Have you cancelled your Easter holiday in the UK?

[WhatHoJeeves]

We cancelled our holiday abroad when the virus first came to light and booked a cottage for a week in the UK, thinking that was a safe option.

I'm thinking we now need to cancel that too. Have other people already cancelled?

Apparently, we can't have a refund but can change our dates with no fees, but I've no idea when we would change to as who knows how long this will last!

Even if we could go away, I'm not sure I want to be away from home now.

Not yet, but it's with Butlins and I'm waiting for an official announcement so I can get a refund. I'm not going anyway, but if I cancel now I'll lose the money, if I wait until they close (which is imminent I reckon) I'll get it back.

I was thinking the same, leave it as long as possible. My DH thinks that if we can, we should still go, but I really don't want to be far from home. And by Easter, travel in the UK might be banned anyway!

DD and I were going to visit my parents for a few days travelling by train. I don't think we will be now unless I drive instead.

We've not cancelled but we're definitely not going. We're waiting on an announcement like @Waxonwaxoff0

Please if you are not going can you let the people know who's property it is
Im in a position where I have bookings due. I dont know if they will turn up or not. I dont know if I need to get the cleaner in or not, whether we need to go to the bank and ask for a mortgage break because if nobody is coming and everyone is getting a refund, then we are in trouble. We have had someone offer to rent our holiday cottage for 3 months, but due to a 2 week holiday at Easter and a whole bunch of weekend bookings onward from there, I cant even take that booking, which could tide us over.

My parents in law, who own the farm, are very elderly and have carers. They are in isolation and every time I go to the farm to work or prepare we are putting them at risk. I then potentially take that risk home to my 19 year old daughter who has 3 of the listed vulnerabilities, and one of the specified critical illnesses. If I can just stay home because nobody is coming, thats a help.

People's actions have consequences for others

If you are not going on your holidays for Easter, and for the weeks following, PLEASE let us know as soon as possible.

I suspect the events I'm going to will be cancelled, but I'll still go away unless travel is banned. As the B&B and cattery need custom.

We have a cottage booked for a few days we just planned on walking lots in the countryside anyway so at the moment we are still going

I was just wondering this. We're supposed to be going to Cornwall, to a place we know well. I think it will be far better for the kids to be able to run around on a beach than stay cooped up here. It's a fairly quiet spot so very easy to maintain the 2 metre distance on the beach. It's also a holiday let and we have the whole space - key left in a key safe so no actual contact with other people.

However, the main reason we go down is to see my family and we are talking constantly to them about whether this is a good idea. I think - unless anyone is showing symptoms and self isolating - we will go, but it will depend on the official advice as to whether or not to see the family.

Yesterday was just advisory from the government. They are using the same techniques as other countries, in a couple of days we will be in lockdown. They will use the excuse that no one is complying by rolling out a massive increase in cases. This is where the behavioural scientists are of use. They know we will behave just like other EU countries, however there is nowhere to escape to in this country, bare that in mind. Better to be close to the bigger hospitals than in the middle of nowhere.
It was air travel that got us into this mess in the first place. In the future it is going to be expensive and very restricted, not only will you need a passport but probably a health passport to ensure you are well and vaccinated. Insurance will sky rocket and again will be compulsory for travel. They will have to claw back their losses somehow.

www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-on-social-distancing-and-for-vulnerable-people/guidance-on-social-distancing-for-everyone-in-the-uk-and-protecting-older-people-and-vulnerable-adults

Sorry wrong thread

I live in a UK holiday destination.

Please don't come here on holiday.

FWIW I've never taken my DC on holiday, apart from visiting relatives and a couple of cheep camping weekends. It hasn't killed them, or us.

You can survive without a holiday.

The elderly and infirm in my town might literally not survive if you infect them with coronavirus, however.

The government have advised against all non-essential travel.
A holiday is the very definition of non essential travel.

Please, stay home.

Going to places like Cornwall is what got Spain and Italy into trouble. If you read the updates from there, it spreads the viruses quickly from centres like London to a remote area with less infrastructure like Cornwall. Rural areas have less hospital and facitilies to cope with this.

Yes I have cancelled. It's just not necessary.

We're planning to go to a fairly isolated cottage in Northumberland.
We won't be leaving it except to go to the beach, and we'll take our food with us.
Unless it's official lockdown, we'll still be going.

We've planned to go away to our normal place. Rang yesterday and she said I could change. But I'd have to pay like £300 extra. I've already paid beer on £1000. I could understand an extra £50 maybe. She said why should they go without because of something they can't control. I said so the paying customer pays for it? Literally?

So now I'm going to wait until we can get a refund. We won't be going there again after now.

I live on the North coast 500. I am still seeing people on social media who are selfishly still planning on travelling up here
in camper vans from cities including london. They intend to drive through the scottish highlands. Driving through small isolated communities. Possibly spreading the virus as they go.

They claim that its so isolated up here so its ok. I assume they don't intend to stop anywhere for petrol or supplies. Supplies that are already low in some areas. That they will stay in their camper vans. I guess they don't plan on getting out at beauty spots and historical sites and touch monuments, fences/ gates and railings. They wont want to empty there camper waste at any point. Will they dispose of there potentially infected litter properly? Because they don't now, I regularly have to pick up full bags of rubbish tourists have dumped in my garden.

We are about 3 hours from the nearest ICU should they get sick. One person I saw casually wrote locals will help them if they are sick. I live next to a site thats a must see for many driving through. We get thousands of tourists here every year. If someone is so selfish to spread the virus up here risking there own life and the lives of others for the sake of a holiday. They can expect no help from me. Several of my immediate neighbours are elderly or have health issues so are on the at risk list. Those of us left will be supporting them and their animals. Not exposing ourselves to infected people who should have stayed at home.

FFS don’t go and take the virus to cornwall. Elderly population, one hospital. Really?? Of course you cancel.

We've got a cottage booked in Derbyshire (edge of small town) planning to meet some friends who live near by and walk our dogs together. I am hoping that we can still go as I don't see any real risk to anybody in our plans. Obviously things may change in the next few weeks.

Really good points, thank you. I was thinking that it was unfair to the cottage owner if we cancel (small business) and walking on the beach might be a safe and healthy activity.

But I completely agree about hordes of holiday makers travelling to the south coast etc and possibly creating hot spots of infection.

All in all, I think we're all better at home at the moment, sad though that might be.