CV - Holiday insurance and bookings

We should have been having a family holiday next week, staying in two cottages. It's the first time in my life that I haven't bothered to take out cancellation insurance, my reasoning being that there would always be someone else who would like to go. Thankfully the lettings company have contacted all the cottage owners on their books and they've all agreed to transfer their holiday to the following year. I still feel somehow responsible for this pandemic and feel that, had I taken out the insurance, it would never have happened...

Labaik - you would probably still not be covered. The insurance that the lettings agent recommends is not covering unless you are actually ill and can supply a doctors letter to the fact. So you have probably saved some money.

All I want is my money back from TUI . They offered to let us rebook and there are plans afoot to offer credit notes instead of money back . Neither of the phone numbers TUI sent to me work .

Daisy; no, we're fine. It's all been agreed [phew].

We’re members of Which and in our latest email from them, they include the following. They make it very clear that for holidays booked upto 3 April, you are entitled to your money back. It looks to me as though this covers some of the cases on here. I rate Which so if it were me, I’d be going after those greedy holiday home/ holiday cottage agencies.

www.which.co.uk/news/2020/03/coronavirus-how-are-my-uk-holiday-plans-affected/?utm_medium=Email&utm_source=ExactTarget&utm_campaign=3970133-C_WS_EM_030420

We have a holiday to India booked for June. It can't be cancelled at the moment as the lockdown in India is only until April 15 so far. The tour company wants us to rebook for 2021 and the airline will give us a voucher valid for a year from our original travel date. BUT....our travel insurance expires on April 16 and because I have just had my 66th birthday V&^%$n Money say our existing policy can't be renewed and although they will give us another policy it won't include any cover for coronavirus, where a simple renewal would. Catch-22.