Are you planning on holidaying this year?

Are you being asked to talk about UK or travel abroad?
A holiday is the last thing on my mind just now. Even with the vaccine this virus will still be around.
Heaven help us if everyone goes crazy all joining up in family groups going all over the world.
I hope people don't forget too quickly how awful this time has been.

Well, if we and most others have been vaccinated by June, yes we probably will go off camping by bike for a few days, but only if the number of c ases are significantly lower than just now.

Even after having the two doses of vaccine we can all still be carriers! This virus has to be a very very distance memory before I even contemplate a holiday, particularly abroad!

I can hardly wait! I have permanently itchy feet and had a big trip to India planned last year - rebooked for June this year, though who knows if we’ll be able to go. India have lots of the Oxford vaccine so it may be one of the safer places to go, if they let us in. Cottage in Scotland is booked for Easter too but I’m pretty sure that won’t happen.

Providing circumstances allow, we will have our usual intergenerational week away in our usual holiday self catering house.

Booked a touring holiday of Southern Ireland last year but put it on hold because of the virus. We are supposed to go this year but I am sceptical about going anywhere to be honest.

Urmstongran

I’m bucking the trend here. Ever the optimists we have booked flights and accommodation for 10 days in Ibiza in June. Why not? It’s something to look forward to and holiday insurance will kick in if it has to be cancelled.

Yours sincerely,
Pollyanna

Me too Urmstongran. We’ve booked a holiday to Greece in July. We have paid extra for late cancellation so can cancel any time up to two weeks before we’re scheduled to go

This is all assuming lockdowns are over - no sign of that any time soon. We won't book anything until things improve significantly, then maybe a last minute booking in the UK. What I really want is to see my son's family with our four month old granddaughter who we haven't met yet. They live 200 miles away.

I am waiting until we see how things are going. We had a long trip by train planned from Canada to San Francisco for our 25th Wedding Anniversary but cannot bear the thought of booking it just to cancel it. We were going to New York for our 20th Anniversary but that had to be put off because of a tragedy in our family so we decided to go the whole hog for our 25th instead. Obviously that was the kiss of death for 2021!
It was also planned to have a huge 'Do' for my 60th, my husband's 65th and my son's 30th Birthdays but our plans are on hold there too. I have a ballgown in the cupboard which I bought for my DIL's 30th Birthday Ball but it snowed so was cancelled as all her family are from up North. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to go when it was rescheduled...the dress is doomed too!

Definitely not abroad and we love our foreign holidays. We got back from Australia and Singapore in January 20 just as covid was kicking off. Intended to have Christmas 2021 in Florida but there is absolutely no way we would book that now! Had booked Padstow for November last year then January this year both were obviously cancelled and the next one booked for March which will again no doubt be cancelled. It’s my birthday tomorrow (a big one ?) so sad I can’t see family, go for a drive stop and have a picnic (in the car !) overlooking the sea or better still having a slap up meal in a posh restaurant with nearest and dearest. Oh well as long as everyone stays well and avoids this dreadful virus that’s good enough for me.

Before COVID we would self cater just outside Calais twice a year as a family. Would love to do that again this year if it was possible. Haven’t been in a plane anywhere for several years and don’t intend to do so in the foreseeable future. If things improve this year would love to go back to Wales to stay with my friend but don’t know when that can happen. Nothing planned or booked at all.

My DH and I have booked flights and hotel to Cyprus for September. We paid upfront for the flights as they were very reasonable and just paid €100 deposit for the hotel with final payment on arrival at the hotel. Hopefully it will all be ok. Can’t wait and it gives us something to look forward to, which we all need after this damn awful year. Also hoping my sister will be able to come over from America in June so that we can go to Wales to scatter my Mum’s ashes. She died from Covid in October at 101 yrs old and my sister couldn’t come to the funeral!

No.

We have 3 holidays booked this year -all transferred from last year. One is to Shrewsbury next month- taking my elderly parents. We've written that off but are waiting for the hotel to cancel. The second is the 1st week of June to Greece. At the moment Greece are asking for 7 days isolation upon arrival, so that looks unlikely as well, as we've only booked a week. The third is to Bulgaria in August, so I have my fingers crossed that we might possibly get to take that one. In all cases I'll be waiting for the hotel/holiday company to cancel.

just day trips for a start.I managed 5 seaside trips last year when the coach companies were allowed to run.I have a credit note for one of them that was cancelled,so will use that,but not till I'm sure it will take place,perhaps will book a short break.Not planning any flights yet,even if Ryanair and other companies say we can

As soon as we are vaccinated and travel restrictions are lifted we are off, hopefully Africa to see AC and family. Then Cyprus with another AC and GC.

I do think it's a matter of feeling our way to see how these umpteen mutations pan out, latest one seems to be the Brazilian strain, as always when a new one comes to light, accompanied by the inevitable cautionary "may" be more resistant to vaccines! Of course nobody knows at the moment. As far as holidays are concerned, particularly those overseas, which I know I'd love, I just don't think we'll be out of the woods for a while. It's really a waiting game.

With my husband's health (Parkinson's) holidays are way down on my to-do list. It's hard work getting him ready to go for a day out so catching a plane or a train is no-no.

If it was just me, I would be off in a flash.

We have a campervan (aka Camperbubble). Completely self-contained, so we've booked camp sites for a short trip to Hampshire and a longer one to Western Scotland and Mull. But these bookings can always be cancelled if things are still bad in the summer. We've also got a trip to Jersey which involves a flight which was postponed by the holiday company from last summer. We'll see how things go as to whether we risk a flight.

We were due to go to a holiday cottage here in the UK last June for my birthday. It has been transferred to this June when we had hoped to go to celebrate our wedding anniversary. I feel sceptical about going and think it is unlikely to happen. In some ways I would rather not go and stay safely at home to celebrate our anniversary. We will wait and see what happens nearer the time but we are certainly not desperate to have a holiday until we are clearer about how things are with Covid.

We still have a holiday carried over from last year, we thought it might double as a 50th Weddding Anniversary trip, but we won’t be going this year either.

But I’m hoping that we will be able to visit DD and Grandchildren in the Summer as it’s almost a year since we last saw them.
DD has health issues, so we are playing safe and I don’t see much fun in being abroad and having to take the same precautions as we do here.

We have Sardinia booked but I think it is doubtful. We have cottages booked which are also a bit touch and go.

We’re the same Mollygo it’s more the flight that bothers me, just waiting for Riviera to contact us.

We have a river cruise booked for July - postponed since July last year. The travel company offer flexible booking so if July looks to be a bit too soon, we can postpone it again until the time is right. We'll plan a couple of short breaks in this country later in the year too.

Supposedly, our cancelled holiday to Crete with oldest daughter and her partner will take place this September. We shall wait and see.