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Penthesilea:
It has been a long time coming, now the decision is made: we can't go on vacation in Scotland this year. GB still has a two week quarantine for incoming people.
Stupidly, I can't reach the agency where we booked our holiday cottages.
I can cancel the booking online, that's not the problem. But then I will lose all payments I already made. That's 1/3 of the whole costs, plus 100€ booking fee.
I'd rather postpone the holiday for a whole year and book the same cottages for next year's summer. I already know the dates we could travel in 2021.
In that case, I wouldn't lose the money; it would just stay with the company and count as deposit for next year. Fine with me.
But I can not reach them I tried email and phone several times. They're totally overrun with enquiries, their website says as much. :-\
I can cancel the booking online, but I can't change the dates online, I need a staff member for that. >:(
Jeff Wrangler:
When I had to cancel my vacation last fall, the folks who run the guest house where I stay more or less offered to hold my deposit for another visit. I thanked them, but I had and have no idea when I might return, so I felt I had to decline.
It never occurred to me to ask them to hold it for a year. Covid-19 had nothing to do with it then. The issue was that I came to feel that as long as my father is still living, I can't plan any vacation. As rough as that is for me emotionally, it would be worse if I had to cancel at the last minute again.
Penthesilea:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on July 01, 2020, 09:10:40 am ---
It never occurred to me to ask them to hold it for a year.
--- End quote ---
Me neither. That's a new development, coming with Corona, that businesses in the travel sector try to delay existing bookings into next year. So I'd be happy to do that, if only I could reach them... :(
--- Quote ---The issue was that I came to feel that as long as my father is still living, I can't plan any vacation. As rough as that is for me emotionally, it would be worse if I had to cancel at the last minute again.
--- End quote ---
That IS rough. Sorry, bud.
CellarDweller:
Right now, I'm currently watching to see if more states start to spike like Florida, Texas and others are.
brianr:
--- Quote from: Penthesilea on July 01, 2020, 08:50:39 am ---Newest developments re border openings:
In accordance with the EU regulations, citizens of the following countries can now visit Germany again:
Australia, Georgia (country, not US state), Japan, Canada, New Zealand, South Korea, Thailand, Tunisia, Uruguay, China.
For China, South Korea and Japan there's a condition however: the opening of EU borders to those three countries must be mutual. If they stay closed, they can't come here either.
--- End quote ---
I find this rather amusing as Australians are not allowed to travel and Kiwis are advised not to do so and anyone returning will have to go into 14 days government administered quarantine at our own expense. There has been a spike in cases in Melbourne over the last week and as a result any talk of a cross Tasman bubble has disappeared and I doubt I will be able to visit Sydney this year.
My brother-in-law's nephew has finally been given permission to return home to his wife in Prague and is flying today via Doha but he is very nervous. However he has not seen her since early March.
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