Travel rumblings

ngela Merkel has called on the EU to close all ski resorts this winter. The Italian prime minister has asked Italians not to head to the slopes

Much as the rest of us clear our garages out and send stuff off to charity shops or the tip, BA has decided to flog off some of its stuff to raise a bit of cash

At first sight, who will have any sympathy for people planning to strike over Christmas at Heathrow?

I could be an old man before a common policy is in operation!

Ryanair made a mess of customer relations during the first lockdown and it doesn’t look to have improved those relations this time around.

The obvious thing for it to do would be to extend its protection on vouchers issued up until just after Easter

As part of ATOL bonding, why couldn’t there be a clause stating that money refunds and compensation must be paid within a set period

Why can’t the rulings about data breaches always include a compensation sum to the people affected?

Either you want visitors in which case you have to make travel and entry a little easier or you refuse entry to visitors for a bit longer.

Calder’s reaction has been much more thoughtful and responsible that mine might have been.

The travel industry has urged governments to support regional no-go areas rather than blocking off whole countries. This thinking grew in intensity after the UK blocked the whole of Portugal rather than the regions where the pandemic was strongest. So the Algarve, the Azores and Madeira suffered from not having British tourists despite having a low incidence. The same happened in Spain where the Canaries and the Balearics had few cases compared to the mainland. Now countries are opting for more regional targeting so Britons
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Communication with customer seemed sadly lacking. That is what travel companies need to learn

At any other time I would be a supporter of such a view, my long-held thoughts being that travel does indeed broaden the mind

This year there seems to be no reason to celebrate travel, just to remember how it was and the many people who have lost their jobs.

Life is becoming increasingly more difficult to follow, understand and to decide what to do.

The more destinations that insist on a PCR test, the more strain that is placed on the NHS to test and laboratories to respond.

Only the next few months will show whether the public is willing to trust the Thomas Cook name again.

There is confusion as all four nations now have different rules for Greece.

All politicians have claimed that they are acting on medical advice yet the interpretation was so different.

What are airlines and airports doing to make people feel safe. Masks and distancing seem to be it.

Passenger confidence is at a low ebb and this incident is going to do nothing to persuade those waverers that it is safe to fly.

If this interview that Shapps gave is good for anything it is to remind all holidaymakers that they have a duty to their fellow citizens.

Cancelling a rise would be not just good politics but help to restore some faith in the future direction of transport.

This was a headline that the American news station, CNN, ran over the weekend to describe UK staycations this year.

The virus has altered much in our lives and improving the rights of passengers and travellers would be one good thing to come out of it.

What I do question is the role played by the holidaymaker.

There will probably always be a core public for travel agency services but can the remaining travel agencies just rely on that shrinking number?

Over the last month the biggest question considered by those in overseas travel is how to restore confidence in the eyes of you and I – the traveller and holidaymaker.