Posts Tagged ‘ Greece ’

Readers know that –subject to life following the British government’s timetable – we can fly again as from May 17th. But should we travel that early?

I have been a little surprised at the destinations that seem to be topping the lists of travel agency and tour operator bookings.

As the Sunday People put it in its headline today, “Free by Summer.”

It has been confirmed that the Greek and UK governments have been talking about a travel bubble or corridor between the two nations.

What does come through though is that the traditional places -Spain, Greece and Portugal – are getting bookings over other destination despite our inability to travel.

Vaccinations seem to be stimulating confidence about travelling again.

Just about Travel continues its look at what is being tipped for the coming year.

As usual Just about Travel looks at some of those organisations involved in the industry to see what they are tipping for the coming year.

Ccountries moved to protect their own tourism businesses rather than to join together and protect the EU’s as a whole.

This week, Curacao, Denmark, Iceland and Slovakia have been added to the list of countries where quarantine restrictions will be applied on our return..

Seven countries have been added to the list to which Irish reidents can visit. The UK has added teo but taken another two off.

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

If you thought that quarantine restrictions were confused last week, then this week they are mired in disagreement between the four nations.

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.

Now that Britons are free to travel to Greece what might we expect?

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.

Even if countries open up to Britons when will the Foreign Office remove its ban?

Whatever happens abroad is being closely watched in the UK and Ireland to help decide when we might be able to re-open museums again.

The fallout from the collapse of Thomas Cook keeps on coming.

The collapse of Thomas Cook has hit some destinations and only now in the cold light of day are they realising the implications.

Today there is yet another weather warning so I suspect that even more of us will try and book a holiday away.

Adrian considers the impact of the Mona Lisa, Raffles Hotel in Singapore and hyperloop travel in India. Amongst other things!

Adrian takes a quick tour to see how countries are faring this year.

Go to Athens and there is every chance that you will visit the Parthenon, certainly one of the greatest survivors from the golden age of ancient Greece.

It is non-EU countries like Turkey and Tunisia which are proving popular, along with all-inclusive deals as customers “lock-in” costs

Greece has a special website with a question and answer format to allay doubts and to demonstrate that visiting the country will remain pretty easy.

An event on a train eads Adrian’s summing up of the work. Thanks should go the Train Manager who helped make the day for school children

Lapland doesn’t exist according to some people. On the other hand Hogwarts and Gotham City do. One report says that we will also spend less on Christmas this year. Adrian asks if this is humbug!