Non essential travel - will you cancel?

[housepurchaseanger]

Will you cancel your holidays even if the flight is still departing and there's no specific restriction on the country?

Surely insurance won't cover it?

I arrived at my dad's before anything was said about no travelling. Obviously I need to get home so travelling will be unavoidable.

My dad was going to have the kids for the first week of the Easter holidays. He lives on a farm - would drive there. He’s only 56 and healthy as a horse. My stepmum is a teacher and my brother and sisters still live at home (2 still at school) so they’re as exposed as I am. No one has any health issues and they have heaps of outdoor space to run about in without infecting anyone. I have no idea whether to take them or not - 3 hour drive away.

The less contact you have with other people, that includes people you know and those you don’t the more able the UK will be able to control the spread of the virus. If people don’t listen to the advice and take no heed of what is happening in countries that are further on in the outbreak, I really fear for what will happen to you. I live outside of the UK and I am only leave my house to go to work (HCP) and to the shop. That is it.

@EmmaGrundyForPM

You could still get it from her, then transfer to others. Or if she doesn't continue to fully isolate, she could pass it to others.

This isn't about whether individuals are "happy to take the risk". It is about slowing the spread as far as possible.

If she is "happy to take the risk", will she turn down hospital treatment and let others who followed all precautions but still caught CV have the bed/ventilator/nursing staff? Doubt it.

Btw, if an elderly/vulnerable relative doesn't have an Apple device but does have a smartphone, they can download WhatsApp and use the video chat function. Facebook messenger has a similar function.

there is no need to be rude

EmmaGrundyForPM I've noticed that one of the main symptoms seems to be rudeness. People just don't seem to be able to help themselves. That or patronise the poor souls who aren't as clever as them.

Is it rude or bluntness? Because what I'm seeing is a hum-har from the UK government and not being clear. And then when someone gets a bit of straight talking they think it's rude/agressive?

Anyway. I haven't seen my 79 year old mum for over a year due to some other reasons and we were supposed to be going to Edinburgh next week, but I've cancelled. My flight got cancelled just now anyway.

I've already been burned because my original flights were with FlyBe. Hotel non-refundable (Holiday Inn via Booking.com)

However: if you have a British Airways booking you can log on and see if you're in the category where they will cancel for you and you get a voucher to that value which is valid for a year. Seems good to me so i did that.

The hotel have said that i can defer my booking without losing my payment (which they will deduct on Monday when I'm due to check in) as long as I tell them my new dates before I'm due to check-in. I'm going to take a punt on September. Which is pretty good of them, I think.

I also had a weekend booked in Cologne (also non-refundable hotel) for this weekend for a gig. Gig is cancelled and the hotel have let me rebook for a weekend in December.

So some companies are being great, others less great, and others unbelievably arsey.

But: please don't travel.

A lot of it is rudeness and treating people as though they are inferior if they don't know something or have a different point of view.

TooExtraImmatureCheddar
The issue isn’t how healthy your family members are, that is personal risk. We all need to stop selfishly assessing only personal risk, and start being unselfish and assessing societal risk.
If you take this virus from your area to their more rural one, you could inadvertently kill people by causing viral spread . Rural areas are most at risk. This is the reason they are saying no travel , because any movement of people at all causes viral spread .

I think I’d better see if I can rebook our holiday cottage.

I'm holding off on doing that MsAdorable as, if I can't go, I want a refund not to rebook as I won't have enough time later in the year.

I think our cottage is probably already booked for the rest of the year. I might just rebook it for next Easter, if I can.