How Have Your Plans Changed Due to Health Crisis?
Mar 14, 2020, 11:41 pm
#1
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How Have Your Plans Changed Due to Health Crisis?
We have an ongoing thread dedicated to "Where are you going next?" I am curious as to how your plans have changed, in light of the current crisis.
Mar 15, 2020, 12:12 am
#2
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I was booked to go SFO-HKG-TYO-SFO starting April 9. I've already revised the ticket to SFO-TYO-SFO starting April 12, and almost certainly will cancel that as well.
More worrisome is the possibility that the three trips I've booked for May/June will be affected. One of those trips includes attending the final days of the French Open tennis tournament and there is still the possibility the event could be canceled too.
Edited to add: French open now moved to start on September 20. Will need to change all travel arrangements. So already a May/June trip is affected. BA is allowing moving funds to a travel voucher but will not cover differences in fare and fares on BA are currently much higher in September.
More worrisome is the possibility that the three trips I've booked for May/June will be affected. One of those trips includes attending the final days of the French Open tennis tournament and there is still the possibility the event could be canceled too.
Edited to add: French open now moved to start on September 20. Will need to change all travel arrangements. So already a May/June trip is affected. BA is allowing moving funds to a travel voucher but will not cover differences in fare and fares on BA are currently much higher in September.
Last edited by RichardInSF; Mar 18, 2020 at 7:27 pm
Mar 15, 2020, 2:28 am
#4
Join Date: Dec 2006
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Hoping NZ will be back to normal by the time we hope to visit since we had to cancel April / May Caucasus trip
via AMANZoe & MO Munich ( flights cancelled too !! )
Mar 15, 2020, 2:40 am
#5
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: MEL
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Posts: 689
I’ve changed destinations for my next personal trip as the spread of the virus has accelerated over past weeks; but with the latest travel restrictions in Australia announced today (all persons entering Australia are required to undergo a 14 day isolation period), it’s clear that overseas travel is simply not practicable at this time. So we’ll be spending our time exploring holiday destinations here on home soil. Maybe.
Mar 15, 2020, 3:41 am
#6
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Jakarta
Programs: Krisflyer PPS, SPG, Hyatt GoldPassport, Shangri-la Golden Circle, British Airways ExecClub
Posts: 1,245
I am cancelling all but the most essential travel for now. Just not seems to be a good time to travel with the uncertainty and potential disruption due to the fluid situation.
Mar 15, 2020, 3:54 am
#7
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: France
Posts: 971
I cancelled everything except family time in France, hopefully domestic flights will not be affected.
i still hold a reservation for Shanghai end of May, I will wait and see what happens over the next month.
Regarding summer vacation I am thinking about Turkey in August, but I prefer to wait before booking.
Since yesterday 12am all restaurants & bars are closed, including hotel restaurants. The coming weeks will be very quiet...
i still hold a reservation for Shanghai end of May, I will wait and see what happens over the next month.
Regarding summer vacation I am thinking about Turkey in August, but I prefer to wait before booking.
Since yesterday 12am all restaurants & bars are closed, including hotel restaurants. The coming weeks will be very quiet...
Mar 15, 2020, 9:02 am
#9
Join Date: Jun 2005
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I have bought tickets to BKK and Maldives in end of May and return in June. It's on BR so holding on at the moment as don't know what the situation is going to be in two months time. If it doesn't get better I will reschedule to December if possible and if not ask for a refund. I have hotel bookings in BKK too and two AirAsia flights too.
I don't see any refund from them for that period right now unfortunately.
I don't see any refund from them for that period right now unfortunately.
Mar 15, 2020, 9:40 am
#10
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Western Europe
Programs: Yeah, well, don’t really care anymore
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Company has banned all travel, and the Government has told us to stay at home. Have therefore simply cancelled all plans. Besides, #stayathome (i.e. social distancing) is the wisest thing we can all do right now, and that effectively rules out travelling.
Mar 15, 2020, 11:25 am
#11
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: NYC
Posts: 6,433
We just cancelled a trip to Europe next week, after the things we intended to visit shut down and the airlines cancelled our flights. We were going to book trips every couple of months, but are waiting to see what happens. I'm sad not to be able to travel, but that pales next to the health and economic costs of this situation.
Mar 15, 2020, 1:36 pm
#12
Join Date: Oct 2019
Location: PDX, OGG or between the two
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I'm supposed to be flying PDX-OGG in 2 weeks on HA and am not sure what I'm going to do. It doesn't sound like the airline will talk to me until T-72 hours anyway so I'm kind of just waiting to see how things develop. I understand being cautious but something in my gut tells me the reaction to all of this is a bit out of proportion but we'll see. Between the partisan flame throwing and media outlets yearning for ratings it's hard to get any real idea as to what is going on. Getting back to the question at hand, I certainly won't be traveling out of the country anytime soon and if not for already having reservations I doubt I'd be setting up any new travel.
Mar 15, 2020, 2:42 pm
#13
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: En Route
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Cancelled:
1. Paris/St. Moritz
2. Hockey in The Hague
3. Nashville
4. Asia (Hong Kong, Singapore, Jakarta, Borobodur, Kuala Lumpur)
5. Japan (Tokyo, Nagoya, Fukuoka) & Hong Kong
6. Guangzhou
Next Up (Will be cancelled pending continued interruption):
7. Paris Again
8. Buenos Aires/Bogota
9. Summer
1. Paris/St. Moritz
2. Hockey in The Hague
3. Nashville
4. Asia (Hong Kong, Singapore, Jakarta, Borobodur, Kuala Lumpur)
5. Japan (Tokyo, Nagoya, Fukuoka) & Hong Kong
6. Guangzhou
Next Up (Will be cancelled pending continued interruption):
7. Paris Again
8. Buenos Aires/Bogota
9. Summer
Mar 16, 2020, 8:10 am
#14
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: NY
Posts: 226
Cancelled joining my husband on a trip in February to our favorite Bonefish Lodge in Abaco, Bahamas.. He wisely cancelled second trip in April. Looks like we will be pretending our house is a luxury lodge while he fishes locally.
Mar 16, 2020, 8:12 am
#15
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: NYC
Posts: 9,120
I'd listen to the scientists and not your gut. Don't travel and practice social distancing to the maximum extent possible.
Last edited by erik123; Mar 16, 2020 at 8:17 am