Would you travel if you were me?

[shoulditravel]

Hi all, just looking for some advice/perspective.

I live outside the UK in an EU country where covid levels are currently quite high and more restrictions are being put in place.

I'm supposed to travel back home to N Ireland for Xmas around the 19th Dec until the 28th but haven't booked flights yet (I think we will fly directly into dublin and travel north).

I would be flying with my husband, my adult stepson, my 2 year old and 10 month old. All the adults are vaccinated.

My issue is that this trip (which isn't booked yet), will cost us a lot of money at an expensive time of year. I really want to spend Xmas with my family but am worried about another lockdown. What if they introduce quarantine for us? Even in the house it would ruin our trip. What if everything is closed, again, this feels like a waste of trip. What if flights are cancelled? That would be a nightmare with the kids/my husband's work, and we would lose a lot of money if the trip couldn't go ahead at the last minute.

So in short I am nervous about booking it at all this year. Is there anything I am missing? What would you do in my situation? Reckon it is all just media hype?

Hi @shoulditravel im doing pretty much the reverse of you... Live in NI due to be flying to a eu country for Christmas. My dh is from there. We have booked our flights and are travelling ryanair from Dublin.. Our flight only goes twice a week also I wonder if it is the same eu country - a Friday and a Monday.
We are travelling with a 3 year old and a 5 month old. Dh is panicking it might be cancelled as he hasn't seen his family in 2 years. I'm hoping it will be ok as flying from Dublin so within eu.