Booking your flights and hotels for your Summer holiday?

[Ruskie]

We generally tend to have huge winter holiday every few years, usually to the UK and a couple of places in Europe, but that's not going to happen any time soon. 

[ThrelfallYorky]

We love the Dumfries and Galloway area - years back we then found out I'd ancestry from there! Could it be the past calling?

[Ian Nelson]

For many years we have booked our foreign travel and holidays through Trailfinders.
They refund in full because they do not part with your money to operators until you have completed your holiday and are back home successfully.
Worth checking out as they are currently offering global destinations at bargain prices with a full guarantee of a refund if you have to cancel.
My wife has been to Australia 6 times and myself 3 times and have always used Trailfinders.   Happy holidays, cheers, Ian

[Svenja]

Hi LizzieL

Interesting to hear how other countries are getting on with vaccination.

I do only know how the canton Lucerne in Switzerland gets on with vaccination.


When I registered for vaccination it was written on their website:

1. people of age 75 and over (in January and February)
2. people of age 65-74 and younger high risk patients (March and April)
3. all other younger people who want vaccination (later)


Today I read in the Lucerne newspaper (Neue Luzerner Zeitung):

1. they are still vaccinating people over 75 and will continue in March
2. people of age 65-74 with high risk diseases (April and May)
3. people of age 65-74 without high risk diseases (June)
4. younger high risk patients (like me) and all other younger people


By they way restaurants in Switzerland will remain closed at least until 20 March.

Regards
Svenja

[groom]

I had a self catering holiday to Wales booked for March - it was one that was cancelled last March. Who would have thought when I re-booked then, that it would be cancelled again. I have transferred that booking to September. I also have one to the same place booked for June, so I'm hoping that can go ahead.

Heard today that the site where I have my static caravan on the South coast, which should have re-opened on March 1st after the Winter, is now hoping to open on 12th April. Fingers crossed.

[LizzieL]

I do only know how the canton Lucerne in Switzerland gets on with vaccination.


When I registered for vaccination it was written on their website:

1. people of age 75 and over (in January and February)
2. people of age 65-74 and younger high risk patients (March and April)
3. all other younger people who want vaccination (later)


Today I read in the Lucerne newspaper (Neue Luzerner Zeitung):

1. they are still vaccinating people over 75 and will continue in March
2. people of age 65-74 with high risk diseases (April and May)
3. people of age 65-74 without high risk diseases (June)
4. younger high risk patients (like me) and all other younger people


By they way restaurants in Switzerland will remain closed at least until 20 March.

Regards
Svenja

Hello Svenja, thank you for the information. I will have to look out for local newspapers on line for the area I'm going to.

[BushInn1746]

Listening to the UK Government Briefing yesterday (televised) and Professor Jonathan Van Tam, I hear a man that wants us to proceed into the future, with great caution.

I couldn't see the Professor boarding a flight and going abroad for pleasure for a while, by the way he was speaking.

What did others think?

A relative's Lawful return from abroad had the first flight rescheduled as the first Lockdown was about to start and it took 9 months to settle extra Hotel claims, as the Insurer simply didn't want to pay out Covid-19 related claims!

The limited E111 / EHIC Health Cover in Europe has also stopped if your Card has expired (check latest rules), but wouldn't go without Holiday Insurance anyway.

I can't see myself leaving Blighty and will be exploring some of the great places here  

Take care, Mark   

[Romilly]

We have two Landmark Trust Properties booked for July and September.
I love holidaying in history 🙂 and have been staying in them since the mid 1970’s.

https://www.landmarktrust.org.uk/

Romilly.

[Pheno]

Reading the roadmap info on the bbc site implies that, although we might think we will be restriction free from 21 June that might well not be the case.  We have a wedding mid August that has been on/off for a while but is now going ahead.  However, bbc site suggests that even then, if it is to be a gathering of over 30 people then negative covid test at your own expense will be required for attendance.

That presumably will be the case at events/football/maybe flights/cruises etc.

Pheno