travelling to wales to collect students

Shinton70

I shall be travelling to wales from england to collect my daughter from uni on the 5th dec. i have booked myself a b&b to stay over night as its a long drive and didnt want to have to do it all in one day. i shall be alone, am i allowed to stay over night in wales? as i'm from england? hotel site allowed me to book and i havent recieved anything from them saying i cant, however its says my fee which ive had to pay in full is non refundable. its with marstons pub chain.

Caz3121

It will depend on the situation after the 2nd. Were you offered a choice of rates? they appear to offer Full Flex rates that can be cancelled up to 24 hours before arrival - although these cost more than the non-refundable rates

[Deleted User]

of course the automated site would allow you to book.  It can’t tell who would be allowed to go where (most people are having difficulty 😂). Am surprised you didn’t book flexible rates given the situation at moment but you pays your money and takes your chance. Fingers crossed you will be ok to travel but if not, at least You know now you won’t get a refund if you are unable to go and the hotel is open.  

gettingtheresometime

I think, as both the welsh firebreak and the english lockdown will be over, then I'd say a qualified yes to that .
I say qualified as it might depend what tier your area is placed in although I'm sure that it could be classed as a parent using their instincts and an essential journey

Thrugelmir

What's the plan if your daughter needs to self isolate? 

silvercar

Thrugelmir said:

What's the plan if your daughter needs to self isolate? 

The point of term ending early was to give students time to self isolate before Xmas if necessary.
Unless Wales adopts the tier system and the hotel is in a tier 3 area, you should be ok. Theoretically, if you aren’t allowed to stay in the hotel, she would be. So she could stay in the hotel and you stay in her room. I think a student house would be considered an HMO, ie all individual households sharing facilities, so you staying at hers wouldn’t mean that you are sharing with another household.
in fact, the government has said that students rejoining their families don’t count as a separate household, so it would probably be within the rules for you and her to book into the hotel together in a room as she lives in that area so would be allowed to stay in the hotel.