To feel upset about holidays

[MadameBee]

I know this is really selfish and entitled but is anyone else feeling a bit devastated that their holiday is probably totally fucked this year?

Due to go to Spain (Benidorm!) in 8 weeks and it’s looking very unlikely.

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I have nothing booked but yes, I totally get why people who have are disappointed. And what makes it worse is we don’t know when things will get back to some kind of normality.

I dunno if this is a CF thread - it’s just so weird and depressing (the whole virus thing not my holiday)

It feels unreal.

We couldn’t but any hand soap today.

I think it’s only natural to feel disappointed.

Holidays are generally the result of hard work, saving and planning. We tend to book them well in advance, and the build up and time to look forward to the break is a big part of it for me.

We do however need to accept it and hope we can claim at least some of the money back so that we can rebook ASAP when things have settled down.

Yes - very definitely. I need things to look forward to! Having said that, I fully understand the reason why.

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Yes we have a cottage holiday booked for June. Probably won’t happen.

I feel devastated that there aren't enough respirators and ICU beds for the predicted number of critical patients. I feel devastated that thousands more are going to die. I feel devastated that the NHS as a system and the amazing staff are going to be totally fucked.

In this context I am not even slightly devastated that my holiday is fucked. I couldn't care less right now.

It's OK to be sad whilst acknowledging that this virus might lead to worse things. DP and I were about to go away on a trip overseas we had been planning for ages and it has been at least postponed, possibly cancelled. I realise corona could devastate vulnerable people and will undoubtedly cause a lot of people pain and I know my sadness is about a relatively small thing, but I'm still sad.

On the bright side, although I have to unpack my enormous suitcase, I don't have to wash the contents as they didnt have the chance to get dirty.

I think it’s perfectly normal to be disappointed that something you where planning and looking forward to has been ruined. I’m upset that our last holiday before our baby arrives has been destroyed (not something we can just reschedule for later) and now it looks like my own mother who lives overseas won’t be able to see me before the baby is born or possibly even after :( Corona Virus sucks!

Of course it’s not unreasonable to be disappointed. I agree, does feel v unreal. Just want it over - it’s frightening.

Just said same to DH. Nothing to look forward to on the horizon, other than staying alive, obvs.

Well at least you aren't stuck in Morocco right now with all flights cancelled and unsure of how the hell you are going to get home!

@HollyGoLoudly1 Of course I feel sad and worried about people dying etc too .. that goes without saying

My own Elderly father has recently had a serious chest infection - I am allowed to care how it affects me personally too though.

I’m in Ireland and we have schools, bars, restaurants, and all attractions closed. Gyms are closing, hairdressers too. It feels strange being outside -and the hardest thing is that we don’t know when it’ll end. We have plenty of things in our shops (tinned goods, toilet paper, hand soap, etc) so that’s one good thing anyway. The hardest thing is thinking about people who, if they contract the virus, will become seriously ill or perhaps die. It’s a horrible, unreal time and hard to stay positive. Our churches are closed too and I have to say I miss that more than I’d have believed possible!

We had booked holidays for both Easter and the Summer. They were both really special ones; places that we've wanted to go to for years and years and had finally planned and booked.

I can't see either of them going ahead now.

I know that in the big scheme of things losing a holiday doesn't matter. It seems selfish to even think about it when I know that people are getting sick and dying, people are worrying about how they will cope with childcare if schools are shut and people on zero hour contracts will be in real financial difficulties if they can't go to work.

That doesn't stop my feeling really upset about it.

I am not going to cancel as booked on my credit card so I will go unless it’s cancelled.

I am due to go to a show in April - what about those things?

Or do we just assume life is cancelled until further notice?

I don’t remember swine flu being this bad?

DC3 has his A levels coming up and 18th bday next week 😭😭😭

We're booked to get married in July - luckily we've not booked a honeymoon yet but had earmarked 2 weeks for it / family holiday. I really can't see it going ahead and I'm really upset. Small in the scheme of things but big to us :(

We were supposed to be flying to Florida in 3 weeks, absolutely gutted but hoping the advice stays as it is and our flights are cancelled so we can rebook it 🤞🏼

@Bridecilla that’s shit

OH in the forces so it happens all the time to us lot (cancelling weddings) and we know it’s a possibility and insure ourselves for it, by you wouldn’t have would you?

We've booked a holiday for the summer with 4 different families, it will be impossible to reschedule. A relatives milestone birthday (the only one they have actually ever planned to celebrate in a big way) has been cancelled. We will probably use up all our holiday allowance on childcare anyway.

I'm a bit sad but I know when I'm older it will just be 'oh do you remember that year when we had to cancel our holiday due to coronsvirus'. I think it just adds to the feeling of being very unsettled at the moment. I saw family this weekend and it was a bit upsetting saying goodbye as it looks likely a lot of them will be in quarantine for some time. I'm probably more sad about that than the holiday actually.

We are meant to go in 8 weeks. It’s a holiday to celebrate DH not dying last year. It was part of his recovery, something to work towards.
Now we are in semi isolation to prevent it happening again.
It’s all a big bag of shit.

I'm literally devastated it took us so long to save up to go on our dream holiday to the Caribbean, suppose to go next month. N we have been told that the island we were going to won't accept anyone from Europe atm. I totally understand where they are coming from and it's sensible. But I'm now so miserable. Me and my dh have had a lot of challenges to over come in the past 9 months ( poor mental health, family bereavements, brexit anxiety, work stress, house costs, car troubles etc) it was the one thing we were really looking forward to. We needed this break n now it's not going to happen. I'm heartbroken.

No, I’m relieved....hate flying anyway and holidays cost a crazy amount of money. I only do it for DH & DCs