Covid and travel discussion

[Tuearts right boot]

Totally agree but the issue before too long will probably be big airlines potentially going bust and potentially no planes to take people away.
The whole industry has been on its knees for over a year.

Airlines reckon 3-4 years before they're back to normal, they should know so it looks like every man and his dog are staycationing for the forseeable.

 

[Sir peace frog]

Ban travel until next year, it's the only way, get some much needed money spent in the uk, then all being well next year get away

 

[marco]

ermmmm, just booked Tenerife flights in November, well i supose they could be put back to the following May or refunded, i did hear on the news that it was unlikely this summer and not this year as the OP stated,then again the canaries could be excluded from mainland EU

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

Airlines reckon 3-4 years before they're back to normal, they should know so it looks like every man and his dog are staycationing for the forseeable.

Sun, sea and cider. Bootiful.

 

[marco]

Ban travel until next year, it's the only way, get some much needed money spent in the uk, then all being well next year get away

Yes spend your hard earned cash on a trip to Blackpool,lovely hotel with mushrooms growing in the communal bog, a lively little bed and breakfast with a knocking shop next door and DWP scallies on the other side, pissed stained matress and fungai in the shower at no extra cost

 

[feedthegoat27]

Ban travel until next year, it's the only way, get some much needed money spent in the uk, then all being well next year get away

I think the UK staycation/domestic holiday market is gonna get a massive boost this summer by default anyway, I don't think that particular area needs any encouragement.

So many are still not going to entertain the idea of international travel until at least 2022, such is their right to do so, and that should see plenty of cash being splashed about in the UK holiday sector.

I think what some people fail to see (not you, just generally) is that international tourism supports hundreds of thousands of jobs, directly or indirectly, in the UK.

Everything from high street agents, tour operators, airlines, foreign exchange....right through to the person patting you down at security in the airport; these people's livelihoods are reliant on the return of travel.

The government have, so far, shown no inclination to support the industry beyond the benefits that all sectors can claim.

I see alot of people wanting international travel essentially outlawed for the rest of the year, but I don't see the same people showing any concern for the jobs that would cost, not so much as even a passing comment on how the industry would survive if it was shelved for 2021.

People just lazily saying 'ban travel until 2022 when it can return', it really isn't as straightforward as that unless the government intervenes and props us up. As already stated they haven't offered us anything in a year of turmoil and it seems we're not even on their agenda at all.

 

[BLUEMATT23]

Ban travel until next year, it's the only way, get some much needed money spent in the uk, then all being well next year get away

What about peoples jobs?

 

[MCFC_ Phil]

What about peoples jobs?

What about peoples lives? Because if we do there will surely be a lot more deaths.

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

Ban fucking international breaks in football too.

 

[Two Gun Bob]

International Travel will be back this year to selective countries and each will have their own criteria for acceptance. I believe Cyprus are opening up in May and as of today there will be no restrictions or checks if the travelers have had both vaccinations. However it's early days and we shall only book and then immediately travel within a small time frame window, IE a few days so we can best evaluate risk. Any country cases under 16 per 100,000 would be deemed acceptable.