Travel rumblings

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.

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.

Isn’t it time that a standardised period for taking such a test such as 24-48 hours before arrival is agreed by nations?

What’s the betting that, in a few days’ time, the Scottish government will say Scots can fly to Spain again.

Travellers, holidaymakers and I will be scratching our heads as to why some are on the list and some are not

The UK as one destination. It is four and different rules and even laws apply.

The last thing that passengers want to know is to find out that they are on a flight piloted by someone who cheated in their exams.

If there is a spike and the tourism industry gets hit again and we face lock-downs or tightened rules, then those half million should feel thoroughly ashamed of themselves.

Maybe after today’s announcement it will be a lose-lose for the two companies.

The theory – according to the airport – is to manage the number of passengers going through security and “to ensure passengers feel safer.”

From the travel industry has come a raft of press releases suggesting that as soon as we are allowed we will be heading off on holidays.

What B&B, guesthouse and hotel in the UK can call itself one of the best if it has no Marmite on the breakfast table?

It’s simply not true to say “we are all in it together’ writes Kaye Holland

No-one other than the hospitality industry knows the length of time that salad leftovers have been recycled into various other buffet meals.

The UK government has, to use an old-fashioned phrase, got its knickers in a twist over the proposed fourteen day quarantine advice.

At some stage the de facto ban on overseas travel will end. At some stage people will yearn to travel again and to travel abroad. At some stage the deals offered will be so tantalising that we will go.

After the UK announced that they would impose a 14-day quarantine period on people entering the countries, France and Greece have announced similar restrictions.

What insurance companies will have to do in the future is to convince us that their policies are worth the cost and aren’t just a list of wriggle-free clauses.