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Flights to Palma de Mallorca, Majorca Anything related to flights to & from Palma and airports (UK & PMI). |
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24-05-2021, 16:20
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Moving further into the Summer Season, we got the dreaded phone call from our travel agent on Saturday morning. We have be using him for about 40 years now, so we trust him completely.
We have a dilemma, as although our flights aren't until August 14th. the package for the Miramar is all booked with TUI. However the balance is due for payment on 5th June at the absolute latest, and he doesn't think Spain will be on a green list by then. Further complication is 5 children of primary school age in our group, and they would have to isolate for 10 days upon our return on 28th August; parents think that they have already missed too much schooling this past 18 month so this will not be happening.
Result is travel agent suggests he will hold our deposit for next 12 months and see what next year brings. GUTTED!!!!
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24-05-2021, 16:56
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Originally Posted by Tangoman
Moving further into the Summer Season, we got the dreaded phone call from our travel agent on Saturday morning. We have be using him for about 40 years now, so we trust him completely.
We have a dilemma, as although our flights aren't until August 14th. the package for the Miramar is all booked with TUI. However the balance is due for payment on 5th June at the absolute latest, and he doesn't think Spain will be on a green list by then. Further complication is 5 children of primary school age in our group, and they would have to isolate for 10 days upon our return on 28th August; parents think that they have already missed too much schooling this past 18 month so this will not be happening.
Result is travel agent suggests he will hold our deposit for next 12 months and see what next year brings. GUTTED!!!!
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Blimey....what a Nightmare. I can't believe that with the vaccinations going well in Spain now that it won't be green by then. However, its possible you can get a last minute deal as soon as it goes green?
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24-05-2021, 17:04
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I have received email from Gov.UK which states categorically that the FCDO advises against all but 'essential' travel to Spain including Balearics. I would have thought that would have a knock on affect for travel insurance at the moment. We've decided it's too risky to book flights as our travel insurance have confirmed we wouldn't be fully covered. Plus if flights still going could be problem with refunds...
It's so uncertain!!!
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25-05-2021, 09:57
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# Francesca.
There are a number of specialist insurance firms which provide cover for travel even if FCDO advises against travel. The main ones are Staysure, Battleface and Avanti and whilst not the cheapest are quite well established and hve good reviews on Trustpilot etc.
If you already have insurance then you could always ask your insurer if they provide FCDO Travel Advice Extension.
Finally bear in mind that FCDO advice is different from Dept. of Transport 'traffic light' guidance. For example whilst all of Spain is on amber list (DoT) the FCDO advice allows travel to Canary Islands.
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25-05-2021, 11:25
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Yes do understand that you can take out extension on some insurance policies which will cover you if you decide to travel for a holiday against FCDO advise. I have it in place with Staysure. However, it does not cover you for anything connected with covid.
That is what they told me yesterday when I asked for clarification. Which is why I didn't feel we would be fully covered to travel to Majorca at the moment. Also according to 'Which'consumer advice many would not be aware that ordinary travel policies would not be valid . It can be confusing which is why it's best to keep checking both UK and Spain's government websites and insurance to make choices. Things changing continuously. Hopefully things will get better soon ....Certainly hope so. Really missing my visits to Pollensa x
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25-05-2021, 12:18
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My insurance doesn't cover me for covid related issues but then again I'll be fully vaccinated by then. I've got loads of weddings and events on this summer and a lad going to uni late septemeber so maybe I'll just come in october for a month?
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25-05-2021, 12:36
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Yes that's what I'm hoping to do. Hopefully things will be better by then. There has been some confusion around the perception of Governments travel advice.What is important is not whether country is on Amber list it's Foreign Office advice. If Government advices against all but essential travel then it's likely to invalidate your travel insurance. Think this parallel system has lulled people into false sense of security. The Canaries as we know are on the green list. Perhaps the Balearics will be before too long.
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25-05-2021, 15:01
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The Canaries as we know are on the green list....
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Sorry chuck. Nowhere in Spain is on the Green list
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/red-ambe...and#green-list
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25-05-2021, 15:52
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My apologies....what I should have said is no FCDO travel restrictions are applied to the Canary Islands therefore should have no impact on travel insurance.
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25-05-2021, 16:01
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Its so messy isn't it.
Part of me wants to go now, part of me says wait...
Last edited by bobley; 25-05-2021 at 17:09.
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25-05-2021, 16:58
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I know I'm fed up of the whole situation.Usually go 2 or3 times a year really missing it. Just when everything seems more positive something else to deter you from booking. Hopefully be able to go in September.
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26-05-2021, 08:10
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Tangoman, is your agent saying he doesn’t think Spain will be on the green list by 28/8/21?
If so, that’s very worrying. PC Agency predicting Green List in July! But who knows *♀️
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26-05-2021, 10:03
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No Roig Cat. I think he believes that Majorca will not be on the green list until late June at the earliest, and possibly later. So the knock on effect will possibly be that there may not be many hotels open. My own booking for The Miramar is a good example. They only opened for 2, maybe 3 months last year, and have moved this years opening date from April 1st initially, then to May 21st, now to June 16th. So it can't be too far away from a cut off date when it wouldn't be sensible business practise to open at all. God help all the Hotels, Bars, Restaurants - you can only take so much!! I think would not like to send us to a resort that was somewhat deserted, and he is concerned regarding what use travel insurance will be.
Also, we have until 5th June at the very latest to pay the balance, but Boris and his chum Schapps do not appear to be upgrading Spain to green status until a later date, leaving us to sweat it out for the next 12 months, possibly more - who knows how long this pandemic will last.
I know we are going with TUI, a very big company, so our money should be safe. But the situation is so serious that I believe it is not possible for every business to survive, and even TUI have been baled out 3 times in the last 2 years by the German government, and are now operating with around 2 billion pounds of debt.
The other big problem is that there are 5 children in our party, and missing school for 10 days is not deemed to be a risk worth taking.
Si all we can do is wait and see what 5th June brings. Just to help things along (not), we recently booked to flights to East Midlands to visit our son who lives n Leicester, only to find out on monday that travel there is not reccomended!! How lucky can we be??
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26-05-2021, 11:25
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Telegraph this morning:
Spanish and Greek islands could be added to the UK's green list as soon as June 8, ministers have suggested, even if their mainlands stay amber.
Robert Courts, the aviation minister, told MPs that the Government would treat popular tourist islands with low Covid rates separately “where possible” as it prepares to reveal the next tranche of destinations that could be added to the quarantine-free list at the start of next month.
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps told the BBC's Today programme on Wednesday: "I’ve always said that of course it’s desirable where an aircraft can fly direct to an island, for example, and that island is therefore accessible in that you don’t need to go via the mainland, that you look at that differently. That’s what we did last year as well."
This would put the Canary, Balearic and Greek islands – all boasting eligible data for the green list – back on the map for holidays ahead of the summer season, in addition to other Mediterranean and even Caribbean isles.
Frontrunners are also understood to include Malta, Grenada, Cayman Islands, Fiji, British Virgin Islands, Finland and Caribbean islands thought to include Antigua and Barbuda, St Kitts and Nevis, Turks and Caicos and Anguilla.
In less promising news, Austria has joined Germany in banning direct flights from the UK over concerns at the rising number of cases of the Indian variant.
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26-05-2021, 11:26
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My latest plan is to arrive on June 9th.
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