Travel news

The big news of the week, as if I need to tell you, is that as of 4am tomorrow, you will need to go into a 14-day quarantine on returning from France, Malta and the Netherlands and the Turks & Caicos Islands.

The government argument is that when there is sufficient evidence to remove a destination from the green list it should be done speedily

Our weekly catch up of how the virus is affecting countries we can visit

If it looks like a race to see which plane flies first both companies would probably deny the fact. But underneath, it is!

Judging by the reports of the first weekend business in August, there will be a holiday season this August after all

As we foretold earlier this week, each Friday for the next few weeks Just about Travel will look at some favourite holiday destinations overseas. The purpose is to see whether the number of cases of COVID-19 is increasing and thus might be liable to being placed on the UK government’s “don’t travel” list. The measure we are using is the 14-day cumulative number of COVID-19 cases per 100 000 as revealed by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control website (https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/cases-2019-ncov-eueea. We could talk
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Now all travellers from Spain must self-quarantine, the Canaries and Balearics included.

What it has said is that those people who are travelling in the next fortnight or so will be treated more quickly than those whose travel plans are further ahead.

One of the reasons why bookings are not greater may be a concern of either catching the virus abroad or of he hassles upon their return.

The advice from the medics is that there should only be essential travel. that advice will be heeded because there is no easy way to visit some!

The Department for Transport announced that the government would protect refund credit notes offered if packages are cancelled as a result of COVID-19.

The idea is that we travel safely to return safely and not to spend time in clinics, medical practices or hospitals because we thought we could never catch the destructive coronavirus.

The EU has decided to take ten member states to court for not enforcing the rules.

In all, I can’t see many people from this side of the pond visiting Florida in the next few months.

Readers are strongly advised to look at the destinations they are thinking of travelling to and checking the local regulations before they even book a holiday.

After the weekend rush, tour operators need to see whether this has been a one-day wonder or whether bookings will continue at the same pace.

“We’re good to go” is the name of the UK’s certification scheme for tourism organisations

Retailing is a significant tourism draw although quite often overlooked

With two attractions closing their doors this week, there are many owners who must be looking at their finances and wondering if they can last another day

Governments will be watching to see if the international border travel and the unlocking causes an increase in the virus.

This isn’t Vacation Rentals being generous or kind to its customers. It appears that the CMA reminded the company what the law was.

Despite the hot air being talked around quarantine, I really cannot seeing it last long and, yes, I do now see a summer holiday season.

For those of you who might be tempted to take a TUI holiday here are the ten things that TUI is putting into place to ensure our safety

Coming so soon after the demise of Thomas Cook, here is another long lived holiday company that has collapsed. Unfortunately, there will probably be more.

Some people in Chelmsford must thi k that McDonald’s is a tourist attraction!

That this hack wasn’t leaked to the press earlier shows that the airline can keep a secret – it just can’t keep our data secret.

Deeply discounted sales have changed travel in the past. But this time O’Leary is fighting people’s perceptions of whether it is safe to fly rather than just appealing to their wallets.

A holiday this summer with no hassle looks like one being just in the UK. And that is always supposing that the four governments allow you to move about