Worried about travelling

I’m a fellow traveller but I’m reconciled to being a home bird for the next six months at least, and in my heart of hearts I pretty sure it’ll be a year or more.

I cancelled my planned trip three weeks ago and am I glad! I would be one of those stuck abroad right now?

travel would the company allow you to postpone?

Contact the travel company and see if you could rearrange for next year? I don't know if that will be possible, but you could ask?

I certainly wouldn't pay them any more money - I would have thought that quite a high number of travel companies could go out of business in the near future ...

We are still saving hard for our visit to the USA in December. The thing is, we have to pay the balance in August, and, with the current health crisis growing here and in America, I'm wondering what to do. It's a lit of money to lose if we have to cancel.

I haven’t got anything booked for later in the year ( just cancelled my late May holiday) but if I had I’d first of all ask if it could be postponed to next year. There’s enough to worry about at the moment without the myriad permutations and possibilities of what might happen in the next few months. It’s all guesswork isn’t it? It depends what would make people feel better. I think my underlying reason is that there may be the second wave - no one can rule that out at the moment

If you are worried about travelling - which indeed you should be - then do not go.

Can't think for a minute that your holiday will go ahead in the current climate

I have a holiday booked for late September. I don't have to pay the cost till June so I am waiting till the last minute to see what is happening then

I’m in the same boat, deposit paid, balance in September, will wait and see what happens, far too early to decide anything it could be all over, we could be in lockdown.

Can you exchange your deposit for a voucher to use next year?

It'll be a year at least of this on and off

Just cancel - months and months of worrying about it won't do you any good at all. Losing your deposit is worth it.

Obviously speak to your agent first and see if they can offer you a rebate or alternative, but I wouldn't be planning to go anywhere for the next year unless in an emergency.

I contacted my travel agent on Monday and asked about cancelling, they were so helpful. I ended up cancelling our trip as my sister, sister in law and I are to concerned about there being another outbreak later in the year. Had an email this morning confirming cancellation and all we lost was our deposit which we were happy to do so.

Sounds like you did the right thing.

The bigger asiam countries will have many "waves" that arent really new waves, but first waves in regions that werent hit hard previously due to the vastness of the countries.

India and china etc will go through this many times over as previously "safer" regions get hit ?

"Asian"

I`m stopping in this country for the forseable future.
Ironicaly i was about to get my first passport as DH is desperate to go abroad which i was not looking forward to so i see a silver lining at the moment.
Just praying for us all.

I would be wary of travelling for the foreseeable future. Worse case scenario is being stuck in another country then expecting that “they” should put others lives at stake rescuing them.

So glad we hadn't yet booked flights to visit DS1 and family in USA this summer.
When all this is over I hope people will support the British tourist industry. They will need support desperately and there are some wonderful places to visit without going abroad.

We had a cruise booked for June but cancelled mid March when it was suggested that our age group perhaps shouldn’t be going on them. Managed to cancel before final payment was due so have only lost deposit. Currently trying to have that reimbursed by insurance. We’re definitely not booking anything for later - if we are able to move about more freely by summer I fully intend booking something in the UK to support leisure sector small business owners. Right at this moment I’d be happy to travel to my daughter 8 miles away!

ATOL and ABTA membership ensures refund if travel still not advised by the foreign office

I wouldn't be going far for at least 12 months given the choice.
I'd honestly say 18 months hence would be the safest bet as pandemics have a habit of " doing roundabout turns ". They don't disappear like 'flu does.

We have a cruise booked for boarding 4th July.
One option was to cancel and loose £1050 or pay balance and if they cancel get a full refund.
The other option with our cruise line is they are giving vouchers if you want them at 125% to book against a cruise up to 2022.
For us this means we can book the same cruise for next year or the year after and they will give us another 25% to use on the cruise.
We will wait to see what happens, I suspect the cruise will be cancelled because the WHO are saying not to cruise and we are in our 70s.
It's a waiting game at the moment.