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Holiday advice
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blue b4 the moon
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Got Bulgaria booked late May after pushing it on from last year (originally booked forever ago Xmas '19)....can't see it happening.
ell
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Are you messing? The pandemics probably at its worst point and still there's 100k Brits abroad, including thousands of no mark z list celebrity's in Dubai!Be no holidays this year.
Absolutely no chance.
blue b4 the moon
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Sadly I've just cancelled Bulgaria for late May/early June. Decided that even if the UK is returning to normal by then there's no saying they will. I'd be bad enough stuck in Greece but over there it's not worth the risk.
It was a great deal booked originally around Xmas '19 & re-arranged for '21, just cost me my £100 deposit which I won't feel having paid it so long ago.
It was a great deal booked originally around Xmas '19 & re-arranged for '21, just cost me my £100 deposit which I won't feel having paid it so long ago.
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xgorton
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Salou.Plans for camping, skiing and lake activities this summer - but all within Switzerland. Like to see if we can manage Europa Park in Fall but dependent on how things play out in Germany
BlueMoonRisin’
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It's autumn if you don't mind pal. We're mostly English on here you know. Queen's English please; )Plans for camping, skiing and lake activities this summer - but all within Switzerland. Like to see if we can manage Europa Park in Fall but dependent on how things play out in Germany
Bluemoon dan
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We should have gone to Majorca in August last year but obviously that got pulled. We were with Jet2 and I have to say they were brilliant. No messing around with vouchers or anything like that. They said we'd get a full refund within 48 hours and we did.
Then in that short, glorious gap of a few days positivity in December between the first vaccines being rolled out and then the new strain kicking off we decided to book for Tenerife at Easter. Going to be interesting to see if Jet2 are as accommodating with the refunds this time.
Then in that short, glorious gap of a few days positivity in December between the first vaccines being rolled out and then the new strain kicking off we decided to book for Tenerife at Easter. Going to be interesting to see if Jet2 are as accommodating with the refunds this time.
feedthegoat27
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Sadly I've just cancelled Bulgaria for late May/early June. Decided that even if the UK is returning to normal by then there's no saying they will. I'd be bad enough stuck in Greece but over there it's not worth the risk.
It was a great deal booked originally around Xmas '19 & re-arranged for '21, just cost me my £100 deposit which I won't feel having paid it so long ago.
Just as an aside here, there's no real point or benefit to cancelling until the balance is due.
I'm guessing that would be around March time in this case?
There's a decent chance the tour op (whomever it was, Tui? Balkan?) might have cancelled the holiday due to all the ongoing uncertainty.
If people find themselves in this position, don't cancel until the last minute or close enough.
That at least gives the tour operator the chance to cancel you rather than the other way around, and would entitle anyone to a refund on their deposit.
If you cancel 100 days or 1 day before the balance is due, the liability to the customer is still the same, so as mentioned no real benefit to cancel early.
blue b4 the moon
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I take your points fully on board but as per my post we'd decided not to go so just took the hit from Balkan.Just as an aside here, there's no real point or benefit to cancelling until the balance is due.
I'm guessing that would be around March time in this case?
There's a decent chance the tour op (whomever it was, Tui? Balkan?) might have cancelled the holiday due to all the ongoing uncertainty.
If people find themselves in this position, don't cancel until the last minute or close enough.
That at least gives the tour operator the chance to cancel you rather than the other way around, and would entitle anyone to a refund on their deposit.
If you cancel 100 days or 1 day before the balance is due, the liability to the customer is still the same, so as mentioned no real benefit to cancel early.
Had it been for example a Greek holiday we'd have let it run.
feedthegoat27
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I take your points fully on board but as per my post we'd decided not to go so just took the hit from Balkan.
Had it been for example a Greek holiday we'd have let it run.
Yeah even if you are 100% not going, there's still no point cancelling until you have to.
By not cancelling until the last minute, you give the tour operator every opportunity to cancel you instead (especially with everything going on at the moment)
If the customer cancels ahead of time, you don't give yourself that opportunity.
If your balance was due on 15th March for example, it makes zero financial difference to you if you cancelled today or 14th March (assuming no interim payment required, which would be unusual).
But by not cancelling until 14th March you give the tour operator a 2 month window to cancel/announce a schedule change/hotel closure etc etc which could then get you your deposit back.