Would you travel to Egypt at the moment?

[thegoldensun]

Looking for some thoughts on this.

Am due to travel to Egypt in a couple of weeks, I know all the advice at the moment is that Egypt is safe. However- I am travelling with two young children and concerns around the airspace, potential delays (more worrying about being out there and not being able to fly home!) are really concerning me.

If I wasn’t travelling with young DCs I might be a bit more relaxed. But I am struggling to feel excited about this trip with all that’s happening.

We have booked through Thomas Cook and it appears we can amend the booking for a fee, plus any other fees associated with travelling elsewhere.

Thoughts?

Love Egypt. But no, not now.

I would go, there’s no American armed force bases in Egypt so unlikely to be targeted

We are due to fly on 26th march for 10nights and will still be going.

It’s not the fact of Eygpt potentially being attacked by Iranian drones, it’s the possibility of Terrorist cells attacking Tourist sites full of Westerners.

A repeat of the 1996 Hatshepsut’s Temple massacre, a bombing at The Pyramids or the new Egyptian Museum in Giza is probably their perfect idea of revenge.

The US have advised all of their citizens to vacate Egypt.

No there’s a reason certain destinations like Egypt are cheaper. I wouldn’t even have gone there a couple of years ago. It’s so sad as it looks amazing.

Nothing about Egypt appeals to me and I'd say even less so now.

Don't blame you for deciding not to go, OP. I wouldn't right now either. Hope you manage to transfer the booking to another destination.

Do you have a source for that?

The US Embassy in Egypt website dated 4 Mar still shows Level 2 (increased Caution) with no travel to certain areas - much the same as the UK advice.

Your loss!

The millions of people who have been and returned 100% intact since then means that this "friend of a friend" nonsense smells...off. That's not how people working in intelligence operate.

This is no way to live.

It's not a place I've ever felt an urge to visit at the best of times, to be honest - but I especially wouldn't fancy going there now.

Sorry to hijack but what about Cyprus? Due to fly to Paphos on 29th..

First sensible post. Cairo is almost 2,500 km from Tehran. I have never seen anyone on MN doubt they should be travelling to Budapest or Vienna or Berlin, yet these cities are far closer to an active war zone. Also, Egypt has never agreed to allow American airbases which is a big part of the reason the Emirates, Qatar and Bahrain are under attack.

We went when Israel started with Palestine in the November and it was fine. I would go now but I can’t stand the place so will never step foot in the country again.

I went there 15 years ago with my daughter. Would never go again 1st time we had so lovely a time. Snorkelling and diving on reefs. 2nd time was when you weren't allowed to put a foot in water. Sharks. Not many people remember that. Myself and daughter did leave the resort one day and it was madly threatening. We went back and absolutely just stayed on resort. It was just after the massacre in Tunisia. I was thinking of that. We couldn't snorkel or do any of the things we liked and I was constantly worrying about massacres. I'll not go back.

Tbh the people are not very nice and obviously madly misogynistic. I have other stories. Obviously also therefore all the women are not seen.

Quite honestly I wouldn't travel anywhere at the moment. (Out of the UK.) DH and I have only got a holiday booked within the UK this year, and I couldn't be more glad.

A neighbour of mine has a holiday booked to Cyprus in mid March, and as it stands she is still going. Booked it herself (no travel agent) and just booked the hotel and plane tickets separately, and she hasn't taken any insurance out, so she will lose all the money. She will lose more if she gets standed over there for weeks on end, (and has to pay a fortune for what will be vastly overpriced hotel rooms!)

I mean it's not super close to Iran, but it is too close for comfort. Like Egypt is! It depends where in Egypt of course, but it's roughly the same distance as Cyprus.

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I sat in a mosque in Cairo with Egyptian guide and my daughter and he was saying all the women have to sit over there he pointed to an enclosure. I said why can't you all sit together and he said if they were with us we would have to have sex with them. I didn't say much after that.

It was 15 years ago. We saw the Cairo museum which was amazing and flew back to sharm.on way back we were to give out tips. It was significant amount. My daughter said we split it equally with the driver. Noone ever argued with my daughter I'm so proud. Out Egyptian expert guide has to split it with the really lovely driver.

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I can't believe this kind of thing still goes on, ANYWHERE in the world.

In 2026!

Awful!

I wouldn't have gone there even before all this.

15 years ago. Today we'd have been slaughteredi reckon

https://www.newarab.com/news/egypt-fumes-over-us-depart-now-warning-amid-iran-war?amp

I’m obviously not a political correspondent or any kind of expert, but I’ve seen a number of articles like this online…