found anyone abroad who took EHIC so never relied on it and take insurance. Initially I booked very cheap flights were could afford to lose money and 100% cancellation refunds and no prepayment but now shifting to pay for a few. Turned out for the best as our holiday cottage got cancelled and most things booked up in original area so had to reroute. Have made sure passports are all valid for 6 months plus any extensions originally granted.

I do wish they would make a decision rather than just delay Brexit.

Worldwide insurance is barely more than EU insurance. I paid £30 for a couple going to nyc, they have super expensive treatment costs in the US.

Some q’s I had before we book to go to Mallorca were if we leave with no deal do we need visas to travel ? And also we’d be hiring a car so what about driving license? So yes we are holding off, was hoping there might be a clue this wee as to which way it will go!

It will be in every country's interests to make holiday travel as easy as possible. Years ago (pre EU passport), we travelled with ease, the only issue was whether you had accidentally exceeded your duty free limit