To look for appartments for rent abroad in case of a second wave of Covid?

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This might be too early but I'm seriously considering it. I have two DCs and I've had absolutely ENOUGH of being locked down under this terrible weather. I didn't recover fully from PND and this constant grey sky and daily doses of rain are not helping at all. My youngest child also adores going out and throws all sorts of fits when I say that we can't go out due to the terrible weather. We live in the north and it's nearly always grim and windy where I live. Yes I know that some of you don't care and will probably just get themselves dressed and go out anyway but I can't do that, I'm just not that person who's prepared to go out and still enjoy my time in shitty weather.

Like most of you we didn't go on holiday this year for the obvious reasons. But just the thought of spending all the coming winter (did we really have any different season since last year???!!) locked down with two DCs because of a second wave of this flipping virus is making me want to rip my clothes! I told my DH that we should probably start looking to rent an accomodation abroad, somewhere nice and warm, for at least two months. AIBU? Do you think I'm mad or stupid to do something like this?

Quite right about healthcare too. DS had 3 nights in hospital last week - our excess alone was eye watering.

Here you go.

www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/global-covid-19/world-map.html

I’m seriously considering going really far away. Think Malaysia, Thailand ...etc I’m just put off by the language barrier and potentially one of us getting ill or being stuck over there

I kind of think you've answered your own question. These would be huge issues, surely

And if you choose to travel now, I assume you wouldn't have insurance cover for costs of treatment if you got COVID

Ive read that the numbers are low in places like Antigua, but tourists still aren’t coming so the economy is suffering. It’s worth looking at.

Just come south, honestly, best spring ever, bright sun right now

I would imagine getting suitable travel insurance for somewhere like that would be awful.

Surely with children being stuck somewhere familiar and where you understand the language is much more preferable to being stuck someone strange but a bit sunnier?

from what I gather from our insurance company many wont insure for corona - its not just hospital & being sick its being stuck & hotels shutting down or airlines not operating from all over country if they are struck down or UK deciding no one from x country can come in
go further south in UK somewhere milder like IOW or Sussex - it may rain but its warmer rain or East Anglia because they usually get let rain

not let - less rain

If you can afford an extended holiday and all associated costs, including comprehensive travel insurance (which may be invalidated if a warning against travel remains in place) and all necessary paperwork, then why not?

If money isn’t the issue, why not move to the South East? It’s 27C down here today. That way you’re in the same country if anything goes down.

To be honest we’re going away in August because I’ve found lockdown so mentally draining that sometimes I don’t recognise myself. My mental health has taken a beating. If we rolled into another lockdown then rolled into winter and I never had a break, I’m worried I’m how I’d hold it together.

I'm not sure you'd be welcome in another country if second wave lockdowns are happening. I'm in France and several people who rented Airbnb's when the lockdown was announced were fined and sent back home (and had to report to the local police by 7pm the next day otherwise 2nd fine).

As pp said, Channel Islands sound like a good shout. Or new Zealand. I don't blame you! Although as another said, what if you get ill and need medical attention?

Gibraltar might be nice too....

This ends up with news stories about British tourists stranded abroad, complaining about other countries' treatment of them in lockdown and demanding flights home. I think it's a nutty idea, as evidenced by your "just put off by" concerns being actually major barriers. Just go to the south coast. Or even to Cheshire! I was in Lancs when it was torrential recently and it clears up, as it very often does, as soon as you get a hour down the M6. There's a reason they built the mills up there!

I'm in Bolton @TheAirbender which is incidentally Greater Manchester not Lancashire and we have had glorious weather just had my tea in the Garden

Ok I mixed up on the GM bit but I am sure plenty of people think of Bolton as Lancs. And just last week we had a very upset elderly mother in law crying about having been stuck inside for weeks (due to rain) and therefore v lonely. I’m not being rude about Bolton, I love the place, I’m just saying you’ve had a run of bad weather. And it is in a little microclimate of it’s own! I’m glad today has been nice🤷🏻‍♀️

We have had lots of nice weather not just today .

@x2boys was just thinking the same . I'm in Bolton currently sat in the garden with a glass of wine and shorts on . It's not been too bad here few rainy days

My IL’s live abroad. Big house, lots of land, swimming pool... any hint of a second lockdown and we’re packing up and heading over there for the foreseeable.

I think Barbados was offering year long visas. Might be worth a look.

YANBU if it's a possibility - getting timing right might be difficult. My parents have a house in Eastern Europe (not warm, but much less affected because it's very quiet, not touristy and people there don't travel much) and the only reason they're not there now is the local airport is shut.

Honestly, if schools were to shut again and there were somehow a chance to get out there, I'd take it. It's only 1 hr ahead, DH and I can work remotely. I can't really imagine there will be a window where schools will shut but we can still travel - though with this inconsistent and incompetent government you never know!

Cheers @boringbetty ,just going to pour a,Gin and drink it in the garden😂,yeah a few rainy days but not weeks of grim drizzle!

Think Malaysia, Thailand
Be careful whereabouts in either of those you go because they both have monsoon season in some regions throughout our autumn and winter months. Wet weather in Lancashire might be miserable, but monsoon season in north east Malaysia or coastal Thailand is something else

There’s a lot to consider. Decamping to somewhere for several months is completely different to a 2 week holiday!

Insurance - you will find it hard to get proper insurance at the moment that includes COVID-19

WiFi- you may have to go to an Internet cafe as lots of holiday rentals don’t have broadband. Will you want to be schlepping your children out everyday/DH going to work in a cafe everyday? And that’s if they are allowed to be open during a second wave. FIL was stuck in Thailand throughout all this and thier lockdown was a lot stricter than ours

If beaches etc are closed then there’s not a lot else to do!

Medical care is completely different to the NHS.

Entertaining the kids is hard enough when at home with ALL thier toys, all thier favourites on TV (see point above about WiFi) and all thier creature comforts.

Lots of places espcially in very cheap countries don’t have great kitchen facilities as everyone eats out as it’s so cheap, if cafes and restaurants are closed you might find it harder to cater for all your meals.

Here you go OP!

www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/remote-working-in-barbados