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I am not giving up my 2020 holidays just yet.....

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  • NoodleDoodleMan
    NoodleDoodleMan Posts: 4,284 Forumite
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    The Foreign Office website publishes advice about countries to which they say no travel for Brits - however I don't think that's what you are looking for ?
  • badger09
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    VXman said:
    We are in Hong Kong. Leaving here next month. Plan was to travel overland back to the U.K. over a couple of months. Obviously that idea is in the bin. However, for understandable reasons we don’t want to go back to the UK straight away, HK is no fun in July and August so....

    does anyone know a good website that outlines the current restrictions country by country? . I have found a couple but they seem not to be up to date or accurate,
    The most reliable, up to date source is gov.uk, which covers not only travel advice to/from UK but also each country's entry requirements. 

    If you're not leaving until July, the Covid situation could have changed and  travel restrictions might be less problematic by then. If you plan your route, you could register on gov.uk for instant updates on each country as the travel advice/restrictions change. 

    I get almost daily updates on the situation in HK as my son lives there. It might be no fun in July and August, but I'd trade 'no fun' to be able to spend some time with him.
  • I should have been in the USA today but that was cancelled. I'm hanging on to the slim hope that the rest of my holidays this year won't be cancelled. Next one is in July. Barbados has had less than 100 cases, Ghana and Nigeria have had very few compared to the UK and Botswana has hardly had any.
    I'm not too worried about cancelling or changing my BA flights, two of them were reward tickets anyway. No doubt I will be asked to pay the balance on my September trip soon.
  • lea2012
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    We have corfu booked for early August and have everything crossed we can go. 

    Husband has two weeks in Spain early July to see family which we really hope will go ahead, even if he needs to isolate when there as staying with family. 

    We've also got Malaga booked for Christmas so fingers crossed we get to do them all! 

    Lea :confused:
  • minimad1970
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    We've got 10 days in the Riviera Maya booked for the middle of october.
  • VXman
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    The Foreign Office website publishes advice about countries to which they say no travel for Brits - however I don't think that's what you are looking for ?
    No, I’m hoping that having not been in the UK since Christmas might work to my advantage! Really hoping that some countries might be kind to Hong Kong residents as we have been very fortunate here with low cases and deaths. However, sadly many countries will lump us in with China as China don’t like us to be considered separate to them. Even though borders have been closed for 4 months.
  • Ballard
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    I was due to go to Croatia this month and was planning a trip towards the end of the year but I've given up on that idea. I see no reason to believe that the virus won't still be a massive problem into next year let alone this one and I don't fancy the idea of getting stuck in the back of beyond waiting for borders to reopen in a country with questionable health facilities.

    Don't get me wrong, holidays are very important to me and it'll be a shame to skip a year but if not going on holiday is the worse thing to happen to you in a year you're not doing too badly.

  • prenton01
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    Going Thailand in November as far as i am aware i'm still going.
    Just booked the hotel 40% cheaper than before Covid
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  • TimSynths
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    Just has my cancellation email from Easyjet. No Turkey for me in two weeks. I've requested my refund. All hope now transferred on to Malaga in July as the holiday dominoes fall one by one.....
    A friend is flying to Bulgaria and then getting the bus to the Turkish border on Monday, they live in Bodrum and have been trapped in the UK sleeping (luckily) in her sisters spare room since it started.
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