Travel rumblings

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.

Achieving uniformity around the world would help dispel a growing view that scientific advisors are as unconfident as the rest of us

Last weekend we were told that the French and Irish would not have to undergo quarantine restrictions when they entered the UK. This weekend – who knows!

But for all the power that the G20 and EU command, its statements after the virtual meeting were long on words and short on action.

The way travel companies function has to alter. And the regulator needs to be independent of the industry.

The advantages of Skype, Zoom, Facetime and visual conferencing software is likely to make business people wonder whether some trips are necessary.

It will be a national day with little celebration.

On this anniversary day, nature is achieving what human terrorism has been unable to achieve; stultifying tourism.

From the outcry reported by the mainstream media about the reaction of ABTA you might have thought that Shapps had consigned holidays for all time into the fiery furnace.

I am lucky. I have a patio and a long garden. My garden abuts steep slopes that fall down to a river. In fact two rivers

To all our readers, enjoy Easter but whilst it might be one like no other making it a safe one and act responsibly.

Today the EU suggested that the lockdown should last until May 15th

Mass media is carrying pictures this morning of busy beaches at Bournemouth and people in groups walking up Snowden.

Here is the whole letter, rather plaintive but beautifully written that sums up what tourism is and means and how we are all hurting since we cannot be tourists today.

Whilst today is St Patrick’s Day it will be quite like any other St Patrick’s Day I have ever known.

It isn’t easy to travel overseas at the moment because all of the popular places have restrictions either on travelling there or because, museums, attractions and galleries have been temporarily closed.

It appears only direct flights from UK and Irish airports will be allowed.

With ships almost idle, some cruise companies have built up goodwill by offering free cruises to volunteer firefighters in Australia to thank them for their recent efforts.

Market research by onepoll suggests to me that some nervousness is creeping into the public’s mind of the coronavirus outbreak.

For us lesser mortals, each of us needs to decide whether it is hyped or not. And the answer to that will only be known after the virus disappears!