Billywizz
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Of course you wouldn’t.Nothing at all but if i had a nearest and dearest affected with the Corona, i
wouldn't be on a camper van forum looking to put a dampener on things.
Of course you wouldn’t.Nothing at all but if i had a nearest and dearest affected with the Corona, i
wouldn't be on a camper van forum looking to put a dampener on things.
According to Aviva (who have stopped selling new policies) it seems you can renew with the existing cover, so I’ll be renewing our policy in August to protect against cancellation of flights we have booked for October which may be cancelled after August. Hence it pays to renew rather than shop around at the moment. It’ll be interesting to see how much they hike the premium.Not 100% sure but I would have said you'd be claiming against next year's policy, ie the one in which the trip was due to take place.
Unfortunately, you may very well not be able to claim because at least some of the travel insurers (I assume all) have withdrawn coronavirus risks from 'new' policies and I'm guessing that will include renewals of existing ones. That's certainly the case with my insurer InsureAndGo, anyway.
According to Aviva (who have stopped selling new policies) it seems you can renew with the existing cover, so I’ll be renewing our policy in August to protect against cancellation of flights we have booked for October which may be cancelled after August. Hence it pays to renew rather than shop around at the moment. It’ll be interesting to see how much they hike the premium.
We also have a relatively expensive Brittany booking via CAMC on 16 May and atm their website says commercial traffic only until 15 May, so waiting to hear the position on that. You can bet a voucher won’t buy you the same trip next year.
Hello again, Velma’s Dad. Reporting back as promised. Today my bookings for B/Ferries and campsite in France, booked through the CAMC, were refunded to my bank account in full to the last penny. This leaves us in the position to use this money for planning alternative holidays when the lock-down is lifted.
I have retained our overseas health insurance which the Company has placed on hold until we wish to restore it. Cashing in would have cost us a £46 cancellation fee, but reinstating it later gives us the same cover without further costs. If we did eventually decide to take the refund, the balance would be refunded at the present cancellation value, and without any further increase in the fee.
This is good value, as taking the refund then renewing later would almost certainly result in a higher premium. I accept that a risk exists in that we are relying on the Company not going into administration.
There was a news report about airlines the other day. So many cancellations and the refund bill would run into billions - they simply don't have the cash. Instead they are issuing credit notes, hoping not to have to issue refunds.Not sure what to think of our situation. 18 of us due to fly out to Barcelona for a Stag Party (all sensible and grown men). The air company have offered us a credit note to be used in the future, but we cannot split it, we all have to travel as a group for it to be used. Which is impossible. I’m not the organiser so will wait to see what happens
From what I have heard, we seem to be among the fortunate ones.Great news on the ferries etc. I was obviously too pessimistic and/or you were very persuasive with them!
On the travel insurance, seems like it's definitely worth having careful discussions with your insurer when you approach renewal time. We're lucky enough that our current policy runs until late July.
You never know these travel organisations may even stop ripping people off during school Holidays !I have been pondering what the situation might look like once travel and holiday restrictions for us going to the EU are lifted. What percentage of would-be tourists will resume taking overseas holidays, against the numbers who may decide not to trust government/medical opinion?
Will travel operators and tourist accommodation sites try to recover by applying healthily ambitious rates, or will they be forced into making generous offers to get the tourists back? Of the businesses that rely on tourists to spend their money, some will reopen and some will collapse - as yet nobody knows what the “new normal” will look like. And equally unknown is how our economies and incomes will, or will not, provide us with the finances needed to support such holidays.
For most of us, it is quite possible that even well travelled people going to familiar places will meet situations akin to that first time abroad feeling.
The only thing we can hope and pray for, is that nothing like this ever happens again.
The only alternative to supply and demand ratios determining price in a market economy is rationing and shortages of stuff people want to use/buy.You never know these travel organisations may even stop ripping people off during school Holidays !
However I doubt it.
These companies should not be able to have it both ways, over inflation of pricing during peak times ( school holidays)
when you book, you book on the understanding that should the company not be able to provide the services you paid for ( regardless of the situation) you are entitled to a refund, (U.K. law) not a credit note, that may well be useless when undoubtedly some of these companies fold.
Time for the travel companies in general to clean up their acts and stop treating the customer with contempt?
I think you mean Ryanair, not Easyjet.Michael O'Leary (Easyjet) was interviewed on the telly this morning. Apparently it will take weeks/months to process customers refunds, due to lack of staff resources. BUT if people do decide to take a voucher, they can be processed straight away.
Funny, that.
I think you mean Ryanair, not Easyjet.
Nice to see a positive comment. Hopefully you will again be able to enjoy traveling as the ship trip is usually very enjoyable even if last time I did have to go to bed for a while due to rough crossing.Just like to update the forum that Brittany ferries have now refunded all monies I paid for our cancelled crossing to Spain.
It's taken a while, which is understandable, to be fair to them they have done as asked.
It would of been nice to accept a credit note but with the present situation I can not see myself going to Spain/Portugal for a while.
Who knows what the future brings?
We have just had our credit note for crossing on 5 June cannot rebook. Did you reply requesting full refund. What was timescale.Just like to update the forum that Brittany ferries have now refunded all monies I paid for our cancelled crossing to Spain.
It's taken a while, which is understandable, to be fair to them they have done as asked.
It would of been nice to accept a credit note but with the present situation I can not see myself going to Spain/Portugal for a while.
Who knows what the future brings?
We have just had our credit note for crossing on 5 June cannot rebook. Did you reply requesting full refund. What was timescale.
I have faith, I have changed mine for a trip back to Spain later this year, changeable if necessary. The email said that return crossings would get another email. I always book separate in each direction as it makes changing easier. See quote Brittany ferries about foot passengers. "One challenge we’re really struggling with is the carriage of foot passengers and cyclists. Negotiating ports, particularly during embarkation and disembarkation, is a key obstacle. Our investigations into potential solutions continue. "We have just had a voucher (valid 2 years) for a cancelled foot passenger crossing but only for the outward journey, not the return 3 days later! So I hope that will follow in 3 days.
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