Lets have another holiday thread to brighten us up.....where will you (hopefully) be going ?

[Archie_tect]

As posted elsewhere we have just had a 100% refund from Traifinders for a cancelled Xmas new year trip to madeira. Their Peace of Mind policy guarantees full refund if holiday cancelled because of Covid plus their in-house insurance policy covers all thing covid while travelling.

Being a private company, they have built big reserves over the past 40 years and unlike most companies do not use your deposit as company finance.

They offer exceptional service at a fair price.

We do our research, and tell them what to book and get a better deal than booking direct. BA Culled Calgary as a destination a week or so ago, first we knew of it was a phone call from TF giving us revised bookings with WestJet.

Mrs A_T's Trailfinders' retirement/significant birthday trip to 'New England in the Fall' on QM2 was cancelled so looking to go sometime in 2022...

 

[PK99]

Europe?

If only we had an EHIC card still... travel insurance options on agency booked travel will; be increasingly expensive... still got travel insurance cover through NatWest- must check out whether that;'s still viable!

Reliance on EHIC and saving on travel insurance has always been a stupid thing to do - as the every year sad tales of expensive repatriation after injury or illness attest.

My holiday insurance cost (bank account linked) will not rise.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Mrs A_T's Trailfinders' retirement/significant birthday trip to 'New England in the Fall' on QM2 was cancelled so looking to go sometime in 2022...

I was thinking of taking Mrs. GA to New England in a couple of years, but it is easier for me...

 

[Eric Olthwaite]

Celebrating my semi-retirement with a few attempts at tent-based cycle touring (which I have never done before) in France and Spain.

 

[dodgy]

I think the tempo is about to change in a big way as far as vaccination goes (likely the oxford vaccine will be approved either tomorrow or Tuesday), I'm still hopeful of a trip to the French Alps in July, we've booked it so you can blame me if it all goes tits up again.

 

[screenman]

We are books for France in June, Prague in August and Turkey in September, we also want a good few breaks in different parts of the UK once vaccinated. Fingers and toes crossed of course.

 

[mudsticks]

Reliance on EHIC and saving on travel insurance has always been a stupid thing to do - as the every year sad tales of expensive repatriation after injury or illness attest.

My holiday insurance cost (bank account linked) will not rise.

Worth checking altitude restrictions too.

If you're going over 2500 m, then 'normal' travel insurance often won't cover you for rescue and repatriation.

Not needed it yet, but its nice to have the peace of mind in case of pratfalls.

 

[Archie_tect]

Reliance on EHIC and saving on travel insurance has always been a stupid thing to do - as the every year sad tales of expensive repatriation after injury or illness attest.

My holiday insurance cost (bank account linked) will not rise.

Yes we have that too... but I suspect you may be disappointed when the monthly charges go up PK.

EHIC free at point of contact access to GPs across the EU has been a blessing for our son's year in France and daughter teaching in Spain and Mrs A_T on occasions over the years, and often as good or better than our own health centre.

 

[Deleted User]

Isn't there meant to be an equivalent scheme to EHIC being put in place?

 

[steveindenmark]

Denmark and possibly cycle the Sicily divide.

 

[Deleted User]

GHIC is the new one apparently but any existing ones are valid until their expiry date, another thing blown out of proportion.

 

[Deleted User]

Europe?

If only we had an EHIC card still... travel insurance options on agency booked travel will; be increasingly expensive... still got travel insurance cover through NatWest- must check out whether that;'s still viable!

You do, Google it.

 

[PK99]

Yes we have that too... but I suspect you may be disappointed when the monthly charges go up PK.

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I doubt it will increase significantly.

We pay £15 per month which covers holiday insurance (Claims: 1x ACL Buinness class repatriations from France and one fROM Canada plus 1x fractured pelvis Business Class repatriation from France), Mobile phone insurance (24 hour like for like replacement last year when I left mine I a pub), Green Flag motoring cover for all our casr and any car we happen to be traveling in.

 

[Dave7]

Well, supposed to be:
La Gomera at the end of March. - Carried over from last year, but I don't see it happening.
Red Sea at the end of May. - Carried over from last year. Iffy.
Scapa Flow at the end of September. Currently slightly less iffy.

I would also like to spend at least another week somewhere with Mrs B. The remoter the better so far as I am concerned, but Mrs B is way more sociable than I, so that will be a compromise.

Where is La Gomera ??
Never dived Scarpa Flow. I did plan it once but Oban won the day.
Done quite a bit in the Red Sea.

 

[dodgy]

I helped drop a wreath on Scapa Flow years ago, never stopped to consider diving there!