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Do I cancel now … holiday next month ?

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Brighton5555 · 13/12/2021 07:40

Hi I’m in complete limbo. Are both double vaccinated and getting boosters next week, travelling with a child under 7 one month today to Turkey…

This trip has been postponed multiple times and we are all looking forward to it so much ( to see my dh family / child meet his grandparents ) I feel completely stuck … keep expecting the choice to be ripped away in the next couple of weeks so don’t feel like I can relax and focus on going …

All the figures and worst case scenario they are throwing at is daily makes me wonder if I should take some control and move the flights and hotel to March instead … giving us a bit more time …

Husband is worried about being stuck over in turkey or having to quarantine at short notice in a hotel, and I do understand those worries but part of me thinks yes postpone and part of me thinks it will no doubt be worse by March and go in January while we can

What would you do

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WhatAboutDessert · 13/12/2021 07:46

Impossible decision right now. I think it may be worse in March and personally would either go January (and hope) or postpone 6 months.

MatildaIThink · 13/12/2021 07:47

I would not be going, not because of any fear of Covid itself, but because I would not want to get either stuck out there due to restrictions, or have to quarantine on return.

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Brighton5555 · 13/12/2021 08:21

My thinking is similar that by March it may be a more bleaker picture, I doubt the nhs can booster one million people a day and I don’t believe the government will hit its target for the end of the year.

I don’t personally believe the numbers they spout out, most times their predictions haven’t happened.. a million cases in the next 2 weeks. Don’t think so ….

I can move the flights easily the accommodation more harder . My gut says hold tight and go but the sensible part says don’t

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Delatron · 13/12/2021 08:27

I’ve learnt in this pandemic just to seize travel opportunities when I can. If you’re allowed to fly and the plane is going and not on the red list.

But yes there’s lots of stress and testing and worry. So it’s whether that is worth it. Things seem to get a bit better, then worse so no guarantees that it will be better in a few months.

megustalacerveza · 13/12/2021 08:38

Nobody can possibly tell you. I find it utterly ludicrous that we have the highest number of Omicron cases in Europe and are the ones who have to test before and after coming back from abroad but it's been like that for most of the pandemic.

At this point, I'd probably seize the opportunity while I could, but I'm single with no kids and could cope with being stuck somewhere a few days longer than expected.

stuckinsouthafrica · 13/12/2021 08:43

I'm coming to the end of 10 days hotel quarantine today. It's been absolutely horrific. SA was put on red list whilst I was on the flight to Cape Town.

I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy. The thought of doing it with a child makes me shudder.

So you need to work out what is the realistic worst case scenario and whether you can cope with that.

Caramellatteplease · 13/12/2021 08:48

Go for 24-48 hours. May seem mad but at least you get to see family and you probably have enough time to get back

megustalacerveza · 13/12/2021 08:52

@stuckinsouthafrica

I'm coming to the end of 10 days hotel quarantine today. It's been absolutely horrific. SA was put on red list whilst I was on the flight to Cape Town.

I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy. The thought of doing it with a child makes me shudder.

So you need to work out what is the realistic worst case scenario and whether you can cope with that.

How unlucky! What has made it really bad? Just being stuck in a room for so many days or were there specific things that made it awful?

rookiemere · 13/12/2021 08:52

Anyway you can go sooner rather than later ?
The way things are looking I'd say both Jan and March are looking dubious.

megustalacerveza · 13/12/2021 08:53

@Caramellatteplease

Go for 24-48 hours. May seem mad but at least you get to see family and you probably have enough time to get back

The thought of doing all that paperwork and testing for that length of time would make me shudder.

megustalacerveza · 13/12/2021 08:53

@rookiemere

Anyway you can go sooner rather than later ? The way things are looking I'd say both Jan and March are looking dubious.

Dubious in what way? As in they won't be allowed to leave the country?

WeatherwaxOn · 13/12/2021 08:57

I'm with rookie - if you can bring it forward, that might be better.
I have a friend who is in a quarantine hotel at the moment, having visited elderly family in SA. They are missing their spouse and children, who are in London.

rookiemere · 13/12/2021 09:01

@megustalacerveza yes as in restrictions will get harsher based on rising numbers and travel is a relatively easy target.

Huckleberries73 · 13/12/2021 09:03

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dumdedumpop · 13/12/2021 09:07

Anything can turn on a sixpence right now. So if you have the time and money to stay in a quarantine hotel if the worst happens, the. Go for it. If you don't, then postpone.
To me, it's that black and white.

megustalacerveza · 13/12/2021 09:11

[quote rookiemere]@megustalacerveza yes as in restrictions will get harsher based on rising numbers and travel is a relatively easy target. [/quote]
It's ludicrous, though. How can travel keep being used as the scapegoat when people are wandering around maskless all over the place? I can't go to Spain because it's too dangerous but I can get on a packed tube into central London and mingle with hundreds of people in an Omicron hotspot?

It's utterly inane.

rookiemere · 13/12/2021 09:15

@megustalacerveza I agree, it doesn't make a lot of sense, but as there's not much appetite or funding for another lockdown, then governments will do the maximum amount of "free" mitigation that they can.

megustalacerveza · 13/12/2021 09:18

[quote rookiemere]@megustalacerveza I agree, it doesn't make a lot of sense, but as there's not much appetite or funding for another lockdown, then governments will do the maximum amount of "free" mitigation that they can. [/quote]
It's starting to verge on a human rights breach for those of us with family abroad, IMO.

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