Holiday cancelled due to Zika risk. Could use some help.
Dec 19, 2017, 8:47 am
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I cancelled multiple trips due to Zika, and found that very few warm countries are totally free of the bug.
Once you start considering 'low-risk' countries, it becomes a rather cautious slope. We, for example, decided that if a mosquito bit Mrsmsm2000uk, Zika infected or not, we would spend the remainder of the trip worried and concerned.
As such, we ended up in Cape Town (Garden Route) and Moscow/St Petersburg...as well as Europe in the summer.
Friends of mine have just come back from Mauritius and said it was largely Zika free, but again, it's a matter of whether you want to take the risk.
I started a Zika thread in this Forum last year, and I remember a Doctor commenting and saying somerging along the lines of the hot places will still be there next year. If you don't need to take the risk, don't
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Once you start considering 'low-risk' countries, it becomes a rather cautious slope. We, for example, decided that if a mosquito bit Mrsmsm2000uk, Zika infected or not, we would spend the remainder of the trip worried and concerned.
As such, we ended up in Cape Town (Garden Route) and Moscow/St Petersburg...as well as Europe in the summer.
Friends of mine have just come back from Mauritius and said it was largely Zika free, but again, it's a matter of whether you want to take the risk.
I started a Zika thread in this Forum last year, and I remember a Doctor commenting and saying somerging along the lines of the hot places will still be there next year. If you don't need to take the risk, don't
M
Dec 19, 2017, 8:56 am
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Availability will probably be your bind. The Middle East (MCT?) might be more achievable if you are willing to go through DOH or BAH; it may even be a high probability (opportunity) that you get bumped on to (up to) QR if you go via DOH.
Otherwise it may not be the longhaul trip you envisaged but there is availability to RAK, with temperatures in the 20s and a few options to add to the city visit.
Otherwise it may not be the longhaul trip you envisaged but there is availability to RAK, with temperatures in the 20s and a few options to add to the city visit.
Dec 19, 2017, 9:41 am
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My wife and I are in the same boat, we were looking at a trip to Mauritius, as apparently that is Zika free. Or at least it was August when we were looking at booking it.
We decided against it in the end as we wouldn’t have had a flexible ticket and should there have been an outbreak we could have been out of pocket if we had cancelled. I think one of our other options was Dubai.
We opted for NYC in January where it’s should be cold enough to ensure a lack of mosquitos!
We decided against it in the end as we wouldn’t have had a flexible ticket and should there have been an outbreak we could have been out of pocket if we had cancelled. I think one of our other options was Dubai.
We opted for NYC in January where it’s should be cold enough to ensure a lack of mosquitos!
Dec 19, 2017, 2:02 pm
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You can find close-in JAL F availability and that's a very fine experience indeed. Then in Tokyo, go to an onsen (hot sprint) resort and spend some time in the city.
There's BA F Avios availability LHR-HND-LHR 16Jan / 23 Jan for example.
There's BA F Avios availability LHR-HND-LHR 16Jan / 23 Jan for example.
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Dec 20, 2017, 11:24 am
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I can second CPT if you haven't already been there. PLZ is also very nice.
If you've already done everywhere in ZAR, what about MRU or SEZ? With 500k Avios, Australia is not out of the question either.
If you've already done everywhere in ZAR, what about MRU or SEZ? With 500k Avios, Australia is not out of the question either.
Dec 20, 2017, 1:26 pm
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Australia is hot in February. Melbourne and Sydney are beautiful, as are the Gold Coast. Fly to Cairo on Avios and pick up a supercheap business flight to Australia on Oman Air.
Dec 20, 2017, 3:35 pm
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The Garden Route is a great choice. I drove it last year and there are so many beautiful spots on the route. It will be very easy too to fly from PLZ to JNB for your return flight. RFS is available on the Comair flights.