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Gonna have to cancel our holiday to Cyprus aren’t we

289 replies

notabingthing · 28/02/2026 16:21

we was supposed to be going may but dh thinks it’s too close to Isreal and Iran 😟 would you cancel ?!

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KeepPumping · 07/03/2026 14:27

Binding · 05/03/2026 09:37

The first few pages of this one aged well!

Yes, there seemed to be an attitude that because you are on holiday real world events can"t impact you at all, very ridiculous.

KeepPumping · 07/03/2026 14:28

RedRiverShore6 · 03/03/2026 15:32

We cancelled a holiday in covid and just lost the deposit as it was before 12 weeks or whatever it was, bear in mind though that if you paid a low deposit as a special offer you have to pay the extra to make it up to the full deposit which would have been due.

With an outbreak of war you might not.

Prosecco85 · 10/03/2026 09:31

notabingthing · 04/03/2026 07:06

This is exactly how I feel. Cyprus is my favourite place to go on holiday, we love the place, but it’s too close to that part of the world for us at the moment. I mean yes, realistically it’ll probably be fine by may but we have to pay a good while before that so we need to make a decision, I’m not happy just waiting and seeing

Have you managed to change your holiday?

notabingthing · 10/03/2026 16:17

Prosecco85 · 10/03/2026 09:31

Have you managed to change your holiday?

We cancelled ! Going to go maybe next year instead, there was other reasons to be honest aswell not just what’s going on over that part of the world. I think that was just the decider for us !

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Prosecco85 · 10/03/2026 16:45

notabingthing · 10/03/2026 16:17

We cancelled ! Going to go maybe next year instead, there was other reasons to be honest aswell not just what’s going on over that part of the world. I think that was just the decider for us !

Sorry to hear that it didn't work out for you this year. Hopefully things will work out better next year.

Zov · 10/03/2026 16:54

Wise decision to cancel @notabingthing Flowers

Thecows · 10/03/2026 16:59

Echobelly · 28/02/2026 16:51

Seems daft to cancel to me, I doubt anyone is going to be accidentally bombing Cyprus, seeing as it's quite clearly not the mainland.

Er they wouldn't be accidentally bombing it though would they....
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babasaclover · 11/03/2026 07:21

Thecows · 10/03/2026 16:59

Er they wouldn't be accidentally bombing it though would they....
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And they literally did bomb it. Whether it was Iran or Russia as they are stating it got hit

MyTrivia · 11/03/2026 11:50

babasaclover · 11/03/2026 07:21

And they literally did bomb it. Whether it was Iran or Russia as they are stating it got hit

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2r1xldl1ko

Who is ‘they’? The drone that caused minor damage at the RAF base was the work of a militia group. People need to read the facts and stop spreading misinformation. It is simply wrong to say that Iran is intending to bomb Cyprus.

Two women protesters hold up a banner opposing British military bases in Cyprus

War fuels debate in Cyprus over UK military bases

“British Bases Out” is the slogan of Cypriot protesters after a drone strike targeted the RAF Akrotiri airbase.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2r1xldl1ko

KeepPumping · 12/03/2026 18:58

Thecows · 10/03/2026 16:59

Er they wouldn't be accidentally bombing it though would they....
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Exactly.

WildFlowerBees · 12/03/2026 19:11

Just got back from a work trip from Cyprus, all fine I don’t think you should cancel.

KeepPumping · 14/03/2026 14:31

Some of the advice at the start of this thread was frankly laughable.

Notsosweetcaroline · 14/03/2026 14:39

KeepPumping · 14/03/2026 14:31

Some of the advice at the start of this thread was frankly laughable.

You mean at the start of the conflict when people didn’t have the benefit of hindsight like you. Yeah that’s funny, but not in the way you think,

KeepPumping · 14/03/2026 14:47

Notsosweetcaroline · 14/03/2026 14:39

You mean at the start of the conflict when people didn’t have the benefit of hindsight like you. Yeah that’s funny, but not in the way you think,

The hindsight to suss out that there are military bases there and in the past it has been an evacuation point during conflict, that hindsight?

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