kristiang85
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I don't think my Eurostar trip to Belgium/Netherlands at the end of December is going to happen, is it?
I would look at re-arranging it now to be honestI don't think my Eurostar trip to Belgium/Netherlands at the end of December is going to happen, is it?
I don't think my Eurostar trip to Belgium/Netherlands at the end of December is going to happen, is it?
I would look at re-arranging it now to be honest
It might blow over by then but it's going to go to the wire.
I've just booked another trip abroad but this is departing on 31st March, returning on 3rd April, by when I am very confident everything will be okay. My next trip is to Switzerland via Eurostar departing 23 February, which I am reasonably confident about.
As more and more are vaccinated and more treatments are found, we appear to be going backwards when it comes to international travel.
That's not the way I'm reading the latest update. The requirement for a test looks to be only for people travelling from a "High Risk" country - the UK being a "Risk" country until at least December 5th.Spain now mandating only fully jabbed Brits can enter from December 1st as well as negative test.
Sturgeon and Drakeford are pushing for 8 day isolations on return. But they won't be the ones stumping up the cash to bail out the travel industry.
Think I’m going to cancel my trips to Canada/USA in March and Netherlands/Germany in September. Can’t be doing with all the uncertainty.
That's nearly a year away - are you being serious ?
Yep, it shows the difference between border policies that are designed to make travel as inconvenient and unattractive as possible, and those that are ostensibly implemented with public health in mind (even if testing everyone isn't the right answer).Whilst I utterly disagree with the testing regime for returning travellers as a concept, at least Canada has made it easier.
They are giving out a free PCR test for each returnee at the airport for them to take home and send off. No scalping of the public like here, or mucking about with whether you have the right booking code for your locator form.
I'm going to Canada in 2 weeks time and still expect to go and returnThink I’m going to cancel my trips to Canada/USA in March and Netherlands/Germany in September. Can’t be doing with all the uncertainty.
I'm going to Canada in 2 weeks time and still expect to go and return
Whilst I utterly disagree with the testing regime for returning travellers as a concept, at least Canada has made it easier.
They are giving out a free PCR test for each returnee at the airport for them to take home and send off. No scalping of the public like here, or mucking about with whether you have the right booking code for your locator form.
Fingers crossed for you!I'm off to France and Guadeloupe in ten days, and the USA, UAE and Spain in early 2022 and expect it all to go ahead.
Biden has shown he's going to hold his nerve on Omicron, which is very welcome.Fingers crossed for you!
I booked another trip to the US leaving on Monday, as I don’t have the same confidence over January. I think things will either be better by then, or travel bans galore, and didn’t want to flip the coin.
I would look at re-arranging it now to be honest
It might blow over by then but it's going to go to the wire.
I've just booked another trip abroad but this is departing on 31st March, returning on 3rd April, by when I am very confident everything will be okay. My next trip is to Switzerland via Eurostar departing 23 February, which I am reasonably confident about.
He didn’t hold his nerve over banning South Africa, and experience has shown that in relation to travel bans, countries cravenly copy each other.Biden has shown he's going to hold his nerve on Omicron, which is very welcome.
I'm off to France and Guadeloupe in ten days, and the USA, UAE and Spain in early 2022 and expect it all to go ahead.
Don't forget January is ski season. The resorts can't weather another cancelled year.One factor which comes into play in the coming weeks is Christmas, will governments want to impose over-harsh restrictions during a time when people might want to travel to visit friends, family etc in their own country unless it is absolutely necessary?
One might suggest January is the most likely period for harsh bans, as few people travel then anyway, but who knows. I do doubt we'll see a long-term shutdown until June again, I think governments will come under too much pressure if that is suggested. I suspect the holiday industry - and I don't just mean the airlines, but also owners of small hotels, restaurants etc in countries heavily dependent on tourism - will enter a truly devastating crisis if that happens. I suspect any government which tries that (unless we actually get a new mutation that genuinely is very dangerous) will be finished.
They may not have much choice if the other ski locations follow the Swiss lead.Don't forget January is ski season. The resorts can't weather another cancelled year.
Not only that, as we well know from the rail industry, not everyone has holiday over Christmas, for some it is a busy time. A lot of people in hospitality take leave in January, as it is the quietest month of the year when they can shut restaurants and so on before half-term in February when things pick up again. Why should they be punished?Don't forget January is ski season. The resorts can't weather another cancelled year.
Not only that, as we well know from the rail industry, not everyone has holiday over Christmas, for some it is a busy time. A lot of people in hospitality take leave in January, as it is the quietest month of the year when they can shut restaurants and so on before half-term in February when things pick up again. Why should they be punished?
Yes, Nick, sorry, I didn’t mean to suggest you were advocating any of these things - you make some very good points.For clarification: I am certainly not advocating any unnecessary travel restrictions or lockdowns in January - just predicting that *if* they do happen, Christmas might come into play as a decision as to when. But like most, I hope they do not happen at all, beyond what has already been done by certain countries.
The ski season is a good point. As well as Switzerland, Austria are of course imposing a full-on harsh lockdown so tourists are not going to travel there. One can imagine the Swiss and Austrian ski industry is going to place quite some considerable pressure on their governments to relax restrictions.
The issue is, it's not just this year. If winter lockdowns and restrictions are seen to be becoming the norm, it will cause a long-term crisis of confidence in all sorts of areas of industry.