Is a UK cottage holiday safe?

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I’m sorry if this is an odd question but I’ve a cottage booked for a week in South Devon in June- I was really looking forward to it! With things the way they are do you think it will be safe to go by then? Thank you

No unnecessary travel. So no, if we are still in this situation it won't be safe. But who knows how long this will last.

@Princessfaffalot how rude. No need to come down on op for asking a reasonable question. She, like me, will lose a lot of money, annual leave etc if she cancels and it is a discussion board. I suggest you don’t comment if you want to just be nasty.

People stand to lose a lot more than money and annual leave if outsiders bring CV into areas where the hospitals can barely cope with the local population. Can understand all the terse responses.

I really hope the U.K. does what Spain has done and close all hotels/holiday homes. I’m not saying no - definitely don’t go in June but please to anyone considering it now - no, don’t. All of my family are already in self isolation in Devon but all it takes it for them to catch it from someone next time they dare to go out to a supermarket. It’s not about whether you’re safe but keeping it contained.

Can understand all the terse responses

It just makes them all look like they haven't bothered to read the OP to be honest.

I would hang fire for now, things are changing all the time.

It’s just that MN is full of threads shaming anyone not abiding by current gov advice.

Non essential,travel being one of those.

We need to define non essential.

Is it ok for me to pack up and drive to beach in Cornwall if I make sure I ‘don’t go out. Much or use public services’?

This is a tricky one.

I’m not annoyed larryduff, it is only human, what you feel, and what I feel.

We are all right in our own way.

I agree with the PP who said this: "If you go away in order to just walk, eat all meals at the cottage, are confident it’s been thoroughly disinfected, then why not."

Depending on what the situation is by June, I would also avoid eating out anywhere (you probably won't be able to anyway, if things are the same as now) and would also pack cleaning products to disinfect the house before you leave.

Also agree with others who've said we have no idea what the situation will be like in three months' time.

Oh, and the posters hurling abuse at the OP come across like total idiots. June is 2.5 months away, it's a perfectly reasonable question!

It just makes them all look like they haven't bothered to read the OP to be honest

They have read it. What they're reading is someone worried about a holiday whilst they are worried about access to hospital treatment for themselves and loved ones, should it be needed, in the face of everyone not wanting to miss out on holidays! I honestly don't understand why people are worried about holidays right now!

I’ve read it, I’m simply proving a POV from a rural resident.

I can see why people want to go rural but I doubt it will be idyllic and it has led to spread in other countries. Not everyone will play safe sadly.

I’ve already said a pre booked thing in June is ok in my mind, a lot could change before then. So I have read the OP.

I would love it if someone was going to come and isolate in my cottage. I stay in the middle of nowhere and all the lovely Germans who'd booked over Easter and beyond can't come. I think I might be needing to apply for benefits for the first time in my adult life.

I honestly don't understand why people are worried about holidays right now!

Because some people are cracking on with their lives as best they can.

Thing is, how many people would go rural, mama be to keep a few children under wraps and literally stay in?

Won’t they need fresh milk, etc?
Local residents plus elderly and vulnerable are in those shops too.

thanks music I should add I haven't booked anything I'm just trying to figure out how to get through the next few months, I'm so stressed about everything, we're in the middle of selling our house which is currently rented and no idea what's going to happen with our tenants or our buyer, my family are vulnerable, my friends are stuggling I just want to get away from it all for a few days

Sorry typos!

‘Go rural and be able to keep kids indoors all time?’

Because some people are cracking on with their lives as best they can.
Which is why this is spreading, but hey, as long as the young, fit and healthy can still have their holidays!

Ah Larry I do sympathise, I’ve just half-moved house up here too and not got a clue whether to fully move in or not until things settle. I’m with OH in a town nearby and really concerned as my village is packed with tourists.

Problem is, if we all get away for a few days the virus would go insane.

I don’t know what to do, there’s common sense and then there’s stress, panic, I do get it. I don’t have a solution. I think we just all need to be able to try and understand the other persons fears.

I’m also disturbed by the cynicism of the self catering cottages hiking prices up.

Way to exploit and disregard your market and locality.

I just googled as I was curious and found this from daily telegraph reporting on what government advisers say
"When will the virus peak in the UK?

Professor Chris Whitty, England's Chief Medical Officer, said on March 12 that he expects the UK would reach the peak of its coronavirus outbreak in about 10 to 14 weeks. “If you move too early, people get fatigued,” he said, when asked about how to respond effectively to the virus. “This is a long haul.”

That timeframe would mean that the number of infections would not peak before the Easter break, but could hit the UK hardest in the May half-term holidays.

The Department of Health has advised that the peak is likely in about three months when 95 per cent of the infections are expected to take place. It means that most people will contract the virus between late May and late June.

The Prime Minister said this week that the most "dangerous period is not now, but some weeks away, depending on how fast it spreads". "

So I don't think your holiday will be able to go ahead. I'm sorry

I made another thread yesterday about how Cumbrian tourism is inviting people to come.
I provided a screenshot of the website claiming you were less like;y to catch it in cumbria

This is utter bullshit.
There are over 22 cases in Cumbria as of today.
In my friends large urban town further south there are 4!

I honestly don't understand why people are worried about holidays right now

Really? What's to understand?!

In times of massive uncertainty, people might like something to look forward to....? That people might like to know in times of financial uncertainty whether they will get their money back?

It is fairly straight forward I would have thought.

There's concern about the impact of second home owners and caravanners in Gwynedd:
BBC News - Coronavirus: Second-home owners urged to stay away
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-51937753

As I said before, I'm going this weekend for just the weekend, no contact with owner as it’s a key safe. Middle of nowhere cottage, very rural. Not entering any shops, businesses etc, taking my own food. Under 40, no health conditions so won’t be needing the local hospital if I get sick.

And that large urban town has a higher population living in it,with two huge hospitals,
and although Cumbria is a large area it has a much smaller population density that the town. Cumbria has a very high rate of infection in comparison....it’s terrifying.

Which is why this is spreading, but hey, as long as the young, fit and healthy can still have their holidays!

Calm down, I was talking about the hysteria surrounding it. Not everybody wants to live like that. The OP may not be able to go away in June but its 3 months away yet, nobody knows what is going to happen.

But even if healthy we can be transmitting it.

We need to understand that you don’t have to be ill to spread it.

Even if you lie low and don’t mingle, how do you keep fresh food going, or milk for more than 3 days?

To be blunt - how you and I spend this weekend ( and thereafter ) and who with -will affect ICU capacity the next 3 months.

It’s a numbers game . Limit social contact as much as possible to stop the curve shooting up . You may not catch it ( although likely you will and be asymptomatic , according to current guidelines dated 16.03.20 in the UK )but you might need urgent medical attention in the 3 next months for a different reason other than COVID 19 so everyone needs to think on and get their heads round this .