Holidays.

[Chippy_Tea]

I am listening to 5 live and people are lining up to moan about not being able to now go on holiday to Portugal, I bet many of these are the same people that accused the government of not locking down quick enough 18 months ago.

 

[Leon103]

I don't get people moaning. They took the risk of going away during a global pandemic. They knew things could change at any point.

 

[Clint]

I got two lined up...
"Rome" around the garden..
and....the Up Stairs Attic..
I'll get me coat...

 

[Horners]

Unfortunately plenty of wallies out there. Olympics is the one that gets my goat just cancel it and shove everyone 4 years down the queue But...but..all the athletes have trained for it. Everyone has made massive sacrifices and many are much more life than death than a load of people gathering to play out minority sports that few care about.

 

[Horners]

I got two lined up...
"Rome" around the garden..
and....the Up Stairs Attic..
I'll get me coat...

Bottling up your stock, home
Dublin your intake
Krak ov with a new brew
Wales watching (in the Euros)
Trip to the Polynesia tunnel

Pass me the coat.

 

[Clint]

The thing is..what's going to be allowed when say,75% of the population is fully vaccinated? If we carry on like this it makes the past year pointless regarding stopping restrictions...we all stop in,shut our businesses,get injected..then we can all stop in again.
There will be civil unrest...

 

[Clint]

Bottling up your stock, home
Dublin your intake
Krak ov with a new brew
Wales watching (in the Euros)
Trip to the Polynesia tunnel

Pass me the coat.

That's Russian great coat territory...and two ties.

 

[Rodcx500z]

We have had one a week in Lincolnshire got one booked for next month and one in september, we will not be worrying about tests or or 10 day lockdown, it's all very simple use your common sense

 

[Clint]

It's the track and trace I can't understand....everywhere but not supermarkets...

 

[Horners]

It's the track and trace I can't understand....everywhere but not supermarkets...

And the tube. Poor old small pubs struggling to break even because of the 1m rule but have meticulous sanitisation, tracking one way systems etc but then get on tube and everyone cheek to jowel in an enclosed tin box with no accountability at all.

 

[marshbrewer]

We have had one a week in Lincolnshire got one booked for next month and one in september

Booooooooooo!!!! Bloomin holiday makers filling up our lovely roads and pubs. Booooooooo!!! I was down my local last night and it was mental ~ nearly didn't get a table.

Only kidding, hope you have a great time.

 

[trummy]

I know of a couple that has had both jabs and have become very ill with the virus - difficult times.
Anyone booking a holiday that gets cancelled who then complains - one word 'Pathetic'

 

[Rodcx500z]

We enjoyed Lincolnshire we were very near East Lindsey

 

[marshbrewer]

Ssshhhhh!

Don't listen to him people. Lincolnshire is a horrible, dangerous place. You know the pub in Withnail & I? That's every pub in Lincolnshire, that is. You wouldn't like it. We don't have electricity, let alone the internet. Weather is terrible. It snows everyday. Not that nice snow, horrible slushy stuff that is full of rotten turnips.

Go to Cornwall instead, it's lovely.

 

[Rodcx500z]

Rubbish I tell you rubbish, this is a beach in Lincolnshire

 

[Rodcx500z]

Get to Lincolnshire some lovely little places to visit

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Half of passengers booked to travel to Portugal this month with Tui are going ahead with their trips, despite the country being moved to the amber list.

Tui said it was not scheduling extra flights to bring holidaymakers home ahead of the change on Tuesday.
The travel firm currently has about 8,000 UK visitors in Portugal, although it will fall to 2,000 after Sunday as many return at the end of half term.
British Airways and Easyjet are both putting on extra flights.
But holidaymakers scrambling for flights home from Portugal before the new rules come in are facing expensive tickets, according to the Press Association.
The news agency said a seat on a Ryanair flight from the capital Lisbon to Manchester on Monday costs £339, while travel on the same route is available for just £75 on Wednesday.
British Airways is charging £348 for flights from Faro to London Heathrow on Sunday and Monday, but the price drops to £137 on Tuesday.
BA said: "We are increasing the number of flights from Portugal to help customers who wish to return to the UK before it moves to the amber list at 04:00 on Tuesday 8 June."
It has arranged three additional flights from tourist hotspot Faro on Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

Meanwhile, Easyjet has added additional seats from Portugal to the UK on Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
More than 1,000 additional seats have been added on routes from Faro to London Gatwick, London Luton, Bristol and Manchester by flying larger aircraft and adding extra flights.
"With many British tourists currently in Portugal, our priority is to help the customers who need to return ahead of the Tuesday deadline," said Johan Lundgren, easyJet chief executive.
Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary said the decision to move Portugal to the amber list "isn't based on any science or public health" and accused the government of making up policy "as they go along".
"What we don't understand is why the UK, which has been so successful with vaccines, is expecting its vaccinated citizens travelling to Portugal coming back to quarantine," he told BBC Breakfast.
Mr O'Leary said the decision was "more mismanagement of the Covid recovery" and had created "unnecessary disruption and stress for hundreds of thousands of British families".

Full article - Some Portugal passengers still plan to travel despite rule change

 

[Leon103]

Half of passengers booked to travel to Portugal this month with Tui are going ahead with their trips, despite the country being moved to the amber list.

Tui said it was not scheduling extra flights to bring holidaymakers home ahead of the change on Tuesday.
The travel firm currently has about 8,000 UK visitors in Portugal, although it will fall to 2,000 after Sunday as many return at the end of half term.
British Airways and Easyjet are both putting on extra flights.
But holidaymakers scrambling for flights home from Portugal before the new rules come in are facing expensive tickets, according to the Press Association.
The news agency said a seat on a Ryanair flight from the capital Lisbon to Manchester on Monday costs £339, while travel on the same route is available for just £75 on Wednesday.
British Airways is charging £348 for flights from Faro to London Heathrow on Sunday and Monday, but the price drops to £137 on Tuesday.
BA said: "We are increasing the number of flights from Portugal to help customers who wish to return to the UK before it moves to the amber list at 04:00 on Tuesday 8 June."
It has arranged three additional flights from tourist hotspot Faro on Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

Meanwhile, Easyjet has added additional seats from Portugal to the UK on Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
More than 1,000 additional seats have been added on routes from Faro to London Gatwick, London Luton, Bristol and Manchester by flying larger aircraft and adding extra flights.
"With many British tourists currently in Portugal, our priority is to help the customers who need to return ahead of the Tuesday deadline," said Johan Lundgren, easyJet chief executive.
Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary said the decision to move Portugal to the amber list "isn't based on any science or public health" and accused the government of making up policy "as they go along".
"What we don't understand is why the UK, which has been so successful with vaccines, is expecting its vaccinated citizens travelling to Portugal coming back to quarantine," he told BBC Breakfast.
Mr O'Leary said the decision was "more mismanagement of the Covid recovery" and had created "unnecessary disruption and stress for hundreds of thousands of British families".

Full article - Some Portugal passengers still plan to travel despite rule change

I thought they could only go if it was essential.

 

[Rodcx500z]

Visiting the 18 story holiday home is essential travel

 

[Chippy_Tea]

I thought they could only go if it was essential.

Visiting the 18 story holiday home is essential travel

I think for green destinations there is no "essential" restriction but you have to follow the rules below.


What are the rules for green list countries?

The green list includes only a small number of countries and territories.

Of these, very few - including Portugal (moving to amber) and Iceland - allow UK tourists.

If you're returning from a green list country, you must:

• take a Covid-19 test before departure and have proof of a negative result
• book a test for day two after your return
• complete a passenger locator form

You do not need to quarantine unless your day-two test is positive, or NHS Test & Trace says you have travelled with someone who tested positive.


Full article - What are the rules for travelling to green, amber and red list countries?