Anyone booked the US for next school summer holidays?

[CurlyhairedAssassin]

It was supposed to be our big trip -California. DH's 50th, DS having done GCSE and A-levels.

The only thing I've booked is a hotel in Yosemite cos I knew they'd go. I haven't been able to book a flight or anything else yet because I just can't see it coming off, COVID restriction-wise.

The rest of my family want to go ahead with it but it's such a lot of planning and prep I'm not sure I can do it with the risk of cancellation hanging over our heads.

Has anyone else arranged a family trip to the US next summer?

Well, I’ve not booked a trip here because I live here but why do you think it won’t happen? I don’t foresee any problems with restrictions here next summer.

I've got one booked to Disney next August - its a rebook from being cancelled in the last lockdown.

Not for the summer. We booked NYC for Easter but will probably have to cancel now due to NYC introducing a requirement for 5 and above to be vaccinated. That’s our main problem. Not being able to access vaccines for our children.

I’ve booked Florida next Easter, we’re planning on going as long as they don’t introduce vaccine requirements for children.

We've got Florida booked for Easter, postponed from this year (booked 2019!)

Was feeling really confident until the last couple of weeks ☹️ as much as I want to go, it just all seems too much like hard work with testing/masks (DD9 has never worn one really, none of us want to wear one in the heat) etc

@Tatum1234

I’ve booked Florida next Easter, we’re planning on going as long as they don’t introduce vaccine requirements for children.

I hadn't even thought about that 😬 I think it's a requirement in California as well

No, we haven't booked anything yet. We have talked about going as DH wants to see his Uncle who has cancer, but it feels like there are too many unknowns atm.

@BritWifeInUSA, I think it's uncertainty over restrictions imposed for new variants. No-one wants to pay thousands and thousand of pounds on what is supposed to be the holiday of a lifetime to have to quarantine or even waste time getting tested every few days, for example. I certainly don't want to risk getting COVID over there. It's a huge amount of planning and booking things, and the risk of things not going to plan because of COVID is quite high. I'm not sure the stress is worth it, as others have said. That's before you consider the extra expense of things like hire cars (aparently prices have gone up because of shortages of them).

And I'm reading a lot recently about societal changes, post-pandemic. Increasing problems with homelessness and violent robberies etc, more so than before COVID, I mean.

None of it sounds appealing. THe only thing is that my kids will be 18 and 16 so probably able to fulfil vaccination requirements I think, at least. But it sounds far, far from my idea of a fun and relaxing holiday, in this climate.