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What shall I do about this holiday?

451 replies

1981m · 21/03/2018 08:03

Not AIBU but need speedy reply with advice.

Ds (5) was sick on Monday in the night (now Wednesday here in Uk), lots of sick. Kept him off school yesterday and had a sofa day. He was fine in himself mostly. Up and down. Lying down sometimes but also jumping around. Saying his heart was hurting. No other symptoms except being sick.

Wasn't sure what to give him food wise. He had toast with butter for b fast and no lunch. Bacon sandwich for dinner with bread and butter. Dh thinks silly to give this. Was a bacon sandwich wrong?

Anyway, ds sick again last night, tiny amount of sick. Then a further three times with just water and bile. Again no other symptoms.

The problem is we are going on a long haul holiday tomorrow morning. We are meant to get up at 5 am, drive for two hours to the airport, then do 7 hour flight! We don't know if we should cancel holiday or still go. We would loose the total price of the holiday to cancel £6,500. Or £200 per person to try and change dates on it with hotel provider. The flights look like they are non- transferable and we would loose the cost automatically. We don't have travel insurance.

Dh wants to go and reckons its just a stomach bug. He reckons if we stave ds today and on the flight it will be ok. Reckons its a 24 hour bug.

I am reluctant as worried he will be sick again in the night. Worried about having strange food in a hot place will just make him sick again and he will just want to rest all holiday. Think the holiday will be ruined with moany ds. Don't want to risk taking him on long flight if he's ill, could be a nightmare. But we stand to loose £6,500 if we don't.

OP posts:
Bumblesnuff4Crimpysnitch · 23/03/2018 17:15

@Lovemusic33

I think some of the posts here are crazy. what airport are you flying from? I’m at Gatwick and I don’t want to catch any bugs waiting for my flight.

Posts like yours do cheer me up! Did you seriously think I was sat in the airport worried about a puking kid? Tongue in cheek dear... Don't take everything so seriously, you'll be far less stressed Grin

Imabadmummy · 23/03/2018 17:27

Read the 1st page only....but...

Regardless of if insurance would cover cancelation.....

Please please please do not travel without some insurance.
You can get a one off family policy for less than £15. Right up to the day before departure.
If anything happens whilst you are overseas you can end up with massive medical bills - and it might be a fall rather than being ill that lands you in hospital.

Luggage gets lost - insurance
You trip and brake an arm - insurance
hotel has a fire and you loose your passport - insurance
You get pick pocketed - insurance
You need to get home due to a parent being ill - insurance

The worst happens and you end in up hospital after your flight departs - insurance

People have gone bankrupt or had to use go fund me pages to raise funds to get home due to not having insurance.

Anyone who thinks they can travel without insurance should not be allowed to board a flight! - unless they have Richard Branson's credit card limit!!!

Ps - i dont work in insurance - but i work in travel and i have seen the problems lack of insurance can create.

etcher70 · 23/03/2018 17:27

Oh my goodness what a mean response to a post!
Have all the holier than thou 'what no travel insurance' posters never lost their keys in a supermarket / forgotten to pack a nappy / done anything else you wouldn't ordinarily do because you have children and life is BUSY!!
It's this lady's holiday about to be ruined - not yours - just feel sorry for her for goodness sakes.

TammyWhyNot · 23/03/2018 17:38

Does the DM article say “MN-ers make fools of themselves! Falling over themselves to deliver sanctimonious posts many Mumsnetters FAILED to read the thread (Photo: Justine, Sad Face)
FAILED to notice that the plane left 2 days ago!
FAILED to notice that the MNer in question had actually taken advice and BOUGHT TRAVEL INSURANCE in case any further mishaps threatened her holiday in the sun!
RTFT Mumsnetters, or risk producing teams of pointless drivel! And we at the Daily Mail should know! “

Greenglassteacup · 23/03/2018 17:45

Grin all of that is true

Motoko · 23/03/2018 17:49

I do wish people would read the OP's posts at least, before wasting their time writing out long posts saying the same things that have already been said tons of times, especially when the OP has long gone, so even if the post was helpful, it's too late.

Have all the holier than thou 'what no travel insurance' posters never lost their keys in a supermarket / forgotten to pack a nappy / done anything else you wouldn't ordinarily do because you have children and life is BUSY!!

You can't compare losing your keys or forgetting a nappy, with deliberately not buying travel insurance "because we've never needed it before".

TheMogget · 23/03/2018 18:15

^ this.

They didn't forget to arrange it, they choose not to bother. Totally irresponsible.

Sprinklesinmyelbow · 23/03/2018 19:02

The insurance wouldn’t have helped anyway. So story here is “totally irresponsible MN’er who didn’t have travel insurance the day before she travelled until MN reminded her”

Drama indeed. Fuck some of you have sheltered lives

MarthasGinYard · 23/03/2018 19:39

Agree Sprinkle

The vomiting seemed almost irrelevant to me.

etcher70 · 23/03/2018 19:55

Oh for goodness sake Mokoto. It's not your holiday. It's not your problem. Give up with the lectures.

Motoko · 24/03/2018 09:58

I was pointing out that you weren't comparing like with like. OP said herself that she didn't "forget" to get it, she just didn't think it was necessary as they'd never needed it before.

MarthasGinYard · 24/03/2018 10:01

Sure they are careering down flumes at Waddi world as we type....

With insurance now at least

1981m · 26/03/2018 19:36

Hi all

Yes, I am posting from our holiday. Ds wasn't sick again and was back to himself when we woke him on Thursday morning so we went. Very glad we did as he's been absolutely fine, we all have. I was very strict and he had completely plain food, dried toast, crackers and bananas only on the flight. He was very good about it considering he had to watch dd eating the lovely meal.

No-one else has been ill and it's all back to normal. We re having a lovely holiday. So glad we decided to come.

OP posts:
1981m · 26/03/2018 19:38

Ps- is this story really in the daily mail? Had a look and couldn't see it. Free internet at the hotel.

OP posts:
TittyGolightly · 26/03/2018 20:02

He was very good about it considering he had to watch dd eating the lovely meal.

Definitely not real. Plane food is shite.

CottonSock · 26/03/2018 20:02

Have a great time. Try and ignore the daily mail temptation to look!

1981m · 26/03/2018 20:19

I looked and didn't see it. I d like to read it. Is it about the lack of TI?

I found the plane food very nice. Ds was gutted he couldn't have the massive portion of chocolate mousse.

OP posts:
PrimalLass · 26/03/2018 22:04

Food on the Middle East flights is usually pretty good.

ceeveebee · 26/03/2018 22:24

If you google the headline
Would YOU take your sick child on a plane? “Mother divides opinion when she asks whether she should still fly with her vomiting five-year-old son - or risk losing her £6,500 family holiday” you should find it

Diffdaff · 27/03/2018 12:47

I am so glad you went and it all worked out Smile

Frazzled2207 · 27/03/2018 12:48

Pleased you went and ds is recovered

Devastatedupset · 02/04/2018 19:05

You have been very lucky OP ....

if I’d done what you did and gone anyway, our dd would have died. By the time they found her appendicitis she had 3 hours left to live. The surgeon said if we’d flown she wouldn’t have survived the flight, for how bad everything was inside she wouldn’t have lived beyond 3 more hours. The most scariest thing we’ve ever faced.

The teenager who lives opposite us was sick for 24 hours then just felt unwell the following day, went to GP, was in surgery that night to have his appendix removed. You can’t always tell that things are ok.

Luckily it’s worked out for you. Let’s hope all travellers don’t get infected by your ds’s germs, which he still would have been carrying when you flew.

DwangelaForever · 02/04/2018 20:06

Appendicitis is completely different to a mardy tummy 🙄

Motoko · 02/04/2018 23:21

When my son had appendicitis, he was throwing up. He'd been to a birthday party, so I just thought he'd had too much sweet stuff to eat, mixed with the excitement.
It wasn't until the next day that he got a fever and was in pain.

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