To not cancel?

[Kitkath2o]

Please let me pre-fix this with a disclaimer - I know some people have much bigger things to worry about, I’m not tone deaf. I know the damage covid has done to our society and I know this may seem selfish and trivial to some, but it’s all relative surely.

I booked to go away for my 40th bday around a year ago. It’s a really special trip that I have saved and saved (lots of overtime) and planned and planned for. Down to picking out all the places to eat and things to do (it’s a trip to the US for 2 weeks, several states)

I had been dubious it would go ahead and then the US opened their border. It was a flexible booking fully refundable until December 7th, three weeks before travel.

Now I feel like we are back to the place where it seems it may not happen.

I am double vaxxed, I work full time from home and I am just feeling so deflated today. Like something that has really lifted my spirits during grey cold long work days is going to be taken away any day. I have no choice but to adhere to travel restrictions but AIBU not to cancel out of caution of this new strain?

I’ve read that tomorrow they might tighten the restrictions in USA so wait and sss what the new ones are and make the decision then

If it’s fully refundable right now, I would cancel it as close to the 7th that I could. The deflation you will initially feel having to postpone will be nothing compared to how you feel if you don’t and you lose out on all (or a lot) of that money you have saved.

I would wait until the 6th then judge from there.

Are you travelling with others? How do they feel?

YANBU to go ahead with the plan if it's still permissible within travel restrictions. Nothing you've described involves putting anyone else particularly at risk (other than yourself), so if it's legal to do it and you want to take the risk, why not? I will keep my fingers crossed for you!