Holiday v redundancy

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DP and I are due to go on holiday on Monday for two weeks. He has been given the news this week that the project he is working on is being defunded and that his team will be dismantled at the end of June and he is facing redundancy. He is obviously very stressed and not in 'holiday mode'. He wants to be present so that he can speak to contacts, explore internal moves and external opportunities. This would mean cancelling our holiday. We'd get a full refund for accommodation if we cancelled today. WWYD?

I would cancel. You can’t force him to go when he’s feeling like this and will get the money back

I would cancel, go when he is sorted and you can both relax and enjoy it.

to be honest even if it meant losing every penny I would still cancel in this circumstance

I would cancel. If you go he will likely be anxious, miserable, and not engaged in having a good time.

I would cancel as it’s also a sensible financial decision

I’d cancel
tbh I’m surprised your asking

If I was your DP I wouldn't cancel as I would be in "fuck it" mode as I'd like to enjoy the holiday anyways and the jobs that are here today will be there tomorrow too. But he does want to cancel so in your shoes I'd be understanding and cancel.

I think his plan to be present and available sounds very sensible. A lot can happen in 2 weeks, and being away when decisions are being made could have a big impact on the next few months / years.

I appreciate it's annoying when you've been looking forward to a holiday, but I agree that you should cancel.

Another saying cancel. The same thing happened to me but we went anyway as I thought it might take my mind off things. It didn’t. It was GRIM. Didn’t enjoy the holiday at all and speaking to my union on the phone beside the amusement arcades was a low point.

I think you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone voting for you to go anyway. You're getting a full refund and your partner's head will clearly be all over the place and he won't enjoy it, which will have the knock-on effect of you not enjoying it.

Cancel. It will be grumpy, dark holiday otherwise. You don't want yo be there.

Cancel

Obviously cancel. If you weren't getting your money back it'd be more of a dilemma.

Maybe use your leave just seeing friends and doing things you enjoy so it's not a total wash out for you.

Obviously cancel existing holiday, but as most of job searching and recruitment is done online these days, it still might be worth booking a cheap cottage for the second week if there's anywhere within a couple of hours of home to have a break and he can still job hunt and go to interviews if needed.

Cancel. Surprised you need to ask.

If you can find on refund… definitely Cancel

if he doesn’t find a job the extra £££ will come in handy