FEB 2021-how at risk would such a booking be?

[AdmiralJack]

Hi.

Were considering an 8 day trip staying at Pop Century in Feb next year.

What does everyone think about the risk of it being cancelled? It seems as the UK emerges from the virus, the US is going deeper into it. If the US ends up staying on the travel advisories, would we be protected from any cancellations?

Think I might book but hold off on payment until the last payment date which would be December, to see how things go on

[Hooray4Disney]

I personally am not booking anything at the moment ... cannot see the point of the unknown.

If it does happen for you, we went in February this year for a week and had a fantastic time - would love to do it again next year but going to wait and see.

[AdmiralJack]

Originally Posted by Hooray4Disney

I personally am not booking anything at the moment ... cannot see the point of the unknown.

If it does happen for you, we went in February this year for a week and had a fantastic time - would love to do it again next year but going to wait and see.

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Definitely, I've been in Feb a few times-surprised how warm it still was (still warmer than a hot summer day in the UK, without the usual humidity).

Ill probably pay the deposit and leave things for a while-id rather lose the deposit than the full price

[Caljos]

We had booked before Covid for Feb 21, I am not too hopeful at going with the way things stand. I have paid deposit only with virgin and after reading some of the threads about slow refunds with them I am a little anxious about it all. I'm a NHS key worker so desperately need a holiday

[400ixl]

You either need an insurance policy to cover you which is few and far, or be willing to write off the deposit.

[Elodie]

I don’t think you’d be covered for cancellation due to travel advisories as it’s a known event and you’d be booking knowing that covid-related cancellation is a possibility. For holidays booked after March 2020, most insurance companies are offering either:
no covid-related cover at all;
medical cover for covid but not cancellation cover ;
medical cover for covid and cancellation cover if a member of the party has coronavirus, but no cancellation cover if there is advice against travelling.

Having said that, we’ve just claimed back almost our entire 2020 holiday (which would have been covered by insurance) without having to involve our insurance or credit card companies at all. So it is possible that the companies involved might refund you. Check the T&Cs with the companies to see where you’d stand, and / or hope for a goodwill gesture if you need to cancel. I guess it depends whether you’re prepared to take that chance.

We’ve got an April 2021 trip that we booked before March 2020, but no flights yet, and I don’t think we’re going to risk booking flights - to get refundable flights would just cost too much, and I don’t think insurance would cover us.

If there’s only a minimal risk in paying the deposit now and deciding later, then it might be a risk worth taking, so long as you’ve got medical cover for covid.

[Mackenzies03]

We’ve got a Feb 21 trip booked with virgin, final payment due in November, we are willing to lose the deposit if things haven’t improved. Considering how much has happened in the last 5 months anything can happen in the next 4.

[munmun]

Originally Posted by Mackenzies03

We’ve got a Feb 21 trip booked with virgin, final payment due in November, we are willing to lose the deposit if things haven’t improved. Considering how much has happened in the last 5 months anything can happen in the next 4.

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Anything can happen but the place that hasn't improved in the last 5 months is Florida!

[carolmc]

We've booked flights and villa for March 2021. Flights with Aer Lingus - so can move if we can't travel to USA and villa won't have to be paid for until just before we travel. I'm confident that some semblance of "normal" will have returned by then.
Hope everyone manages to get to wherever they hope to visit.

[AdmiralJack]

Originally Posted by Mackenzies03

We’ve got a Feb 21 trip booked with virgin, final payment due in November, we are willing to lose the deposit if things haven’t improved. Considering how much has happened in the last 5 months anything can happen in the next 4.

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My thoughts exactly