cougie uk
Guru
Hope you have allowed for the time difference ! Good luck !
Holiday plans. Do you have any?
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fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Good Luck.
Cathryn
Legendary Member
- Location
- Marlborough, Wiltshire
Thanks! My family picked me up from school at 3.15 and we are whizzing to the port! Keep those fingers crossed!
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Last minute dash. What's the arrangement for coming home - is that OK ?
Cathryn
Legendary Member
- Location
- Marlborough, Wiltshire
Unless things change, we should be fine!
Cathryn
Legendary Member
- Location
- Marlborough, Wiltshire
We are on the ferry! We made it!
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
I hope you have a lovely skiing holiday Cathryn.
Julia9054
Guru
- Location
- Knaresborough
One day you will be able to tell the story to your grandchildren about how you once went on a skiing holiday to Europe. They will be filled with wonderment about what such an experience was like!
Or that’s how it feels at the moment anyway!
Seriously though, have a great time.
Cathryn
Legendary Member
- Location
- Marlborough, Wiltshire
- Location
- The TerrorVortex
Just got back from a weekend in Cork. Today all bars, restaurants etc must close by 8pm, and that'll be going on for the foreseeable. I have clients who were off to France after Christmas...
Chislenko
Veteran
Just had an email from Brittany Ferries. They will not be cancelling any ferries to France despite the stance of the French government to not allow UK citizens entry.
The reason they give is they still need to service the freight side of the sailings.
Having used these Brittany ferry routes to the North West of France they are circa 95% holiday travellers and 5% freight.
It is my reading of the email that if they cancel the sailings they will have to refund the customers, if they sail with virtually empty ships they won't have to refund the customers who can't travel and as a extra bargain they save on all the cabin cleaning as they won't have been used.
I know there is no ideal outcome or win win for all parties but I can't help but think the company could have looked at the customers with a bit more empathy.
The reason they give is they still need to service the freight side of the sailings.
Having used these Brittany ferry routes to the North West of France they are circa 95% holiday travellers and 5% freight.
It is my reading of the email that if they cancel the sailings they will have to refund the customers, if they sail with virtually empty ships they won't have to refund the customers who can't travel and as a extra bargain they save on all the cabin cleaning as they won't have been used.
I know there is no ideal outcome or win win for all parties but I can't help but think the company could have looked at the customers with a bit more empathy.
Julia9054
Guru
- Location
- Knaresborough
I’m amazed any holiday maker is booking anything without a decent cancellation policy at the moment. I got bitten in 2020. Won’t be getting caught again.
Chislenko
Veteran
Know what you are saying Julia but obviously this was brought in by the French at very short notice so even if you have paid extra for the "flexible" fares they may not be within the time frame, and even then they only give you 50% back so still a bit of a sting.
It not just the action of the French. The overall climate of uncertainty. No one should be surprised if things don't go their way in these 2 years. Once infection suddenly spikes, no govt is going to give grace periods to act.
Chislenko
Veteran
Yes, fully take on board what you are saying. However not everyone going is a holidaymaker. We have booked a ferry late March as we have not been to our holiday home for two years and have a lot of stuff to sort out, legal, Portuguese bureaucracy, quite apart from what state the place is in, damp, things not operational through lack of use. Certainly our gas has been cut off due to zero bills for such a long period.
We have had to bite the bullet and book and hope against hope that things improve. Fortunately we have booked via Bilbao so will avoid France, just hope the Spanish don't impose a ban by then.
Believe me if it wasn't absolutely necessary for us to go we wouldn't be.
N.B. We are going by car so that we can bring all our personal stuff back (including my bike!!) so that we can put the place on the market, a decision based more on Brexit than Covid.
