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Has anyone changed their travelling plans ...

(141 Posts)
jura2 Wed 06-Mar-19 16:24:47

... due to current uncertainties?

anitamp1 Thu 07-Mar-19 11:15:20

Have booked two holidays to Italy in early summer and autumn. Think it sensible to book with proper travel companies so we are protected if there is an issue. But can't put our lives on hold.

David1968 Thu 07-Mar-19 10:55:38

Certainly at least two "lots" of our family members are holding back on flight bookings until they see what happens after Brexit. DH & I haven't made any plans yet either; this is indirectly due to Brexit - our plans will be dependent on what the others do......

Jalima1108 Thu 07-Mar-19 10:54:59

Just make sure, as usual, that your travel company (if you use one) is a member of ABTA or one of the other reputable associations.

BusterTank Thu 07-Mar-19 10:43:39

I'm holding off booking a holiday until after brexit . Just so I know I will actually be going .

Deni1963 Thu 07-Mar-19 10:33:12

Paris booked mid April - not anticipating any problems.

Teetime Thu 07-Mar-19 10:32:48

Rome for us in May cant wait.

Anniet Thu 07-Mar-19 10:29:54

Look on the BBC Reality Check website - they have some useful information. Also look up what Simon Calder (Travel Writer for the Independent) has to say. It should be fine.

Urmstongran Thu 07-Mar-19 09:56:41

Nope & we’ve booked flights to Malaga on 2 April for a month.
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Missfoodlove Thu 07-Mar-19 09:53:42

Going to Portugal on the 26/3 for a week so we’re returning post Brexit.
I will be travelling on an Irish passport my husband a UK one.
If there are any problems then the authorities are to blame, it’s not as though it was unexpected.

MargaretX Thu 07-Mar-19 08:57:27

JackyB You can use your German passport entering into Germany and the British entering to Britain. BUT according to the passport control there maybe a queue at NON EU passports, so you can take your German pass.

P.S. you are German because you were born there or have a German mother or father.

Gute Reise!

MargaretX Thu 07-Mar-19 08:51:38

You need your own Health insurance as the EU one is not valid anymore. Also international driving licence.
Go ahead and go abroad why not?

TwiceAsNice Thu 07-Mar-19 08:23:17

We had planned to go to France for May spring holiday. We have booked our usual holiday flat ( we go twice a year) but don’t need to pay yet. We are not booking ferry until after brexit date until we know there won’t be a problem, I’d theye is we can just cancel flat and not be out of pocket. I’m very cynical there will be difficult document changes whatever happens

Anja Thu 07-Mar-19 07:47:12

Oh no! Are we to be stopped and searched at borders? Turned back by EU officials? Held back from returning to the UK because we lack a certain document?

JackyB Thu 07-Mar-19 07:29:25

My sister needs me to go and stay with our Mum at the end of May. I haven't booked yet because of so many uncertainties, partly not knowing whether I shall be still working and whether I'll get time off, partly because I don't know whether Mr O'Leary will keep my flight route operating after Brexit, what the position with entering and leaving the EU will be.

I still don't understand what I have to do about living in the EU if they introduce this Esta type charge. Do I have to pay the €8 every morning when I get up? I got German nationality a couple of weeks ago (after living here for over 40 years) Can I enter Britain with my British passport and come back on the German one?

Trip to the US in comparison throws up far fewer questions. I shall apply for Esta on my new German passport and once we're there (in the "Californian bubble" as my DiL calls it), the only thing that matters is our DGS who we shall have to ourselves for a week.

DoraMarr Thu 07-Mar-19 07:26:54

I’m going to Spain via France at the beginning of April. The Foreign Office advises checking their website for any advice as: “If there is no EU Exit deal, you will need to take new action before travelling to an EU destination.”
There is no indication on their website as to what form this new action might take.

ginny Wed 06-Mar-19 23:27:38

Grannygravy and Jalima, quite excited. I’ll let you know how we get on.

Harris27 Wed 06-Mar-19 22:08:33

Still working so being careful worried we might go into recession. Still might holiday but it will be in this country due to finances and family demands.

mcem Wed 06-Mar-19 21:48:01

Visiting family is one thing but I was planning no more than a self-indulgent transatlantic jaunt! Would've been different if it involved an important family commitment.
Must be really difficult to live in USA if you aren't a Trump supporter!

Tangerine Wed 06-Mar-19 21:29:09

I'm not changing any plans I've made.

SueDonim Wed 06-Mar-19 21:22:50

Nope, no changes here. Like Janeainsworth I'll be travelling to the US to visit my son and his family.

KatyK Wed 06-Mar-19 19:44:34

The advice we have heard is that if you book a package holiday and there are problems with Brexit, you should be fine and covered. If you book yourself as we do then you MIGHT have a problem. We cannot stay in hotels and have to have two bedroomed apartments due to DH's snoring. These are very few and far between in packages. We were going to go to Rome as I have a big birthday and we will have been married 50 years this year. We are going to leave it until next year to see how things pan out.

Jalima1108 Wed 06-Mar-19 19:21:59

Nope. Why would I?
Indeed Chewbacca

Why does the word "schadenfreude" keep popping into my mind on this and another thread?

Jalima1108 Wed 06-Mar-19 19:13:41

ginny how wonderful - enjoy it!!

GrannyGravy13 Wed 06-Mar-19 18:49:31

ginny I have enormous travel envy - both are on my to do list ???

ginny Wed 06-Mar-19 18:44:14

We are off to Peru and the Galápagos Islands on Sunday.