Florida 2022 ?

older_sadder_and_wiser

Hi All,
Wonder if any of you seasoned holiday travellers can help with this one.....
I am wanting to take my wife and two children to Disneyworld Florida, and have got a decent deal on a villa for the end of August 2022. Our daughter will be 16 and our son 13, so it's pretty much the last big family holiday we will have before she starts the last stages of her journey to adulthood. I'd really like it to be a special trip - putting it off another year (our last holiday was 2015) is not something I want to do - most 17 year olds will not want to be on holiday with their parents....
What I'm worried about is if this damned Corona virus situation is still a problem then.

The travel agency has told me that if the government forbid travel AND the airline cancel the flights I'll get a full refund. If I cancel 12 weeks before travel I'll only lose the deposit (£ 750.00) or I can rebook it at a later date (with 12 weeks notice) for no extra fees/charges (except the different cost you get with having different dates.)
There seems to be potentially a myriad of ways to 'slip between the gaps' here and end up losing out big style. For example, what if the govt ban non-essential travel, but the airline don't cancel the flights ? And as for 'refunds' - well I'm still waiting on a refund for some flights to Germany and France from April last year.....

Does anyone know of any travel insurance companies who are offering policies that would give me some peace of mind, or have any gerneal advice about how I should (or should not) proceed. I've not booked anything just yet, so I'm being cautious before I do anything....

Thanks in advance for any advice......

Retiredwelshman

Do you have a crystal ball? I don't and personally would not book anything (anywhere) until the situation is clarified.
It might be that the UK will be almost rid of it by then (or not!) but what happens if you get there but find most of Disney closed or just with partial opening? That dream holiday becomes a nightmare.

I know it is tempting to book if you think you have a good price - but - that damn but word!!

eDicky

For your desired peace of mind the chance of suitable insurance availability is probably less useful than avoidance of booking a foreign holiday now for a year and a half ahead in a very uncertain future.

IvanOpinion

The way I looked at it (when I booked a holiday for August 2022) is that we should be much closer to normality.  Once we get the initial vaccinations out of the way, this year, then hopefully COVID will be covered in the annual flu jab (or a separate jab) towards the end of this year (or maybe as a required jab like tetanus, yellow fever etc.).

Next year we should (hopefully) be better protected from COVID and be back to more normal rules. The main peak of infections is during the winter months so hopefully towards the end of summer the risk will be much lower.

However my crystal ball has been known to fail me occasionally.

Nannytone

I wouldn't book yet.
We were supposed to be going back to Florida in July last year and obviously all that was cancelled, our current plan is to go next year but but we won't even be thinking about booking anything until at least Christmas of this year when hopefully the situation will become clearer.


Orlando Villas are always fairly reasonably priced and easy to come by so I wouldn't worry that you're missing out on a fantastic deal.

If you book through a company such as vrbo, formally home Away, most villa Owners will allow you to cancel with a full refund up to 12 weeks of your booked dates.

I wouldn't worry too much about your daughter's age. My grandson will be 18 next year and still wants to go to Florida with his parents and grandmother. It's Florida after all😂

Just to add currently there are very few direct flights to the US at exorbitant prices. Plus the US isn't actually letting anybody in anyway.
To boost their sales most of the airlines are giving covid protection, and are promising full our promising full refunds should travel not be possible due to covid restrictions

zagfles

As well as the uncertainty about the situation then, late August is a horrible time to go to Florida, it'll be hot and humid and peak hurricane season, and if you go to the theme parks they're likely to be packed, you'll spend most of the days stood in queues in that sort of weather. Maybe look at Easter, or even better May if you can, some schools have 2 weeks off in May.