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To feel upset about holidays

391 replies

MadameBee · 15/03/2020 22:29

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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FilthyforFirth · 16/03/2020 05:25

I am gutted. A huge holiday years in the making has been cancelled. No holiday since 2016 and now no idea when we can re-book.

Like PP it is not having anything to look forward to that is the worst thing to cope with.

PirateWeasel · 16/03/2020 05:52

We only have a UK holiday booked, but deposit is paid and it's money we can't afford to lose if we're not allowed to go to work 🙁 I just wish we knew what the plan is! Are we going to lockdown or not, and if we are, when??

Cherrysherbet · 16/03/2020 06:07

I can’t even think about holidays right now. My dh’s income has just gone completely. He’s self employed, no help for us at all. Not even sick pay. I work a minimum wage job. I will be working all the hours I can, but it won’t be enough to live on.

Fcukthisshit · 16/03/2020 06:12

We are due to go away 7 weeks on Friday. It’s not looking likely. To be honest, I’m absolutely gutted. I’m gutted for my kids who are going to be so disappointed. DH and I both work full time so look forward to getting away. None of us want to spend our annual leave stuck in the house.

Beagled · 16/03/2020 06:13

Yes. First family holiday (LO is 7) and first holiday abroad in 9 years. I’ve sacrificed a lot to pay for it over the last year, things have been really tight. Really disappointed, LO is gutted. I’d like to be cancelled though.

lanbro · 16/03/2020 06:13

I was due to be visiting a friend in south east Asia for my big birthday, very disappointed not to be going but there will be other holidays...😭😭

leftovercoffeecake · 16/03/2020 06:20

Got a holiday booked for the first week of May, to a country that hasn’t got any travel restrictions yet. It’s been booked for ages and is to celebrate a special birthday. At this point, it’s the not knowing which I hate. We have good insurance, so if it gets cancelled out of our control, we get a full refund and can rebook. It’s if the holiday doesn’t get cancelled I’m worried about. If we choose to cancel it ourselves, we will lose so much money. Or we go and face the anxiety of possibly getting quarantined and locked down in another country. So to be honest, I’m hoping it gets cancelled, although I’ll be gutted.

I’m having a shit time at work and my mental health has been really bad and so I’ve been looking forward to this trip. I’m upset about the entire situation.

Riverviews · 16/03/2020 06:26

I was meant to visit my elderly parents in Spain next week. That's cancelled now. I'm worried, a bit disappointed, but mostly really worried. We don't know how long this can go for.

All my family are abroad Sad

MsTSwift · 16/03/2020 06:33

Ok it’s not the same but can you mentally big up local treats? Like a walk or nice dinner or good film?

Agree though I love my holidays albeit ours now train based due to dd2 and dh going full Greta.

Hippywannabe · 16/03/2020 06:44

We are due to go away for Whitsun to the Canaries, I paid the balance a couple of weeks ago (almost £2000), I hope we will be able to go.

We went to Tunisia a few weeks after the first uprising (about 9 or 10 years ago?) and it was so sad to see the way that they were desperate for tourists. So much of the Mediterranean economy is tied up in tourism.

We booked through Tui so I hope to get the money back or be able to rebook if we can't go.

I am going to be disappointed but do understand the reasons! I know of someone who cancelled their once in a lifetime Disney holiday for Easter just before the shutdown so I don't know if they will get refunds and anither friend was due to go to New York for her 60th and her daughter's 30th and is now trying to get refunded.

More importantly, I just hope that all my lovedmones just getvthrough this time.

Teateaandmoretea · 16/03/2020 06:48

I can’t even think about holidays right now. My dh’s income has just gone completely. He’s self employed, no help for us at all. Not even sick pay. I work a minimum wage job. I will be working all the hours I can, but it won’t be enough to live on.

^^I think this will be really common. It's pretty naive the way it looks right now to say 'oooh I'll just book next year'. Private sector employees are going to lose jobs on mass, even those who are salaried.

Oysterbabe · 16/03/2020 06:49

We're disappointed. We due to go to Disney in Sunday as a last term time holiday before DD starts school in September. It's been cancelled and we're getting a refund. A theatre trip next month is also in doubt. Maybe we'll save all the cancelled trip money and do something special once all this has blown over.

worriedmama16 · 16/03/2020 06:58

Have had to cancel a trip to Disney for my daughters birthday and it looking like she won't even have the days out planned for her. I'm really upset for her, she's turning 4, but more worryingly she has had some chest issues and I'm frightened what will happen if she gets cv.
At the moment she's at nursery 2 1/2 days a week , they are very on the ball re cleaning, I'm self employed and need to work but I'd much rather stay home. I'm throughly depressed with it all at the minute.

PetrolCan · 16/03/2020 07:00

FCO have just advised against travel to my destination as they have banned those from the UK. I'm disappointed but relieved. It was a trip with DH's extended family, some of who are from there, and they were adamant we were going. I really didn't want to, and it was just causing me stress on top of other stresses. So although I'm disappointed we're not going, I'm relived that the situation has been resolved. I wasn't comfortable with going to a country much less affected (so far) than us and ptentially infecting people. I wasn't comfortable being that far away from a couple of older relatives on my side of the family that I wouldn't be able to get back within a couple of hours.

I do desperately feel for anyone employed in travel and tourism that all these trips are being cancelled though. I hope as many jobs as possible can be saved, or people can be redeployed, or something to make sure as many as possible aren't left without money.

Jay135 · 16/03/2020 07:03

If the full economic impact of this takes effect then a lot of people won’t be going on holiday again for the foreseeable future.

Aragog · 16/03/2020 07:04

Of course it's okay to feel disappointed about your own plans having to change and missing out on things.

It's entirely possible for most people to have personal disappointments and be worried and upset about the bigger picture too.

I'm disappointed we've had to cancel our holiday and That's it's looking like we will have to postpone DD's 18th birthday celebrations. I'm sad that because dd has a cough she's had to postpone her driving test.

But at the same time I'm also capable of being upset about the whole global devastation too. And worried about what will happen.

PinkSparklyPussyCat · 16/03/2020 07:07

I think even Staycation type holidays will be affected eventually.
Lockdown, if it happens, will mean everything closed anyway so not a lot of point travelling miles just to sit in a room somewhere else.

We're supposed to be going to Lyme Regis for a long weekend on Friday. I'm not expecting much to be open but we'll be going anyway unless things change as we won't get out money back. At least I can look out to sea rather than the back garden! We're also supposed to be going to Cornwall in May but who knows whether that will happen?

CanICelebrate · 16/03/2020 07:07

We are gutted! 2 of my dc have school trips abroad scheduled this summer and we have 2 family holidays booked, one significantly more expensive than the other and thankfully that one is insured.
Of course I care much more about people’s lives but I think it’s natural to be upset. Ours total around £5500 Sad

Frogsandsheep · 16/03/2020 07:09

As a vicar I’m thinking about the 4 wedding couples who are probably going to have to postpone/cancel their weddings and honeymoons. I spoke to 2 very upset brides this weekend.

SchadenfreudePersonified · 16/03/2020 07:13

Mr Schaden was due to go to Malaga in a fortnight with a friend. We are both gutted,

He wanted to get away to some sun.

I wanted to spend a week doing NOTHING for ANYBODY and sitting on the settee covered with dogs and binge-watching Netflix.

Blueblackrose · 16/03/2020 07:16

I am devastated for lots of things about this virus and can also feel sad myself for the plans I had for this year not happening.

This includes seeing my parents and friends more and also the 3 holidays ( 2 Europe, one US) all planned independently and paid for - albeit the us we can cancel hotel easily, Europe not so much..I can feel sad for the dc who were excited about the trips.

SoupDragon · 16/03/2020 07:19

I’m not sure why people find it difficult to understand being sad about more than one thing.

Me neither. It's sad that some lack the emotional depth for that.

I'm worried about my summer holiday - my last one2 year's ago was shit as the resort was shut to all but timeshare owners due to a bad seaweed problem and I found out my dad was dying the day before we left. We were all so looking forward to this year's holiday.

However, I am more than capable to also see the bigger issues and worry about them.

zafferana · 16/03/2020 07:19

I totally agree with you OP. This virus has upended everyone's lives. I'm also sad about the cancellation of our much-planned and much-anticipated holiday at Easter and I'll be really sad if we have to cancel a break with MIL and SIL in the May half-term, which has been two years in the making.

I'm also really sad for those who work in the tourist industry. This will be utterly devastating and lead to many job losses. My DSis was laid off (worked for big airline) after 9/11 and this is so much worse Sad

Kissmycousinkate · 16/03/2020 07:19

I'm actually resigned to both of mine being cancelled but feel quite pleased that I might get my garden sorted instead, just can't do anything yet until confirmed

DazedandConcerned · 16/03/2020 07:21

I'm due away on 15 May flying to Hurghada through Italy. I think it will go ahead simply because I cannot conceive of an economically sustainable shut down lasting so long. The world is going to need to start moving again or there will be widespread job losses and poverty. Airlines and tour companies would be gone, countries that rely on tourism would sink further into poverty, and the retail sector would be decimated.

I wish all those who suffer from Covid-19 the best - in fact my father is an expected case owing to exposure from his work with the NHS. Hoping your holiday goes ahead (as I do) does not in any way mean you are blind or unfeeling to the suffering of others.