Travelling against FCO advice
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I found this from the Association of British Insurers website-
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It is not so much the insurance, afterall no insurance will protect you from being infected with covid-19 and with an infection rate in France and Spain of almost double that in the UK, it is that that is the worrying factor and if things do not improve and the likes of BF cancel more sailings, things could get a little bit out of hand.
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You are correct .
The reference in an earlier post to Sunday is an example that it is not wise to always believe what one reads on this forum (or in many other sources).
I accept that we all make mistakes and that many people post comments in good faith. In some cases, however, a person asks a question here instead of seeking the correct information from the Club, Operator, Company, Government website etc. Then there is often speculation or hearsay in subsequent posts. If one doesn't know the facts in such cases then why speculate?
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How do you know that "normal road insurance " will be valid?
Equally, why do you think breakdown insurance would be OK?
As regards RP why would you be surprised if you read all the conditions and kept to them?
It is easy to cast doubt on a company without providing facts.
(Of course you may have had actual experience of problems with RP.)
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Travelling against FCO advice – Not something I would do as travelling is not essential to me in this current ‘covid’ situation.
Having said that I guess it is down to each individual person’s point of view with regard to ‘covid’ risk to themselves and others whilst away and on returning to their home environment.
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+1, if I’m not sure I’ll not chance it. Folk can say risk is what life is about. I say-‘miles from home in a foreign country, with no back up plan every penny spent is yours to replace’ Nah, not for me I’d not put that pressure on my family back home it’s selfish👍🏻
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Anyone with bookings with BrittanyFerries should read their latest travel advice on their website.
In a nutshell (and I paraphrase) it says that one can amend a ferry booking made with them to a future date or lodge a claim with one's travel insurers - but that their ships will continue to sail and that their normal cancellation terms will apply.
Ferry bookings via the Club and package holiday bookings will have different terms and conditions.
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We decided months ago we were not going, even if there was no advice against. Personally I just don't understand folk considering it now it is against advice and your health cover is unlikely to be valid. We have always taken out travel insurance, so we could be repatriated in the event of an accident or illness. I know currently the EHIC will cover you for treatment in France but it's just not worth the risk.
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Thats tosh, travel does not spread the virus, only coming into close contact with someone who has the virus spreads it so just as much chance catching it going to Preston as you do to the Cote D'azur, but so long as you keep your distance, contact to others to a minimum, away form crowded areas such as markets, beaches etc then your risk should be as low as it is here.
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Having lived as we have through the worst affected and certainly worst managed outbreak in Europe I have no fear of travel
how do you work that out, Uk infection rate today 18 in every 100k, France infection rate 33 in every 100k, Spain similar to France, Netherlands even higher, ok overall our figures are not great but we have gotten on top of it and provided people are sensible we could stay on top of it in a much more efficient way than other countries seem to be doing.
Thats tosh, travel does not spread the virus, only coming into close contact with someone who has the virus spreads it so just as much chance catching it going to Preston as you do to the Cote D'azur
of course travel spreads the virus, you could become infected today and travel to Cote D'azur taking the virus with you, likewise you could become infected in Cote D'azure and travel back to the UK bringing it with you, and with a dramatic increase in infection rates in France logically you are more at risk in Cote D'azure .
Preston is in special measures and rightly so, so it would be totally irresponsible to travel to Preston without just cause right now.
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I don't have a problem with people doing that either, Husky, providing they don't start whingeing when it hits the fan and, more importantly, they don't bring the infection to these shores when they return.
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I’m very sorry for all those that have had holiday plans ruined, hopes dashed and possibly have taken a monetary hit as well. But these are not normal times, and as such folks have to be more cautious for their own safety, but more importantly, for their loved ones.
This is one nasty virus, proving very very difficult to manage and control, all across the World. But there’s absolutely no doubt that certain behaviour, a lack of respect for it, almost a desperation to do certain things is helping it along, keeping it rolling along, striking at random.
GB is an island. Virus got here one of three ways, if flew in, it sailed in or it rolled through the tunnel. Then it spread out probably via folks that didn’t even know that they had it, killing at random. 42k of loved ones gone, thousands more still trying to recover, economic Armageddon over a cliff that we get closer to every week. Despite some of the well documented cases of selfish behaviour by a few, most of the population has done the right thing and we have got to a situation where more people can safely go out, grasp some semblance of living normally, if lucky, still keep that job, protect a business venture. I for one don’t want to go back to beginning of March, locked in the house, watching horror unfold in local hospitals and care homes, wondering if all my family and friends are going to get through this unscathed. So I have modified my plans, carefully looked at options, and still find life interesting, attractive, worth being part of, despite not being able to do all we wanted.
I actually have no issue with folks going overseas for a holiday. What I worry about is them coming back and what might unwittingly be coming back with them. I certainly don’t trust every one of those travellers to do the right thing and not set foot out of their vehicle enroute home, or in the 14 days of unchecked lockdown. It simply won’t happen.
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Well said David.
The number of people testing positive in France, at 32 in every 100,000, means that there is a 0.032% chance of testing positive. Given that generally only those with symptoms or those who are more 'exposed' to the virus tend to be tested, the percentage amongst the general population will be much lower.
For our government to say that people must isolate on return to our country because we 'only' have a positive rate of 0.018% (assuming that we can believe the figures, after all the confusion and obfuscation that has been revealed) seems a little arrogant. But not un-typical of some of the buffoonery that they have displayed during the Covid issue.
I hope that France doesn't cut off its nose to spite its face by imposing a similar restriction, but I fear they will.
And so the seemingly endless control of people's lives continues, instead of allowing people to make informed decisions on how they run their own lives.
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Those thinking of going abroad also have to take into account of how strict quarantine will be in the country they are entering. The whole purpose of being in quarantine is to be isolated from other humans so how on earth does somebody manage that? It's unlikely that you can take 14 days worth of food with you but do the rules allow you to go shopping. Will a campsite be happy to accept someone from the UK who has to quarantine? There seem to be so many practical issues in the way of making it easy.
David
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