Tunisia?

supermum4

Hi guys flying off to Tunisia next week and due to recent events I'm a little concerned to say the least:( I've just been to see the travel agent with a view to changing to another destination under the circumstances I thought they would be more help full but they just said I would have to cancel whole holiday and lose everything then re book something else:( so no help their then:mad: just wanted to ask given the situation at the moment would you still go or would you cancel?:eek: thanks guys

Grumpelstiltskin

Presumably you are going to a coastal resort?


If so as government advice is that there isn't a problem.


https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/Tunisia


So you won't get any money back.

whatmichaelsays

The travel agent will only offer a refund / alternative destination if the FCO travel advice for your destination changes to advise against travel.

At the moment, the only areas of Tunisia where the FCO advises against travel is predominantly those around the borders with Algeria and Libya.

People expressed similar concerns about Egypt a few years back. However, the main tourist resorts (such as Sharm el Sheikh) were largely unaffected.

Hersetta

Often the safest time to go places is immediately after there has been an incident as security is incredible.


You also find that places don't tend to get attacked more than once (LONDON, pARIS, MADRID) as security is so tight they look elsewhere to softer targets.


The gunmen are dead and so in your hotel I would say Tunisia is safer right now than a lot of places.

holidaysforme

I'm usually quite level headed about things like this, and would not normally worry. After all, there's no guarentee of 100% safety anywhere.

However, what concerns me about this attack is that it set out to deliberately target tourists. This would make me think that actually, the normally safe and out if the way tourist resorts could become
targets for similar attacks. I feel for you having to decide what to do. Would be gutted to lose the money!

blues

Personally I wouldn't be able to relax and enjoy the holiday especially if kids were with me. It's not just the resort, it's the airport as well which could be targeted. However I know others would go and not really worry. It's very much personal choice.

EssexExile

holidaysforme wrote: »

I'm usually quite level headed about things like this, and would not normally worry.

I would consider worrying in this situation to be a very level headed approach.

Cyberman60

Personally, I've steered away from booking to any countries where these religious murderers/extremists exist for many years, ever since a girlfriend of mine was almost blown up on a bus in Nairobi, Kenya. As you are booked and I assume not taking children, I would go, but be extremely vigilant.

Blue264

Hersetta wrote: »

Often the safest time to go places is immediately after there has been an incident as security is incredible.


You also find that places don't tend to get attacked more than once (LONDON, pARIS, MADRID) as security is so tight they look elsewhere to softer targets.

Agreed on the first point but I disagree on the second. There is a usually a second attempt which is thwarted because security is so tight.

In all honesty, I think I'd go on the holiday, but trips outside of the resort would be out of the question. What alarms me is the high number of casualties from one particular cruise ship...a cruise I considered going on as the travel agent rate plummeted to £99 per person. What put me off was reading the FCO advice for the ports of call.

To be honest, with lived with a constant threat from the IRA for dcecades and I see this as a lesser threat. Just be vigilant.

FBaby

I think about security wherever I go nowadays that is a tourist area, even London. However, I refuse to let the fear of a very slight chance of something happening rule my enjoyment of travelling and entertainment. So if I were you, I would go and enjoy the holiday knowing that if risk is not free, the chances of something happening where you are going are extremely slim.

R_P_W

supermum4 wrote: »

Hi guys flying off to Tunisia next week and due to recent events I'm a little concerned to say the least:( I've just been to see the travel agent with a view to changing to another destination under the circumstances I thought they would be more help full but they just said I would have to cancel whole holiday and lose everything then re book something else:( so no help their then:mad: just wanted to ask given the situation at the moment would you still go or would you cancel?:eek: thanks guys

Are you worrying about being killed or injured in your car on way to airport in this country? More likely than being impacted by a terror attack in Tunisia.