Originally Posted by
t325
Is it safe to say that countries that really depend on tourism (like Greece. AFAIK they were open weeks before the rest of the EU) will never re-implement restrictions no matter what the EU recommends?
I'm flying to Austria on Friday and I do not want to change my flights across the pond. I got J for an absolute steal and I know I'll never be able to change the dates without paying thousands of dollars extra. If Austria bans Americans, I'll just book VIE-ATH for a few hours after my IAD-VIE flight arrives.
That's what I'm hoping. My October trip (moved 4 times now) is Greece/Italy/Spain. Those 3 seem to rely more on tourism and are more open than some of the others. So I'm hoping at minimum they still allow Vaccinated in. I also got crazy cheap J seats, but thankfully those are direct to ATH. Unfortunately, my direct flight from ATH to Venice got cancelled by Volotea so I had to add a stop in VIE .. which adds another country. Might have to pay more to go through Rome instead.
As much as EU people hate that the US never opened up .. what the EU is doing with this Roller Coaster of Open/Not Open/Open is 50x worse. I'd much rather have no expectation of traveling vs expecting then having to cancel (and losing money in the process).