Covid and travel discussion

[BLUEMATT23]

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

Sooner or later they have to take the handbrake off and accept some risk.
Otherwise we may aswell accept permanent restrictions for years

 

[splinter]

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

You've sold it to me..does the place still stink of shit

 

[MCFC_ Phil]

Sooner or later they have to take the handbrake off and accept some risk.
Otherwise we may aswell accept permanent restrictions for years

Agreed. Just leave the handbrake on until Europe and the rest of the world catch up. Fancy a trip to Brazil or Poland at the moment?

 

[aka blue jambo]

Still hoping for Thailand in November
Fingers crossed

 

[Two Gun Bob]

Sooner or later they have to take the handbrake off and accept some risk.
Otherwise we may aswell accept permanent restrictions for years

As we emerge from the differing stages of lock-down we shall have to reevaluate risk at a personal level. As we travel beyond local areas or enter pubs and beer gardens it will encompass risk. If the guidelines allow, then each and every one of us will have to take stock of our own aversion to risk. Many will rush out, some will tentatively dip toes whilst some won't even bother. It's down to choice.

 

[its a Barm]

Me and misses are 60 this year and 40 years married booked Mauritius for middle of July will be gutted if we can't go.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

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.

Really?

Aviation has seen £7.2bn in UK government aid, says Shapps | Travel Weekly

But AOA warns ‘summer must be a success if airports to survive’

travelweekly.co.uk

 

[colbee59]

My problem is uk sites are going to increase the price, I love UK but you can't guarantee the weather, so I go abroad

 

[feedthegoat27]

Really?

Aviation has seen £7.2bn in UK government aid, says Shapps | Travel Weekly

But AOA warns ‘summer must be a success if airports to survive’

travelweekly.co.uk

I think that figure is generally disputed, though airlines have indeed had some assistance during this pandemic. All gotta be paid back bar furlough though.

Working from a bricks and mortar agency, we've had nothing additional.
And whilst we've had nothing additional, we've also had to refund, and continue to refund, the shit loads of cancellations that filter through regularly, stretching back a year now. And no real end in sight.
We've basically had next to no income for a year, whilst also refunding all the profit made before the pandemic hit.

Imagine if a cinema had to refund the previous years worth of tickets sold?
Or a restaurant had to refund all their meals?

The nature of travel means we can't just stop, as we still have to service ongoing bookings, so we're simply not able to take full advantage of furlough.

I've said this previously but the company I work for was valued at £4m in January 2020.
Today it is worth nothing.

We've seen some big hitters go to the wall so far (STA Travel, Cruise & Maritime, Funway holidays), it's only gonna get worse and worse without some proper help from the powers that be.

 

[Two Gun Bob]

Me and misses are 60 this year and 40 years married booked Mauritius for middle of July will be gutted if we can't go.

I really hope it comes off for you Mr Barm. We Managed to get away for my 60th at the end of 2019 and we just managed our 40th wedding anniversary in 2000 by the skin of our choppers. Wife's 60th had to be sacked off this year so we look forward now to having a belated.

We couldn't even go to a restaurant so I had to make dinner and we had Soup of the day, Pukka pie and peas and Aunt Bessies Bramley apple and do you know what it was nowhere near as good as going out to a nice restaurant however the Pies were beyond delightful. Fingers crossed for your Mauritius trip.