| Anyone booked a holiday abroad for this summer? 16:24 - Mar 13 with 6169 views | lifelong |
Travel Insurance companies are sending out emails telling customers to make sure they have Travel Disruption Extension cover on their policy. Otherwise, should the holiday be cancelled because of the virus you are likely to lose your money. |  | | |  |
| Anyone booked a holiday abroad for this summer? on 20:33 - Mar 13 with 5108 views | JacksawayatWalesgame |
I heard that too. The missus and I have a cruise booked for May, starting in Barcelona and ending in Rome. I'm assuming that if the cruise can't go ahead because of Coronavirus the cruise company would refund everyone anyway, so we wouldn't have to rely on the insurance ? The same for flights etc ? Hope so anyway. |  | | |
| Anyone booked a holiday abroad for this summer? on 20:34 - Mar 13 with 5101 views | dickythorpe |
Good luck to all, it must be deflating. A holiday is such a focal point for all who work hard, plus families never forget them. |  | | |
| Anyone booked a holiday abroad for this summer? on 21:05 - Mar 13 with 5047 views | ItchySphincter |
So cancellation or curtailment cover on a policy is worthless without travel disruption extension? |  |
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| Anyone booked a holiday abroad for this summer? on 21:20 - Mar 13 with 5015 views | ItchySphincter |
| Anyone booked a holiday abroad for this summer? on 21:05 - Mar 13 by ItchySphincter |
So cancellation or curtailment cover on a policy is worthless without travel disruption extension? |
The OP appears to be vague scaremongering rather than informative. A quick search turned us this:
Covers you for cancellation or cutting your holiday short if the FCO advise against travel to your destination due to an unforeseen event such as a natural disaster, infectious disease (like the coronavirus) or terrorism.
Other results seem to say it covers missed or delayed flights (depending on circumstances), etc. So it appears to be something that kicks in once your holiday is due to have started rather than it being cancelled in advance by circumstances beyond your control. | |
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| Anyone booked a holiday abroad for this summer? on 21:50 - Mar 13 with 4970 views | Andy1300 |
Not sure if we will be going to Paphos end of April now as they have cancelled all flights to Cyprus for now
This is to replace a previously cancelled holiday due to the Thomas Cook collapse [Post edited 13 Mar 2020 21:50]
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| Anyone booked a holiday abroad for this summer? on 21:52 - Mar 13 with 4955 views | exiledclaseboy |
| Anyone booked a holiday abroad for this summer? on 21:50 - Mar 13 by Andy1300 |
Not sure if we will be going to Paphos end of April now as they have cancelled all flights to Cyprus for now
This is to replace a previously cancelled holiday due to the Thomas Cook collapse [Post edited 13 Mar 2020 21:50]
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Sounds like you’re jinxed mush. Book Butlin’s instead. |  |
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| Anyone booked a holiday abroad for this summer? on 22:37 - Mar 13 with 4898 views | majorraglan |
LV have stopped selling Travel Insurance and other companies are looking at their terms and conditions.
I am currently in Malta, the government had already introduced a ban on flights from some countries, they have now announced strict quarantine measures - any visitors will be quarantined for 14 days and any citizens returning home will be required to self quarantine for the same period. When we arrived our temperatures were measured by staff using laser thermometers and kitted up with masks etc. The government have also introduced a food supply service and have told people if they breach the quarantine it’s a fine of up to €1000 - per breach - not sure how they will enforce it but they aren’t messing about. | | | |
| Anyone booked a holiday abroad for this summer? on 23:46 - Mar 13 with 4835 views | lifelong |
| Anyone booked a holiday abroad for this summer? on 21:20 - Mar 13 by ItchySphincter |
The OP appears to be vague scaremongering rather than informative. A quick search turned us this:
Covers you for cancellation or cutting your holiday short if the FCO advise against travel to your destination due to an unforeseen event such as a natural disaster, infectious disease (like the coronavirus) or terrorism.
Other results seem to say it covers missed or delayed flights (depending on circumstances), etc. So it appears to be something that kicks in once your holiday is due to have started rather than it being cancelled in advance by circumstances beyond your control. |
Not scaremongering whatsoever, attempting to be informative.
Attached is a copy of a document received today,by someone close, from a travel insurance company.
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| Anyone booked a holiday abroad for this summer? on 04:05 - Mar 14 with 4771 views | NotLoyal |
| Anyone booked a holiday abroad for this summer? on 22:37 - Mar 13 by majorraglan |
LV have stopped selling Travel Insurance and other companies are looking at their terms and conditions.
I am currently in Malta, the government had already introduced a ban on flights from some countries, they have now announced strict quarantine measures - any visitors will be quarantined for 14 days and any citizens returning home will be required to self quarantine for the same period. When we arrived our temperatures were measured by staff using laser thermometers and kitted up with masks etc. The government have also introduced a food supply service and have told people if they breach the quarantine it’s a fine of up to €1000 - per breach - not sure how they will enforce it but they aren’t messing about. |
I should imagine they will throw the bastards in jail. |  |
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| Anyone booked a holiday abroad for this summer? on 07:58 - Mar 14 with 4697 views | Whiterockin |
| Anyone booked a holiday abroad for this summer? on 21:52 - Mar 13 by exiledclaseboy |
Sounds like you’re jinxed mush. Book Butlin’s instead. |
Would be fine if you stayed in your chalet. Gatherings over a certain number will be banned this week, so this will affect holiday resorts in this country. |  | | |
| Anyone booked a holiday abroad for this summer? on 08:04 - Mar 14 with 4691 views | Brynmill_Jack |
| Anyone booked a holiday abroad for this summer? on 21:50 - Mar 13 by Andy1300 |
Not sure if we will be going to Paphos end of April now as they have cancelled all flights to Cyprus for now
This is to replace a previously cancelled holiday due to the Thomas Cook collapse [Post edited 13 Mar 2020 21:50]
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A friend is out there now, I wonder if he will be allowed back? |  |
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| Anyone booked a holiday abroad for this summer? on 09:41 - Mar 14 with 4619 views | dickythorpe |
I saw on the news that if you go to New Zealand you have to self isolate for 2 weeks. | | | |
| Anyone booked a holiday abroad for this summer? on 11:46 - Mar 14 with 4534 views | Ferryjack |
| Anyone booked a holiday abroad for this summer? on 23:46 - Mar 13 by lifelong |
Not scaremongering whatsoever, attempting to be informative.
Attached is a copy of a document received today,by someone close, from a travel insurance company.
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I have holiday insurance with Staysure & received this same email on Thursday, since then i have phoned on numerous occasions & after giving more numbers to phone it says sorry but this call will be terminated due to the volume being received. Tried to access the website it takes to long to connect so can chucks you out. Tried again this morning & was put in a queue for 45 mins got through but again chucked out. Went on the site 5mins ago & it says sorry but you cannot add Travel Disruption Extension any more brilliant. I have a cruise booked that needs paying in 14 days i think i will cancel loss the £100 deposit & rebook if things get better. | | | |
| Anyone booked a holiday abroad for this summer? on 12:29 - Mar 14 with 4480 views | Neath_Jack |
My mate is out in Poland on a stag do at the moment. All flights out of there are getting cancelled tonight, so they are now on a train to Berlin, and hoping to fly home Monday morning from there. |  |
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| Anyone booked a holiday abroad for this summer? on 12:53 - Mar 14 with 4463 views | Catullus |
We tend to save the cash up then go in a see what last minute bargains there are. This year though, we shall mostly be holidaying in the back garden and see how next year pans out. | |
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| Anyone booked a holiday abroad for this summer? on 18:32 - Mar 14 with 4302 views | Pacemaker |
| Anyone booked a holiday abroad for this summer? on 09:41 - Mar 14 by dickythorpe |
I saw on the news that if you go to New Zealand you have to self isolate for 2 weeks. |
Just had to cancel everything, I was going for 3 weeks to see my daughter and grandchildren, the NZ policy whilst understandable to self isolate for two weeks means there was no point in is going as we were travelling around NZ with all our family.
The problem for me was I had spent a lot of money on flights accommodation etc but NZ were not stopping you going, but stopping you going anywhere so airline attitude was not our problem we just have to get you there as part of our contract.
Luckily Trump sorted it by blocking UK flights going through US. |  |
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| Anyone booked a holiday abroad for this summer? on 18:37 - Mar 14 with 4293 views | WxmJax |
A friend is holidaying in Australia before going on to visit her son for a month in NZ next week. Pretty crap. |  |
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| Anyone booked a holiday abroad for this summer? on 19:02 - Mar 14 with 4259 views | perplex |
If your travel insurance do try to pull a fast one and use the Corona Virus as an excuse not to pay out you simply go down another path for eg medical onset problems etc, always have a plan b because a lot of these company`s will look for any excuse not to pay out, just be as clever as them if they try it on. | | | |
| Anyone booked a holiday abroad for this summer? on 19:02 - Mar 14 with 4259 views | Cooperman |
| Anyone booked a holiday abroad for this summer? on 18:32 - Mar 14 by Pacemaker |
Just had to cancel everything, I was going for 3 weeks to see my daughter and grandchildren, the NZ policy whilst understandable to self isolate for two weeks means there was no point in is going as we were travelling around NZ with all our family.
The problem for me was I had spent a lot of money on flights accommodation etc but NZ were not stopping you going, but stopping you going anywhere so airline attitude was not our problem we just have to get you there as part of our contract.
Luckily Trump sorted it by blocking UK flights going through US. |
Have you already cancelled? If not then consider not rushing in. Many airlines are introducing waivers for change fees and the like. If the airline is forced to cancel the flight due to them not being able to fly you there then refunds are almost certain. |  |
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| Anyone booked a holiday abroad for this summer? on 10:47 - Mar 15 with 4057 views | Pacemaker |
| Anyone booked a holiday abroad for this summer? on 19:02 - Mar 14 by Cooperman |
Have you already cancelled? If not then consider not rushing in. Many airlines are introducing waivers for change fees and the like. If the airline is forced to cancel the flight due to them not being able to fly you there then refunds are almost certain. |
I have not cancelled the flights as I cannot actually fly through SFO now due to US ban, I am trying to see if I can reschedule for next December. The flights are non refundable so hopefully my travel insurance will cover me.
This is actually my second set of flights to NZ, my first was through China on China Southern that was cancelled as NZ refused all flights from China last month, I booked these Flights thinking stay away from Asia and go through the States, that has now shut down, hopefully I can get out next winter. My daughter and grandchildren are my main concern and I wouldn’t do anything to cause any harm.
Everyone just needs to calm down and hopefully by next year we will be over the worst of it.
Is it going to effect your work much Coops? I know you are travelling worldwide regularly. | |
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| Anyone booked a holiday abroad for this summer? on 10:49 - Mar 15 with 4053 views | Pacemaker |
| Anyone booked a holiday abroad for this summer? on 19:02 - Mar 14 by perplex |
If your travel insurance do try to pull a fast one and use the Corona Virus as an excuse not to pay out you simply go down another path for eg medical onset problems etc, always have a plan b because a lot of these company`s will look for any excuse not to pay out, just be as clever as them if they try it on. |
I think that falls under fraud so I dint think I will take your advice, if they don’t pay out I will have lost money not my liberty. | |
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| Anyone booked a holiday abroad for this summer? on 10:57 - Mar 15 with 4039 views | monmouth |
| Anyone booked a holiday abroad for this summer? on 11:46 - Mar 14 by Ferryjack |
I have holiday insurance with Staysure & received this same email on Thursday, since then i have phoned on numerous occasions & after giving more numbers to phone it says sorry but this call will be terminated due to the volume being received. Tried to access the website it takes to long to connect so can chucks you out. Tried again this morning & was put in a queue for 45 mins got through but again chucked out. Went on the site 5mins ago & it says sorry but you cannot add Travel Disruption Extension any more brilliant. I have a cruise booked that needs paying in 14 days i think i will cancel loss the £100 deposit & rebook if things get better. |
It had to happen. Insurance is about pricing risks. Personally, I wouldn't be going near a cruise ship at the moment anyway. I'd rather lose £100 in a heartbeat. |  |
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| Anyone booked a holiday abroad for this summer? on 11:18 - Mar 15 with 4018 views | ItchySphincter |
| Anyone booked a holiday abroad for this summer? on 12:53 - Mar 14 by Catullus |
We tend to save the cash up then go in a see what last minute bargains there are. This year though, we shall mostly be holidaying in the back garden and see how next year pans out. |
Good plan. We're supposed to be in Cyprus mid-May but I can't really see it going ahead. I had to pay the lot up a month or so ago and because I take out my own multi-trip travel insurance annually due to work I don't have the tour operators insurance. So, according to this thread I don't think I'm covered for a refund event though I have cancellation and curtailment on the policy.
What strikes me as odd though, and I'm not sure what point I'm missing here, is this: I am supposed to be in Cyprus for seven days and the current UK advice is that travel to the destination is permitted. The Cypriot advice is that anyone arriving from the UK must self isolate for 14 days upon arrival. How does that even tally up and why are the operators still advising us to go? The foreign office needs to advise against all but essential foreign travel at which point we become ATOL protected but they'd rather the customer lose their money than the operators and airlines. | |
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| Anyone booked a holiday abroad for this summer? on 11:34 - Mar 15 with 4006 views | Cooperman |
| Anyone booked a holiday abroad for this summer? on 10:47 - Mar 15 by Pacemaker |
I have not cancelled the flights as I cannot actually fly through SFO now due to US ban, I am trying to see if I can reschedule for next December. The flights are non refundable so hopefully my travel insurance will cover me.
This is actually my second set of flights to NZ, my first was through China on China Southern that was cancelled as NZ refused all flights from China last month, I booked these Flights thinking stay away from Asia and go through the States, that has now shut down, hopefully I can get out next winter. My daughter and grandchildren are my main concern and I wouldn’t do anything to cause any harm.
Everyone just needs to calm down and hopefully by next year we will be over the worst of it.
Is it going to effect your work much Coops? I know you are travelling worldwide regularly. |
What airline and what was your ticket set up? Were you heading to NZ via SFO all on one ticket? If so then you will almost certainly be covered for refund as the airline has / will cancel the first leg of your travel. British Airways (as an example) are offering zero change fees and the option of delaying travel dates to later in the year; the last thing the airlines need is being forced to refund hundreds of millions of Pounds to the public as they simply don't have the cash. At the very worst I hope you can rearrange your flights for a different date and for zero cash outlay. My only warning is that you will need extreme patience when calling the airline.
As for me, at a corporate level I am well and truly grounded. My three main destinations were Japan, Italy and China. As it stands now my Italian flights for the next few weeks have been cancelled; China in May is also cancelled but Japan week after next and in mid May are still going so watch this space. The latter is accompanying the UK Government and Department for International Trade so I'm waiting to see their stance.
I'm also hanging on with regards to holidays. Toronto for Easter isn't yet locked down but I am expecting it any day now and I've got my fingers cross that all this clears up in time for the summer. | |
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| Anyone booked a holiday abroad for this summer? on 11:47 - Mar 15 with 3987 views | Pacemaker |
| Anyone booked a holiday abroad for this summer? on 11:34 - Mar 15 by Cooperman |
What airline and what was your ticket set up? Were you heading to NZ via SFO all on one ticket? If so then you will almost certainly be covered for refund as the airline has / will cancel the first leg of your travel. British Airways (as an example) are offering zero change fees and the option of delaying travel dates to later in the year; the last thing the airlines need is being forced to refund hundreds of millions of Pounds to the public as they simply don't have the cash. At the very worst I hope you can rearrange your flights for a different date and for zero cash outlay. My only warning is that you will need extreme patience when calling the airline.
As for me, at a corporate level I am well and truly grounded. My three main destinations were Japan, Italy and China. As it stands now my Italian flights for the next few weeks have been cancelled; China in May is also cancelled but Japan week after next and in mid May are still going so watch this space. The latter is accompanying the UK Government and Department for International Trade so I'm waiting to see their stance.
I'm also hanging on with regards to holidays. Toronto for Easter isn't yet locked down but I am expecting it any day now and I've got my fingers cross that all this clears up in time for the summer. |
I was flying with Austrian/United On a code share LHR to AKL via SFO. Not a route I would choose ordinarily but this was early Feb and I wanted to avoid Asia and thought the US would be a safer route.
So ticket is fine from the US block point of view, I normally always fly Air NZ or Singapore Airlines out to NZ but my family have had some brilliant business class flights with China Southern so thought I would try them out, that obviously didn’t end well but I did get almost all of the fare refunded.
I have made contact with travel agent and I am waiting to see what comes back. If I can fly out next Christmas then fine otherwise it’s not much use to me later in the year unless I can transfer to my daughter to come back or just use the SFO leg to visit my brother who lives between Houston and San Fran depends on work.
Hopefully the annual travel Insurance I pay a lot of money for comes up trumps otherwise. | |
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