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Welcome to San Stefanos (NW Corfu) => San Stefanos news and views => Topic started by: Charlie on April 23, 2020, 12:56:33 AM
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Would it be foolish to book for this year.
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Hi Charlie - Probably, since it looks a though social distancing will be in place for the rest of this year, or longer.
Check out Virus Epidemic News in the Yammas Bar.
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If social distancing lasts until the end of the year we won't have much of an economy left and that in itself will cost lives. There's a balance to be met here and it seems to me that no one has got it right yet.
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Unfortunately, Covid-19 is a dumb lump of RNA and could not and does not give a toss about anything apart from reproducing. In my view, money is ultimately a series of numbers on a spreadsheet. We could rub out the minus sign anytime we liked. But the ultra-rich will scream. Let them!
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Would it be foolish to book for this year.
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Welcome Charlie! We have changed our holiday to next year. Wouldn't feel safe to travel before then :)
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Would it be foolish to book for this year.
I changed my May booking to September.
Already booked for next May
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Im waiting till TUI say I need to rebook, so expecting that mail in the next week or two. At the moment they want another £111 for the same holiday, same time (day later) June 2021. As for spreadsheets, rubbing out minus signs doesn't put food on the table or pay the bills. That's my opinion.
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Im waiting till TUI say I need to rebook, so expecting that mail in the next week or two. At the moment they want another £111 for the same holiday, same time (day later) June 2021. As for spreadsheets, rubbing out minus signs doesn't put food on the table or pay the bills. That's my opinion.
We amended ours, back in March, to same time next year. They waived the £100 amendment fee and gave us a further £100 off, which brought the price to the same as this year. They are hoping people will reschedule their holidays, so hopefully there will be an incentive for you, when they contact you.
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I'm now seriously considering a week towards the end of September as I've had a pretty dreadful year so far but I'm not sure of the quarantine situation, nor how much travel insurance will cost for a 57 year old!
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I’m pretty sure that there is a member in the travel insurance business on this forum who will give advice.
Hope you are lucky, good luck.
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I'm now seriously considering a week towards the end of September as I've had a pretty dreadful year so far but I'm not sure of the quarantine situation, nor how much travel insurance will cost for a 57 year old!
Really sorry to hear you have had such a bad year. Not too sure what the quarantine difficulties would be for you, but do you really need to worry about insurance? Does it stop you getting away? Personnaly I would stay here, but I can understand the need for some to just get away from things...
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I'm now seriously considering a week towards the end of September as I've had a pretty dreadful year so far but I'm not sure of the quarantine situation, nor how much travel insurance will cost for a 57 year old!
Sorry you've had a dreadful year, David, think we all need a holiday :) We don't know what the quarantine situation will be like in September. I think travel insurance is important, but will they cover for Covid, I doubt it.
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Travel insurance won't necessarily increase as most policies will simply exclude anything to do with Covid 19 so there isn't an increase in risk to the insurer.
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Travel insurance won't necessarily increase as most policies will simply exclude anything to do with Covid 19 so there isn't an increase in risk to the insurer.
So that's a bit worrying if you come down with the virus, whilst on holiday
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I explicitly asked my insurance company this question and the answer was that the only cover would be repatriation: no cover for extended hospitalisation or medical costs. Bear in mind that unless a reciprocal agreement is reached, UK EHIC cards will be worthless after December 31st. I wonder what a month in ICU would cost in Greece?
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Insurance companies beware is what I would say. I would hate to think how much we paid out for insurance over the years. I’ve not checked, but suspect it is actually less these days per year. However, being reasonably fit and healthy (not that it covers you) for my age, I would consider simply ignoring holiday insurance and covering the risk for ourselves. We did this for almost 10 years and may well do so again. Of course if we had underlying health issues I would think differently, there again I/we would likely simply not travel.
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I think one problem is that we have taken EHICs for granted for a very long time. I shall be writing to my MP asking requesting that she raise the EHIC issue as an urgent matter to relevant ministers. Up until December 31st, if you stagger off the old harbour wall after a night at the Athens Bar and get multiple fractures, you will be hospitalised for nothing; not so next year, as things stand. In those circumstances - ignoring Covid-19 issues - private health insurance seems to me a necessity.
I was on a sailing course on Kefalonia some years ago, and one of the men in the group was asked what he did for a living. He was an actuary. Asked by many to explain, he said " I work out death cover insurance rates." He'd downed a few Amstels, and perhaps foolishly, added "Basically my job is to rip people off."
Sums it up for me!
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I work for the NHS. I would not dare to book this year, my workmates would not be impressed.
We have worked many hours to keep you all safe.
Don’t get me wrong l would love to have gone this year. But l will wait.
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Forgot to mention I’m new on here.
For those of you who are going this year, keep safe. If you can isolate on your return that might be a good idea. Mainly applicable to those that are retired.
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Spot on James - and welcome!
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Forgot to mention I’m new on here.
For those of you who are going this year, keep safe. If you can isolate on your return that might be a good idea. Mainly applicable to those that are retired.
Why do we have to isolate on our return?
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In case you catch it out there!
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You are more likely to catch the virus in the airport and plane. That goes for travelling to Corfu, and on your return.
So isolate if you can to protect others.
We are coming up to flu season and believe me we do not want unnessary pressure in the wards.
Common sense
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In case you catch it out there!
There will be many working people who can't isolate for 2 weeks on their return from their holiday.
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It might be simpler to get a test upon return, and isolate for 48 hours. I don't know what it's like where you are, but here in Hull we have drive-through testing centres.
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Hi Karen
I said isolate if you can. If you are working then you can’t
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It might be simpler to get a test upon return, and isolate for 48 hours. I don't know what it's like where you are, but here in Hull we have drive-through testing centre.
Sounds like a better idea Jim :)
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James seems to be the only person on here with first-hand experience of the situation and we should be listening to him! (Welcome by the way!)
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It's easy to get tests now, walk in and drive through. We can catch the virus from anywhere. From people who have been to pubs, restaurants, gyms, supermarkets etc etc.....Corfu has a low infection rate. Yes we could catch it at airports and on planes also, if people want to self isolate they can . We are being led to believe that wearing masks, as they are at airports and on planes, will stop transmission, if this is not true, why wear them?
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James seems to be the only person on here with first-hand experience of the situation and we should be listening to him! (Welcome by the way!)
Hi Barbara
Kind words.
I am no expert on Covid 19, no scientist l leave that to others.
I do specialise in palliative care, believe me there has been plenty of that during this pandemic.
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Hi Karen,
Wearing face masks will not give you 100% guarantee of not catching the virus. At the height of the pandemic many Doctors,nurses and care workers lost their lives even though they took all precautions that were available. A colleague of mine was very ill with Covid and was lucky not to have lost her life after spending many weeks in intensive care.
I would recommend the wearing of masks alongside social distance practice and good hygiene standards.
Look around when you go to the high street next and notice the number of people not following good hygiene standards, the touching of inside the masks for example after wearing them. How many times have you touched your nose today ( no offence ment )
You are right Corfu’s infection rate is currently very low. Watch this space.
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Hi James
Where do you normally stay in San Stefanos
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Hi James
Where do you normally stay in San Stefanos
A leading question...? ;)
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Will Spain be Greece soon... Who knows, but it is the worry. A few here have tried to warn it may happen. If you book be sure you know what you are getting into and that you can deal with any eventuality. Hopefully all goes well )(
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I totally agree. It's not just Spain - France and Germany are seeing a significant rise. I sincerely hope the Greek measures will remain effective as numbers rise. From my local observations a lot of people simply don't give a stuff. Not encouraging.
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James, I adopt all of those standards, it's those that don't who are the problem.
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We take all precautions and advice.
Hoping to get there in September for 3 weeks which was cancelled in May.