Do you disapprove of people who are planning an overseas holiday this summer?

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Red = managed quarantine hotel, what ever you vax status, I think?

Yes, at £1750 for 1st adult, £650 for subsequent adults and £325 per child, so you can all sit in one hotel room trying not to kill each other for 10 days whilst occasionally being served a plate of stuff that looks a bit like food. And if you're really lucky you can be sexually harassed by your guards at no extra cost.

 

[Johnny Doe]

Yes, at £1750 for 1st adult, £650 for subsequent adults and £325 per child, so you can all sit in one hotel room trying not to kill each other for 10 days whilst occasionally being served a plate of stuff that looks a bit like food. And if you're really lucky you can be sexually harassed by your guards at no extra cost.

Jesus. If it went red tomorrow, I'd assume Jet 2 will cancel and refund us, but if it goes amber, we're probably going. The question is then, could it go to red while we are out there, or would be sent home inbetween any announcement of that and it coming into force

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Jesus. If it went red tomorrow, I'd assume Jet 2 will cancel and refund us, but if it goes amber, we're probably going. The question is then, could it go to red while we are out there, or would be sent home inbetween any announcement of that and it coming into force

I imagine Jet2 would stop flying straight away and you'd get a refund. If it went red whist you are away then you'd be in a mad scramble to get back before the deadline, they often give 4 days notice. In such a situation I would not rely on Jet 2 or whatever tour operator you have, just get the fuck out of Dodge as quickly as you can, will be cheaper and less shit than the alternative.

 

[Elpenor]

I read that a lot of people seem to be booking “provisional” flights back using miles, these can be cancelled if not required with a few hrs notice

 

[ElizabethofYork]

Is this going to cause ElizabethofYork a problem coming back?

Thanks Spymaster. Just looking into it now. If the islands go amber we should be okay as we've both been double jabbed. I'll be keeping a keen eye on the news.

 

[MickiQ]

Yes, at £1750 for 1st adult, £650 for subsequent adults and £325 per child, so you can all sit in one hotel room trying not to kill each other for 10 days whilst occasionally being served a plate of stuff that looks a bit like food. And if you're really lucky you can be sexually harassed by your guards at no extra cost.

Bit like a week at Pontins then eh?

 

[Chilli.s]

Yes, at £1750 for 1st adult, £650 for subsequent adults and £325 per child, so you can all sit in one hotel room trying not to kill each other for 10 days whilst occasionally being served a plate of stuff that looks a bit like food. And if you're really lucky you can be sexually harassed by your guards at no extra cost.

Like a little extra bonus holliday.

 

[friendofdorothy]

With regulations changing all the time it seems risky to travel anywhere unless you have lots of time and money to spare - just in case you get stuck / ill / quarantined.
Besides I don't feel safe on a bus never mind a plane. We won't be going anywhere for the foreseeable. maybe ever.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Ibiza, Majorca and Menorca moved to amber list.

Ibiza, Majorca and Menorca moved to amber list

It is understood that data indicates a big rise in cases in the Balearic Islands following end-of-term parties.

 

[miss direct]

I thought announcement was tomorrow?

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

I thought announcement was tomorrow?

They are all over the sodding place.

 

[Glitter]

Bit like a week at Pontins then eh?

Badgers books flights

 

[zora]

Well, I have taken the plunge and booked a flight to try and visit family in Germany in August.
Given that neither the UK nor any other European country have ever seriously pursued a low/zero-covid strategy and things look entirely unpredictable for the autumn/winter, I figured I might as well take my chances now.
I just don't see how I can possibly make it onto or indeed off the plane without having to quarantine. To the best of my understanding, neither country will require quarantine as default for double-vaccinated travellers, but given current incidence it seems highly unlikely not to be a "contact". Surely in a plane load of people, at least one person is bound to test positive after arrival. I have got no idea what would happen these days with contact tracing following a positive case on a flight?

Anyway, I am just going to have to resign myself to the fact that I just won't know if I can fly till I am actually on the plane.
The flight cost £20, if I can't take it, the cost doesn't matter, if I have to quarantine in Germany, there'd be worth places to do it than in my (fully Pfizer-vaccinated) parents' house. Only thing I want to avoid is having to stay in Serco quarantine prison, but that doesn't seem likely atm.

 

[miss direct]

I am booked to fly to Turkey next month. Turkey is still on the red list, but I am going for work and also have to sort out banking and possessions and all sorts of other things that I couldn't do as I had to leave in a hurry mid curfew/covid wave 1. I only have a one way flight at the moment. I'll figure out getting back later, as green/red/amber countries will almost certainly change again several times before I want to come back. Or I'll just stay

 

[Johnny Doe]

We fly at 9am. Still no sign of Mrs Smiles' PCR test result.....

 

[MickiQ]

We fly at 9am. Still no sign of Mrs Smiles' PCR test result.....

How's it coming via email or post?

 

[Johnny Doe]

How's it coming via email or post?

Email with negative result arrived 6.30pm. off we go tomorrow!

 

[BillRiver]

I reserve extra negative judgement for those travelling for fun (as opposed to visiting family, etc) and those who fly to places that they could have got to by train(s). So there.

 

[2hats]

 

[bimble]

I keep checking to see if they’ll let me in to visit the parents. Going to be fun at the airport, as a Worrying Variant Citizen.

 

[miss direct]

Two days ago: UK makes Bulgaria green. Rush of bookings to Sunny Beach.
Today: Bulgaria makes UK red. Whoops.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

I mean we are now Plague Island. And what do you do with a plague island? You cut it off.

 

[2hats]

Build that wall!

 

[cupid_stunt]

And, make covid pay for it.

 

[zora]

I was very surprised when Germany announced ditching quarantine for fully-vaccinated people from the UK at the beginning of the month, when things were already heading in a very obvious direction...
If it will still be like that in a couple of weeks time remains to be seen...

 

[The39thStep]

I mean we are now Plague Island. And what do you do with a plague island? You cut it off.

Well after the Euros

 

[bimble]

Question: are airplanes with their air system circulation thingies safer or worse than sitting in a room with say 200 strangers for a couple of hours?
if 1 in 95 brits has covid right now (apparently) then likely it’ll be joining us on any given outgoing flight.

 

[zora]

Question: are airplanes with their air system circulation thingies safer or worse than sitting in a room with say 200 strangers for a couple of hours?
if 1 in 95 brits has covid right now (apparently) then likely it’ll be joining us on any given outgoing flight.

From what I have heard, the air filtration systems on the actual plane are pretty good, and it might be more the departure/arrival areas that are cause for concern. I will be FFP2-masking up for the duration.

 

[bimble]

Ok will google the proper masks.parents are jabbed but old.

 

[zora]

Ok will google the proper masks.

Boots stock them now, or you can order online.