To think we should cancel our holiday to Tunisia?

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So holiday booked to Sousse with Thomas Cooke. Member of the party include two 84 year olds and a child with autism. Not due to go to the end July but reckon we should just persuade TC to refund or reallocate to different country.

I feel extremely sorry for Tunisians that rely on tourism for their livelihood but I wouldn't consider traveling there now, nor any Muslim country (including in Asia).

No way I would be going.

I don't know much about this kind of stuff but I'd be switching destination to somewhere in Europe even if I had to pay extra.

Those poor people I've found it very upsetting, the cowardly bastards shooting unarmed innocent people who are running away.

A pp called this an 'isolated incident'. That is really an uninformed thing to say.

I would not go to any of the Magreb countries right now. Nor would I go to Turkey, for that matter. However, for people to say that they would not go to any muslim countries is a bit silly. I live in the United Arab Emirates and it is very safe. It's a small country, with vast amounts of money spent on security.

Maybe see if TC can change your holiday to Dubai or Abu Dhabi..?

Cancel, as people are saying it's not worth it and you could never relax. I honeymooned in 1999 in Hammamet and wouldnt go back now.

The Queen of Sheba
Look at what happened in Kuwait yesterday...
I'd go to North Western/Western Turkey but I have family there. It is a Muslim country but a very tolerant one on the whole and their problems have been political rather than sectarian. I'd be more worried about holidaying in London at the moment.

Wasn't there a thread a few weeks back, about a dad wanting to take his daughter to Tunisia and the mum wasn't sure. I wonder what happened there?
I personally wouldn't risk it, it wouldn't feel right having a holiday there so soon for me.

Many on mumsnet live and work in London grey lady.
It's really not helpful to hear comments like that.

I was in both Manchester and London for our bombs - I'm unlucky! There's sod all you can do about it when you live and work somewhere but I can totally understand why someone might not want to travel to a London if they don't have to.

Definitely cancel,

Or lucky Damson! Being in both places but coming out unscathed.

I'd cancel. There's no way I'd even consider taking my family there

I stand by what I said. I live in Shropshire but if Telford was on high alert I wouldn't want to go there and would totally understand anyone saying they didn't want to visit.
I have a day trip to London booked for 23rd July to spend the day with an old school friend and I am already quite anxious. I am less anxious about visiting ds in Istanbul in October.

I suppose so ThroughThick! Very minor grazes from some flying glass in Manchester, and went on the tube prior to the one bombed so was above ground when that one happened. 7 weeks pregnant though, was mentally affected for a while afterwards.

I would still go, the same way I would go to France, but YANBU. It's a personal choice at the end of the day, if you do not feel comfortable going then don't.

Sadly yes, change your destination. Too high a risk in any North African countries for the foreseeable future. Avoid quite simply.

Heartbreaking for their local economies.

Do it sooner rather than later . The alternative options will become more limited as other families do the same.

Yes. Cancel. We are staying firmly in Northern Europe and off the beaten track this summer.

I'm not sure I'd go. I've literally just got back from Royal Kenz five days ago. I feel blessed but my heart goes out to all of the families involved.

One thing to note is, Sousse is about a 20 minute drive from where it's happened. I don't know why they keep reporting it as Sousse, but it actually happened in Port El Kantaoui.

Either way, I think I'd be pushing for a change of destination.

For a while people have been asking similar questions on here about Tunsia and Egypt and a lot of replies are along the lines of " the trouble is a long way from the tourist resorts" well now it's not.
People also say that security is tight or heightened in the resorts but why would you want to be somewhere where there needs to be high security?
If at all possible I would be changing my holiday

I wouldn't go

As a tourist you are a target which is very different to 7/7. hopefully this will be the last of such attacks but they way Isis are gaining support and increasing attacks I sadly very much doubt it. The widespread actions of brutal violence is very frightening

So sad for Tunisia as a country

Thomas Cook have cancelled all holidays leaving in the next week. They will have set procedures to adhere to before they can make an announcement about holidays due to leave after that. They will be advised on what to do by the Foreign Office after the COBRA meeting has taken place. I expect they will offer full refunds or substitute holidays, but it would be incorrect for them to do it at this stage, before receiving the relevant official advice.

If you have any sense you won't go on holiday to a place where Western tourists have just been targeted and shot on their sunbeds. Do all you can to get a refund or move your holiday, worse case take the financial hit. It's really not worth your lives. I can''t understand parents taking their DC over there. We save hard and make sacrifices all year for our holiday but I would cancel in a heartbeat, regardless of the financial implications, after yesterday.
I feel for all the Tunisians depending on Western tourism who will likely lose their livelihoods from the impact of this.