Would you report a multi household holiday?

[Rosie65834]

UK holiday booked in a rented house for 10th July with 4 households/8 people. The group is conflicted about whether to cancel given the extension of the rules. If the holiday is cancelled it won't be possible to rearrange.

If you owned a holiday let, would you check or care?

If you lived next door to one, would you report a multi household holiday?

Theoretically, the group could say they are 2 households. Would anyone challenge it?

No. Don't even know what 'the rules' are regarding this as no longer care.

I wouldn’t report it, there are a few miserable people who would but I think most wouldn’t notice or care. I’ll be doing the same as you in a few weeks OP, 3 households in one holiday let. We’re all vaccinated. There is no way I’m cancelling yet another opportunity to spend time with my family when there are stadiums/restaurant/pubs full of people. Not a chance.

Have a lovely holiday OP.

Thanks everyone!

We received a breezy email from the holiday let company after the announcement on Monday saying that we could cancel if the rules extension applied to us. So the onus is on us now.

I'm on holiday at the moment in a cottage. We are within the rules as we are three households, 5 people but no-one came to check or asked us at any point who would be staying here. We still planned to come even if the restrictions hadn't changed.

Thats tricky maybe say 2 of the others are extended households and just go.

Depends on the company you’re booked with, they should be offering a full refund or a change of dates and the owner could refuse you on arrival, but some companies are more lax than others on their policies

@BirdsandBeesmakinghay

We went away in May, three households and six people . The owners only asked for names and addresses.

If it was after May 17th that was completely legal. The rules are two households of any size or 6 people from more than two households.

I would not report you OP as your 4 household holiday was supposed to have been ok when you booked it.

I may be slightly influenced by the fact I may find myself in a similar situation in the autumn. Family who live overseas (my sibling, spouse and new baby) have rented a big house in a touristy area for 6 weeks. The plan is that I and my parents spend a lot of time there to meet the baby with other family and friends from both countries coming for visits. So at times there could be 12 people from 4 households. Maybe more.

Am hoping that the longer it takes to lift the mixing rules, the more permanent they will be. So I feel for those caught out by this 4 wk delay in lifting restrictions.

My husband would want to cancel me id not be arsed

We went away there were 8 of us amittedly this was a hotel so separate bedrooms not that actually made any difference and we were two households
But there were quite a few large groups nobody batted an eyelid more interested in enjoying their holiday

Then just go.

I wouldn't report it as a neighbour, but if I was the owner of the holiday let I'd probably cancel your booking or get you to cut the numbers. It's someones business and it's fair enough that they might not want to take the risk.

@Rosie65834

Thanks everyone!

We received a breezy email from the holiday let company after the announcement on Monday saying that we could cancel if the rules extension applied to us. So the onus is on us now.

Apparently about one third of people in all circs have no moral issue with not following rules (tax avoidance, cheating, 'borrowing', trespass etc) and so there will be the same numbers bending covid rules I guess.

No I wouldn’t and I’ve been very strictly following the rules.

I would be annoyed by people potentially putting others at risk.

My stance I the same today ASI was when the first lockdown was brought out.
Focus on your own life and do what's safe for you.
Let others decide what's safe for them.
Don't grass people up, especially if known to you, you have to deal with these people long after restrictions are gone

If it's 4 couples, maybe one couple not comfortable with it and not want to go and the other 3 couples could maybe pay the bit extra.

The people you need to be asking are the owners and the neighbours because unless they happen to see this thread and post on it it doesn't matter what anyone else would do.

A PP has already mentioned the views of residents of Cornwall and I'm sure other areas that are worried about cases going up because of tourists I don't live in a tourist destination but I can totally see why they have concerns

Can’t you become two households by each couple jointing another couple’s household the day before the holiday?

I would not report anything, could not care less what other people are doing.

How do the others you are going on holiday with feel about it.

No

Just don't go round licking each other.

We have a similar issue. I'm all for going for it (because I'd rather share 4 walls with 7 friends who I know where they've been than random in the cinema / pub/ bus etc) but I fear the accommodation supplier will rumble us.

I thought the current limit was two households of no more than 6 so as there are 8 they would have to be one household? Usually letting agents ask for ID of all adults. If they did this they would see the different names and addresses. They will probably say they are in a support bubble but that can still only be two households. If you are trying to gauge for yourself whether you will be able to do this then you may well trip up when the letting agency want the ID of everyone on arrival.

If you could feasibly "pass" as two households (e.g. if at least 2 of the 4 households are single-parent families or another category who are allowed to "bubble" with another) then I would go ahead and claim to be just 2 households. Yes it's a lie but no one is going to demand proof. Not having to cancel holidays like this that were booked in good faith seems to me to be ethically in the same category as the fact that larger weddings are being allowed to go ahead.