Will you book a UK summer holiday?

[Rollergirl11]

Now is the time I usually book our summer holiday abroad but I don’t think that will be happening this year. I’ve been toying with booking somewhere in the UK instead and was going to spend the next few weeks looking.

Then I was reading in the Sunday Times travel section yesterday that travel experts predict that UK holiday accommodation for the summer will be completely booked up by Easter. So I went ahead and booked the place I’d been looking at.

Do you think they’re right and will you be booking something in the UK?

Got 9 nights booked in London which was originally planned for May 2020 for the end of May this year, fully expect this may have to be shunted back. Again.

As for the summer, I’m not committing to booking anything in advance & if I’m desperate for a few days away will just dig the tent out & go camping.

Not even thinking about abroad until the autumn & beyond, most likely summer 2022.

has Anyone found travel insurance to cover uk holidays? If we can’t go due to tier system/lockdown please? Our accommodation are asking us to lose 50 percent of the money if any kind of restrictions are still in place, seems a lot

We usually book a holiday in the UK and one abroad.
We're not booking anything abroad this year and have booked a cottage in Wales for September.The cottage has free cancellation ,so if restrictions in place mean we can't travel we will get our money back.

I'm just wondering about if there are restrictions in place or if a covid close contact. I've got one booked via Landmark trust and one booked via Cottages.com. The one via Cottages.com says contract is with owner but if there are restrictions in place you get a full refund - I also took out the insurance for that for £35 which says covers covid isolation but a bit wary of that. The place though where very good last year and when govt restrictions cut some facilities off even though we knew when booked they sent us 10% back so think that one should be fine.

The landmark trust one looks a problem though and has no cover for either as its May. For stays up until April they allow you to defer within 14 days notice to end of 2022 subject to availability and hopefully that will get extended. What I'm concerned about is if the kids get a covid close contact notification last minute we lose the lot. Anyone know an insurance that covers. I looked up Trailfinders and it only seemed to do Europe and quoted £520 for the trip which is same price as the trip as its just a couple of nights plus ferry. I may need to cancel that booking as its £104 to cancel now and reduces to £45 if someone else books. Though will wait it out a bit, could also transfer until 26 Feb for £45 but that just shifts the issue to later.

We have 9 UK holidays booked, we take our own caravan, so spreading our bets, hopefully some will go ahead. No deposit and easily changed or cancelled.

I've got a UK roadtrip planned but don't want to book too far in advance in case it can't go ahead and don't want all the hassle of cancellation and getting money back - had enough it that already.
The problem is that I've heard UK places are getting pretty booked up so I run the risk of losing out

I booked last year as I had a feeling U.K. holidays would end up more costly or booked up as people not going abroad . I’m glad I did - I checked on prices last week and they are nearly £400 more expensive than when I booked last September . A lot of places in the U.K. allow you to move your date due to covid circumstances too .

I just logged on to Landmark Trust and they are now letting people cancel with 14 days notice to September and giving a voucher to end 2022. So I've done that for May 2021 break as there's no covid cover and kids are at school and if one kid gets covid whole year are a close contact now. Hope that's not going to cause the summer holiday to go west as well though think we are covered for money at least on that though not 100%.

We booked a holiday last September for June this year. Paid on payment plan and have just extended it by a week.
It's a holiday park so if it can't we will be able to get a refund or move it back.
Am trying to stay hopeful for it going ahead, while telling myself it's not the end of the world if it doesn't. And at the time it made us all feel better to have something to look forward to.

Airbnb is definitely worth a look - you can restrict your search to places with flexible cancellation. Many places are fully refundable as close as 24hrs before the start of your holiday and cancellation is as simple as clicking a button.