Albania October

Butts

Does anyone have any insight into the current situation in Albania ?
I have a few days booked there in October, have never been before so was looking forward to going.
It has never been off the FCO "Naughty List" but from what I can garner the prevalence of Covid 19 does not seem to be that high with only a few hundred deaths.

Thrugelmir

Most people live in Tirana and the coastal towns close by. Drive inland and it's very remote. Interesting country. Friendly people. 

pramsay13

Number of cases is low but it is rising quite significantly.

Butts

Thanks for the heads up - do people feel the situation will change by October (7/8 Weeks away the trip)
I mean with regard to FCO Advice and Quarantine requirements.

Thrugelmir

Butts said:

Thanks for the heads up - do people feel the situation will change by October (7/8 Weeks away the trip)
I mean with regard to FCO Advice and Quarantine requirements.

There's a constant flow between Italy and Albania. Who knows what the autumn is going to bring across the Western Hemisphere.  

Butts

Luckily it's a package with BA so my options are quite flexible.

Guess Deutschland would probably be a safe bet if I have to change it. Fancy seeing the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart, never been to that part of the Country.

Or possibly Lithuania, Latvia or Estonia they seem to be near the "bottom of the league". Or maybe Slovenia never been there. 

Barny1979

Butts said:

Thanks for the heads up - do people feel the situation will change by October (7/8 Weeks away the trip)
I mean with regard to FCO Advice and Quarantine requirements.

Anyone got the lottery numbers for the October draws too please

Butts

Barny1979 said:

Butts said:

Thanks for the heads up - do people feel the situation will change by October (7/8 Weeks away the trip)
I mean with regard to FCO Advice and Quarantine requirements.

Anyone got the lottery numbers for the October draws too please

Tell me about it, it's a pain.
As I booked the Albanian Adventure with an FCO Warning already in place I have to give them 3 weeks notice to cancel.
Knowing my luck I will change it and the week after the FCO will change the advice.
However due to BA's flexibility if that actually happened I could cancel the replacement and reinstate the original with no penalty.
Try doing that with LM.com !!

BookmobileBadGirl

This website may be of use

https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/cases-2019-ncov-eueea

though it is worth noting that the British government use a seven day window and this covers 14 days.

20 in 100,000 is when it reaches discussion for cutting of corridors

Butts

Thanks for that, shame Albania is not on there - are they above 20 ?
Looks like Budapest could be under consideration !!

lhsecons

Butts said:

Thanks for that, shame Albania is not on there - are they above 20 ?
Looks like Budapest could be under consideration !!

Don’t forget that quarantine works both ways. Hungary is very difficult to get into at the moment. The increase in cases in the UK means that it has just been put on the quarantine list for Estonia.