To even consider staying in a holiday cottage?

[Dreaming69]

This might sound stupid but I have a private cottage booked in the North Yorkshire Moors. Were supposed to be going next weekend. Is there anyway we would still be able to go? It would basically be my family going in our car and effectively moving into another house. We would exercise by doing a walk in the moors so plenty big enough area to practice social distancing. The rest of the time would be in the house but it's better than mine and a change of scenery also!

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do you have travel insurance with your bank?
Thats paying out, I believe, for holidays booked prior to 18th March

As an aside AirBnB are allowing refunds with no charges, they are just lagging a bit on dates. Nearer the time you should be able to get this

They currently are not allowing us to cancel guests without charging us £50 a pop, but I believe this will change.

We have had one lovely guest transfer their booking at our glampingsite to same time next year, we are asking people to check their banks or travel insurance, and if not we are refunding 100%

your holiday cottage should refund. They are being really unreasonable if they dont.

Every time you leave your front door, you are like a little train that the virus can hitch a ride on to pastures new.

So no.

I saw on BBC news this morning (can't find the link now) that the virus lived for 17 days in one of the cruise ships

So someone might have been in the holiday home before you, without symptoms but WITH the virus, you then catch it and take it home.

It's not worth the risk. There are so many variables to consider.

Negotiate with the holiday let.

You've made the right choice.

Tell the owner you'll report them for continually trying to make people use their bookings or lose their money.

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In Devon where I live Police are already stopping tourist vehicles and turning them around. Some will be fined

Would you be prepared to explain to the police that you fancied a holiday if they stopped you to explain why you were travelling?

I live in a tourist area and the locals are getting vigilante. They know where the holiday cottages are and using the normally cheery facebook page to report on the doings of the holiday makers. The rage at the owners is building, but I wouldn't want to be the holiday maker in garden.

I wouldn't risk it.

Vigilante? I hope there's no violence. Glad city dwellers didn't adopt the same tactics at the airports! Any genuine concerns should be reported to the authorities. As another poster said on one of these Go Away No Locals threads, many caravan owners have no other home. They live in their caravan or campervan or holiday home. Some by choice but the majority because of no other option.

No. Stay at home. Even if you don’t get a refund. As well as the risk of travelling (stopping for a break, petrol, food etc or if you break down or crash), if you get sick or infect anyone else when you are there then the local hospitals have to deal with the additional demand created by you.

Well done for seeing reason OP and deciding not to go.

I live in a tourist village & each time a family turn up to one of the holiday cottages it gets announced on our private fb group. It’s winding everyone right up. The holiday makers are swanning around knocking on pub doors thinking we’re immune & safe. There’s a lot of community spirit going on but holiday makers are the serious enemy right now though!

@Dreaming69 We had a similar situation but were going as a family group from different areas of the country with a couple of vulnerable people thrown in. We decided early on (before lock down/travel ban) that it wouldn't be sensible.
Property owner was v happy to simply shift our booking to the same time next year - no refund needed so they don't lose out on income, plus we still get our holiday (eventually). Might be worth asking before you resign yourself to losing the money?

Nobody wants you trundling into the North Yorkshire countryside potentially carrying this virus with you. Driving in your own car? For pity's sake: think! STAY AT HOME.

@Dreaming69 - I believe all temporary accommodation providers are supposed to be closed since the lockdown, so the owner shouldn't be saying you can come and should be providing you with a refund!

Local food/ petrol shops in 'touristy' areas should demand to see evidence of local council tax bills or not let tourists buy anything - that would soon send them home.

Seriously?

Don’t even think about it. Rural areas generally have limited healthcare compared to cities and cannot cope with extra people coming in and getting sick there instead. Selfish.

Sorry saw that you’ve done the right thing and the owner is being the villain in this situation.

Yes, I would agree with you that your plans would not pose any additional risks of infecting the rest of society BUT

Your actions will undermine the collective effort we are all required to take to control this virus and encourage others to go away

The goverment issues edicts. As they are short - when you see them you can immediatley see ways they could be sidestepped HOWEVER if you think along those lines, the battle is lost.

We will win the battle if the spirit of the rules/edicts is followed

For those reasons you must not go - the message you send to others is harmful to the cause

If I could punch every single one of you with this attitude I bloody well would! Stop being a selfish d##k, and STAY THE FCUK HOME

Do you not have a tv or phone? Have you not seen the news updates? So many reasons not to go, a key one being that local hospitals are simply not set up for an influx of holidaymakers if they get ill....

Ask the owner if you can postpone to another time, but please stay at home, you need to stay in the jurisdiction of your own registered GP x