I’m glad you brought this up because I don’t think everyone would necessarily think of this once we get the greenlight to travel. I was actually just thinking about this yesterday because I have a trip to Disney planned for later this year but it’s just too risky in my opinion to go without insurance that includes COVID-19 as there is no way that I could afford those hospital bills if heaven forbid something were to happen while we were away.
I think you just need to look at China specifically and watch the others who came just after them but before us for a lens to the future. China is just starting to loosen up internal travel restrictions now, 4 months after they went into place. And this is just a loosening, not a lifting. Last I read, international travel restrictions by China were still in place (you are not allowed into China). A couple of countries that have tried loosening a bit have had to clamp back down as the virus re-surged. I fully expect that China is experimenting a bit too, and may still see further restrictions.
I must be misunderstanding something about the dozen or so e-mails I've gotten from WestJet. I thought they had waived all cancellations and/or change fees.
We were booked to London on a basic fare and until late-March they were still denying changes on those fares but of course when the flights were cancelled they did put a credit back in our Travel Bank. I would have much preferred a refund.
This is the million dollar question! If yes, then vaccines are going to be golden, and using serum from recovered patients to help critically ill patients will be a valid therapy. If not, or if the virus is mutating too fast to nail it down, vaccines won't be useful and people could get reinfected after they recover. This would be devastating. It's also possible to have something in the middle, where immunity lasts for a months or a few years, and people would need a vaccine booster, like we do for tetanus.
WestJet is only waiving change/cancellation fees on flights booked til the end of May. Our flights are August and Oct so until they include more dates in their policy, we would have to pay $100/person but taxes so I'm holding on to them until they cancel the flights.I must be misunderstanding something about the dozen or so e-mails I've gotten from WestJet. I thought they had waived all cancellations and/or change fees.
We now have WestJet credit and cruise line credit. As badly as I wish we could start planning a future trip, we just won't - not until the world has largely returned to normal. Unfortunately, I'm not comfortable making any predictions when that will happen and for all we know, one or both of us could actually get sick at some point, which I'm sure will be excluded from travel insurance.
We're also constrained by not having yet hit bottom on how our personal finances are going to be affected and it's folly to plan for discretionary spending until we feel more confident. I suspect we're far from the only ones with that problem. Luckily, daydreaming about future trips is still free...
Who said this?
Thank you! So yeah. If it’s July, we for sure won’t be the first ones to leave the country ( our Disney trip is mid-July)
Like you, our plans are scheduled for late Nov 2020, and while my DDs and I are still bravely pretending that this trip will take place, I am afraid we are whistling in the dark. Obviously, we have no wish to travel before it is safe to do so. Health insurance is a huge consideration for me, having turned 65 this year, as well as having a pre-existing condition to complicate matters.Our trip is booked for end of Nov/ beginning of Dec. I have not booked flights or have my theme park tickets yet. I am assuming that our trip will not be happening, unfortunately, and it makes me very sad!
Are you a US citizen just living here?
I have a feeling it's not going to happen. I was supposed to be going to Busch Gardens Virginia in August and I am starting to think it's not going to happen. By July I think you will see restaurants bars and regular stores open. I can't see the border being open any time soon. I am starting think summer is not happening here.
I was hoping they would start opening local travel by June... wishful thinking. Was hoping we could go to Banff just to get away for the summer. Have to wonder what would happen to all the summer camps for kids.
Yes. I have a permanent resident card. That’s what I use to enter Canada. Not a passport. It goes into the same scanning machine as a passport. Going into the USA my US passport is used. Neither country cares for seeing the other.
