Travel Plans - April 2021
Nov 13, 2020, 6:28 pm
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Travel Plans - April 2021
Who is being a total optimist and planning your travel? I am. Plenty of award availability, risk free cancellations - so flying into Hanoi and planning to travel through Vietnam, Cambodia and then fly back through Japan.
Would love to hear what everyone is planning...
D
Would love to hear what everyone is planning...
D
Nov 15, 2020, 4:30 am
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I'm just waiting to cancel my January and February travel. I still have hope for better times from April and beyond, but the crystal ball is still hazy
Nov 16, 2020, 4:38 am
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This has been an unusual year to say the least .
With our last flights in January , 2020 .
Fewest flights , likely since I was born !!
Hopefully , our next flights will be in December with the HKG SIN air travel bubble starting 22 November , with no quarantine restrictions .
Record breaking year in more ways than one , for us personally !
Think plans for January have to be postponed .
If borders open up before April , we will fly to Australia , New Zealand , Philippines and Vietnam . Perhaps French Polynesia ?
The EU , UK and Americas are sadly out .
Later 2021 , fingers crossed
With our last flights in January , 2020 .
Fewest flights , likely since I was born !!
Hopefully , our next flights will be in December with the HKG SIN air travel bubble starting 22 November , with no quarantine restrictions .
Record breaking year in more ways than one , for us personally !
Think plans for January have to be postponed .
If borders open up before April , we will fly to Australia , New Zealand , Philippines and Vietnam . Perhaps French Polynesia ?
The EU , UK and Americas are sadly out .
Later 2021 , fingers crossed
Nov 16, 2020, 9:25 am
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Low expectations but ready to pounce on things as they arise. Chile is looking particularly promising from an ability to travel point of view but I've never been there and I don't want to experience it when life is weird. I suspect that I'll manage a trip in January and it will almost certainly be to the Southern Hemisphere. I know the Cape Town area well and I think it's beckoning if it's reasonably possible.
Nov 20, 2020, 10:22 am
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I say go ahead and book away, but don't lock into anything you can't get a 100% refund or free redeposit on.
The realities of some awards are that you have to book far in advance. I have a bunch of 2021 stuff in place, including some to places that aren't open for international tourism at all. But I can bag it all at no expense if I have to.
Our big one is HKG, SIN, BKK - maybe with a visit to Cambodia on a cheap ULCC ticket booked closer to the travel time. That's in June.
The realities of some awards are that you have to book far in advance. I have a bunch of 2021 stuff in place, including some to places that aren't open for international tourism at all. But I can bag it all at no expense if I have to.
Our big one is HKG, SIN, BKK - maybe with a visit to Cambodia on a cheap ULCC ticket booked closer to the travel time. That's in June.
Nov 22, 2020, 8:06 am
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Absolutely looking into some spring(ish) travel. While some travel is off limits/too risky, there is no chance I'm going to sit at home for a whole year. We did a few trips this year, and it was just fine. If anything, some of the lighter crowds was nicer.
Nov 24, 2020, 6:51 am
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Not been staying home!
Well, we have already flown from Florida to South Dakota in July, Utah in October, and will do New Orleans in dec. My January cruise and one of two February cruises have been cancelled. Looking for something good in January if you guys have ideas. We are not afraid to travel. I have already had covid (and got it at home, NOT on a trip), not sure about husband. Have been driving around Florida for short trips a lot, but need a bigger fix!
Nov 24, 2020, 8:39 am
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Well, we have already flown from Florida to South Dakota in July, Utah in October, and will do New Orleans in dec. My January cruise and one of two February cruises have been cancelled. Looking for something good in January if you guys have ideas. We are not afraid to travel. I have already had covid (and got it at home, NOT on a trip), not sure about husband. Have been driving around Florida for short trips a lot, but need a bigger fix!
It looks like some other interesting places are open for travel (with negative tests but no quarantine) - Croatia, Albania, Montenegro, etc. - but finding a permitted routing there might be tougher and I'm not sure how far afield I'd want to travel if the location has a bunch of local restrictions on museums, performing arts, dining, etc.