Holiday advice

[Manc in London]

With the filters they have onboard you would have much less chance of catching it than on a bus or the tube. As you are in London do you use the tube? buses? How do you feel about using them?

I live in London but work locally so I don't bother using the tube. My view of travelling by tube is similar to my opinion on travelling by plane. We mostly stay within our enclave of North London.

 

[Gelsons Dad]

Our CEO reckons 2023 before the new normal in the aviation sector and that will be a lot smaller than now. Possibly 25% service by the end of this year.
Thinks wage subsidy will be required for at least 12 months and most likely 24.

Fucking grim for anyone in the aviation industry and all those support industries.

 

[AJ71]

Was supposed to go away today. Booked hotel and flight separately, opted for the refund on the flights about 2 weeks ago (Lufthansa), was told could take months. Hotel have offered a voucher for 12 months, didn't have to to be fair as it was paid up front and non refundable. Holiday insurance is useless even though it was booked months ago, they won't pay out on the hotel as we have been offered a credit note (even though that is likely to be of little use to us).

 

[denislawsbackheel]

Write back to the insurance saying you have rejected the credit note and will take them to the ombudsman if they continue to flout the law.

 

[AshtonBlueMooner]

I reckon Spain will be open to Brits by Mid July. Might be a mistake but I think these countries will try to at least bring some money in from the summer tourist season.

I hope so but given Majorca and Ibiza are not accepting UK tourists until August at the earliest, when I should be in Spain, i'm not sure it's going to happen. Think restrictions will be lifted September, when kids go back to school and less infection from locals and less visitors from abroad.

 

[dickie davies]

I said earlier in the thread that we're booked to go to Greece mid July with JET2 holidays
We've put down a £120 deposit and the balance is due 1st May

Wifey and I had a chat about it and decided that no matter what we're not going. Neither of us want to sit on a plane for four hours in close proximity to others wondering if we're going to catch anything whilst inhaling recirculated air, plus when we get to the resort it's going to feel really un holiday like with no real happy atmosphere and almost waiting to see if we end up poorly

What we have managed to do via the JET2 website is push our balance payment date back two weeks, so if they do say we're not traveling in July before the revised payment date, we'll be entitled to the deposit back. If they don't we're prepared to lose it

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Greece should be open to us from July.

I think much will depend on how much we have it under control by the Summer. Most countries will probably want to see our number of cases quite a bit lower before they'll welcome us back.

Hopefully by June/July, we'll be in better shape but if we ease the restrictions too much, there's a good chance it will just go back up. I guess that's the same for all countries.

Not sure any country will want Brits descending on it in the next couple of months with our CV numbers.

How would the airport work and Social Distancing on planes? It just won’t work.

 

[old blue]

I had a phone call from Jet2 today about the holiday that was cancelled about 3 weeks ago. They originally asked us not to phone and they would write in date order. We decided that we would allow them the time requested and we were surprised that they rang to say that the refund was on its way. In the bank by Friday.

 

[bluesmith]

I had a phone call from Jet2 today about the holiday that was cancelled about 3 weeks ago. They originally asked us not to phone and they would write in date order. We decided that we would allow them the time requested and we were surprised that they rang to say that the refund was on its way. In the bank by Friday.

When were you due to fly, I'm waiting on a call too.

 

[old blue]

When were you due to fly, I'm waiting on a call too.

May 6th.