2021 holidays

[Applejack87]

Hi , are people actually booking holidays this year whether it be abroad or in the Uk ?

[BG2015]

The vaccine situation in the EU is terrible. Those poor people at the mercy of their governments.

Love or hate Bojo at least he's got one thing right in this whole mess.

[Stokey]

I didn't know that @FoonySpucker. My impression from the press was that it was more to do with EU exit and France being less keen to open up travel corridors to non-EU citizens, but your point makes more sense.

[FoonySpucker]

We made it to France last summer but feel like they're being less accommodating this year.

Have you seen the current daily infection and death rates for France?

www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/france?tagparamdecoded=actu%2Fvideo_actu/

Many areas are being subject to targeted lockdowns.
There is a blanket 6pm curfew throughout the country.
All bars and restaurants are closed and have been since October. Absolutely no indication of when this might change.

It's not about being "less accommodating".

[zafferana]

Yeah, I agree that Spain, Greece and Cyprus are all looking good. Portugal are also in talks with the British govt. France looks impossible at the moment though and there's been no word on Italy or anywhere else in Europe.

We're due to go to the US in August and I'm feeling more hopeful than I was, mainly because both the UK's and the US's vaccine roll outs are going well and I know the airlines are lobbying hard to get the North Atlantic routes (their most profitable) back up and running asap.

[Stokey]

I've just booked Greece for 2 weeks in August. I'm assuming DH and I will both be vaccinated by then and children will be allowed to travel with negative tests. Otherwise no-one with kids will be able to go anywhere which will be a massive loss to the travel industry. Like BG2015 said, Greece and Cyprus look more likely. We made it to France last summer but feel like they're being less accommodating this year.

[Alfaix]

I really want to book something abroad too- maybe Crete.
DH and I should both have been vaccinated as we’ve both had dose 1, but DS8? Maybe testing?

[BG2015]

I get the impression that DC will be allowed in with a negative PCR test 72 hours before.

That's what I'm hoping as my DC are coming to Kos with us, they're 18 and 21 so may have had their first dose but not their second

[Ikeameatballs]

I am desperate to book! I’ll be vaccinated but dc and dp won’t be.

[BG2015]

We're desperate for a holiday.

We've had 4 holidays cancelled since March 2020.

We have Kos booked (moved from 2020) for the last 2 weeks of August and also Cape Verde in October.

I've already had both my vaccinations and DP second one is due in April.

If we can go we will, if not we'll get refunds and either re-book or carry on house upgrades!

I think it's looking likely with Cyprus, Spain and Greece agreeing green corridors with the U.K. They are desperate for tourists to return.

[Silkies]

Booked a week in UK for August but too uncertain at the moment for us to book abroad. Also got two in secondary and risk of close contact isolations means the only time we can book is last 4 weeks of school summer holidays when no chance will have to isolate and have to cancel last minute.

DH has been vaccinated once, atm think I am due for 1st in April but kids won't be vaccinated before this summer so that presumably may well mean last minute covid tests for them putting whole holiday at risk last minute. So may well stick to UK though would be good for DH to see his Mum in France if that's possible this year.

It's a shame and also last year the good weather in England was first two weeks of school holidays with lots of rain after that so not ideal but better than nothing. Last year we did UK first two weeks of summer holidays and had a lovely holiday and lovely weather, this year I suspect will be a week in the rain. We do at least have an indoor swimming pool, just hope they do same as last year where each family gets it for 1 to 2 hours per day so its not overrun by small children as we wouldn't be able to swim in it then, suspect they will as they were very covid aware.

[astuz]

I am desperate for a holiday - I live for travelling/holidays/seeing the world, but I'm not booking anything yet. It's just too risky. We have money tied up with a cruise line from a cruise that got cancelled last July, so we could rebook using that money, but what if they say we all have to be vaccinated & we haven't been, or we can go but have to quarantine for 2 weeks, costing silly money? I don't think cruises are going to be running July/August TBH, so can't work up any enthusiasm to book it anyway.

I'm going to just see how the land lies the week before schools break up & we'll hopefully be able to go somewhere. A lot of people seem to be booking in the UK, so I'm thinking the usual holiday Islands in the Med might be reasonably priced, if we're allowed to go by then. Or just drive to somewhere in Europe if we're allowed (France, Germany, Austria Switzerland - anywhere South of here basically).

I'd love to go further afield - I really fancy a Safari in South Africa, but don't think that's going to happen. I also fancy California/Las Vegas, which might be a bit more of a possibility, but no way am I booking any of these things.

[notacooldad]

I'm not booking just yet.
I am going to see how everything is in the late summer and if I can book a Premier Inn, holiday express type of place anywhere.
I'm not overly desperate for a holiday as I was on holiday abroad in January, February and arly March of 2020. I had two weeks in Scotland in October so havent done so bad.

[Frazzled2207]

We booked for May 2020 was moved to May 2021 and now august 2021. Chances of going are about 40% I think. However flights (originally very cheap) can be moved to next year as long as I do it a fortnight before and the accommodation is fully refundable up to 2 days before. So it doesn’t feel very risky from a money point of view. If it transpires in may/June that we can go abroad this summer then the chances of being able to afford to go given how the demand will skyrocket, will be about zero.
As long as you know where you are with cancellation/change policies I think it’s reasonable to book

We have also booked a self catering cottage for a week in June (uk). Booking conditions say if it’s
Not legal we get a refund. There wasn’t much choice left when I looked so clearly people are booking, esp for August

[SJaneS49]

We’ve got a 3 country trip booked back last August for this August as well as a couple of days in Edinburgh that I’ve had to rearrange 4 times.

I doubt at this point if we’ll be going on the 3 country trip - I think at best we’ll have to re-jig it to just one of the countries at best. But who knows? Won’t make a call on it till mid July when we’ve more of a clue what is and is not going to be sensible.

Right now, if we’d had nothing booked I would be holding off till the summer on booking both U.K. and international holidays.