New rules and staycations

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Does anyone know what this means? Does a hotel or holiday cottage count as a private home (only one household can meet) or the same as a pub or restaurant (two households)?

It wasn't mentioned in the speech yesterday, although NS did ask people to not go abroad.

www.assc.co.uk/new-coronavirus-restrictions-in-scotland-what-you-need-to-know/?fbclid=IwAR20dh5wlS6kv0kInsz0gKC2WrtvU_MqHrzA5owN7cfqE29Uq_AHe0Rc2yw

Seems that self catering accommodation doesn’t count as a private home

Buffet this might save my October plans . Thanks for sharing the link. So many sad Lidl fam faces last night .

Personally I'd think that a self catering cottage is the same as a private home. I've cancelled two upcoming trips away to a self catering home.

Does this mean B&Bs can’t take guests? I’ve a one booked in Oban next month 😕

Brilliant! Thank you Buffet. That's very good news for me.

Would love clarification on this.

As I understand it the no mixing households rule only applies to private homes. Holiday accommodation is still subject to the previous two households rule so two families can go away together.

A Scottish accommodation provider (lodges) emailed me today to say it's two households, max of 6 adults.

This seems like a handy loophole?? So if I want to see my parents then we can hire self catering accommodation to avoid either being stuck outside or busy cafes - they’re not in great health (previously shielded) so not keen on a 7 hour road trip for a brief cuppa in the garden!

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This is brilliant news! So we can visit MIL if we stay in a holiday cottage with her?

Jason Leitch has just said on thr news that self catering is only one household!
But that is different to what is said on Visit Scotland.
Anyone know?
We are in a self catering cottage now and confused

Me too and worried. Think link shared earlier made sense. Maybe because I desperately wanted it to. Wish I hadn't watched.

But we have just checked Visit Scotland and it still says...

Indoors in public spaces (from tomorrow, Wednesday September 23 2020)

A maximum of six people from two households can meet in public indoor spaces such as cafes, pubs and restaurants. This includes all types of accommodation such as self catering.

Can you link to that please ? My DM is in tears I would love to reassure her .

@Lidlfix

www.visitscotland.org/news/2020/new-covid-19-restrictions

Hopefully this works. I've never done a link

Breath thank you so much it works.

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I think it means we are okay.

I do hope so. We have had a rollercoaster of 'can we can't we' going on from the announcements yesterday.

So have we. My DM treated herself to her "holiday" pjs today as I had sent her the ASSC link earlier.

It makes sense as BnBs etc would all suffer. We don't want a country pile for 6 families just a cottage by the sea .

Fingers crossed 🤞🏻

I think it's v odd cause BnB's are different to self-catering - they would be expected to risk assess their breakfast seating areas, etc whereas no matter how a business risk assesses their self-catering accommodation they can't stop you sitting beside someone from another household on a couch or at a table...

I was actually talking to my DH about this and how it didn't make sense when Jason Leitch said explicitly that self-catering was 1 household only so there are clearly mixed messages galore!

ASSC and Visit Scotland saying that 6 from 2 is okay. But Prof Leitch says no. We could observe distancing easily in the accommodation I have booked. So confusing .

Following yesterday’s announcement, we were advised that the rule of six, from no more than two households and not including children, is allowed within self-catering accommodation. However, we are awaiting the publication of the updated guidelines to clarify this point as we are aware there is some confusion. We will update our advice as soon as we get.

Visit Scotland has just been updated to this.

@Lidlfix sorry to confuse things even more

Thanks it's appreciated. I am looking into booking a nearby BnB so DPs can still go but even that won't solve it all .