Anyone cancelled due to Covid?

[Grant Fondo]

We used to love Cornwall and went regularly in the 60s and 70s. Tried it again a few years ago. OK it was near St Ives. Dreadful.
What little parking was at extortionate rates. Impossible to park and have a coastal walk. We were NT members which helped.
Oh, it was early June and freezing.

I used to go to Cornwall a lot as a kid and we went most recently to St Ives around 2015 and loved it. It was at Easter and the weather was great! Beautiful part of the country.

 

[NorthernSky]

i think i'm pretty much going to cancel my holiday in May
stand to lose £400 but not worth getting trapped in greece with empty supermarkets, possibility of return flight being cancelled etc

 

[vickster]

No insurance?

 

[RoadRider400]

No insurance?

Insurance will not stop them getting stuck in Greece. They might be able to sort repatriation, but even that isnt guaranteed.

 

[vickster]

Insurance will not stop them getting stuck in Greece. They might be able to sort repatriation, but even that isnt guaranteed.

No but they'll get their money back if they cannot go, flights all cancelled still, accommodation closed etc. Very likely to be the case, just need to wait to closer to the time

 

[NorthernSky]

Yeah do have insurance, will be trying to claim if they close boarders / hotels.
Can only do that if it's on effect at the time i guess. Flights should get refunded, the hotel might be harder.
Annoying thing is i paid on the credit card and I've to settle the bill in a few days knowing I'll very unlikely be going

 

[NorthernSky]

Haven't a lot of the insurance companies now excluded Corona Virus affects from their policies?

can they revise your terms once you have taken it out? think we got ours before it went crazy
no doubt they have though, this is what insurance companies do best, screw you over

 

[mjr]

Haven't a lot of the insurance companies now excluded Corona Virus affects from their policies?

Yes, but I've only seen it done for things booked or policies bought after some date in the crisis, often 13 March when WHO declared it to be a pandemic. You'd need to check particular policies to find one excluding it some other way.

 

[ColinJ]

I used to go to Cornwall a lot as a kid and we went most recently to St Ives around 2015 and loved it. It was at Easter and the weather was great! Beautiful part of the country.

I went down for Christmas about 25 years ago and it was fine. I remember wandering around St Ives in shorts on Christmas Eve, and I don't like being cold!

 

[vickster]

can they revise your terms once you have taken it out? think we got ours before it went crazy
no doubt they have though, this is what insurance companies do best, screw you over

No, they cannot change retrospectively - you just can't buy insurance now with cover from most. Ask your CC company to grant you an extension to settle

 

[vickster]

My flight to Florida has been cancelled - I can't really contact BA to sort refund out until 72 hours before, as it's not urgent (that's about £400 but paid off a while back)

 

[Bazzer]

A holiday in La Gomera at the end of March has now been cancelled. Much to my surprise, TUI through whom it was booked, have said a full refund will be given, so no need to go through insurance.
I suspect a diving trip to the Red Sea in late August is hanging in the balance, but that too is insured.

 

[vickster]

A holiday in La Gomera at the end of March has now been cancelled. Much to my surprise, TUI through whom it was booked, have said a full refund will be given, so no need to go through insurance.
I suspect a diving trip to the Red Sea in late August is hanging in the balance, but that too is insured.

They’re obliged to aren't they as part of ABTA/ATOL

 

[Dave7]

A holiday in La Gomera at the end of March has now been cancelled. Much to my surprise, TUI through whom it was booked, have said a full refund will be given, so no need to go through insurance.
I suspect a diving trip to the Red Sea in late August is hanging in the balance, but that too is insured.

Oooohh where abouts in the red sea ? Some wonderful diving trip memories around Sharm and the lesser known area below.

 

[Dave7]

Bit like a parrot now but..
What I am still trying to get a (definite) answer on is..... who do I claim off ?
Majorca... May 10th.
Holiday booked through Hays
Package holiday with Jet2
Paid by credit card
Took out full insurance.
I have read various specialists advice plus the latest 'Which' article but none of them say you do a, b or c etc.
Not a real problem but it would save a lot of hassle if I had a proper legal answer.