Should International Travel be Banned?
- Thread starter Goodoer
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Thats going to be a 4 week trip now since youd have to quarantine 2 wks first before being allowed to go out.
If this is true, then international tourism is absolutely fucked this year. It is already write-off.
Polio hasn't vanished, it just resides in places where people think vaccines are evil.
I think some countries will institute a 14 day mandatory quarantine upon entering the country. China was the first to announce it, anyone who enters China must quarantine for 14 days at their own expense. I'd be all for it if Canada did this too so we can avoid people going on trips being careless and bringing it into the country.
As someone who has to travel for work mostly in the US & Canada but occasionaly to Europe I'm loving the fact the last 4 or 5 Sunday's I'm not packing a suitcase & leaving for the airport Monday at 4:30am! Friends in business that have still been travelling in the US have sent me pics of less than a dozen people on a flight, can't see that being sustainable but God bless the room!
For anyone with flights still booked technically in the next few months, here's a little insight to share.
My family had a Europe trip booked for June. We were advised to sit tight and not initiate the cancellation process as we would likely get favorable credit and longer period to use the credit. This guidance appears correct. The airline has now cancelled the final members of our families tickets. Full credit for the original amount paid, no admin fees/penalties at the time of rebooking and a full 24 months from the date of cancellation.
Here's Air Canada's Policy page - *note* it does update/change regularly.
https://www.aircanada.com/ca/en/aco...-updates/2020/covid-19.html#/cancelled-flight
If your flight has been cancelled, you may keep the remaining value of your ticket for future travel, which is valid for travel that must be completed within 24 months of your flight cancellation date. The cancellation fee will be waived when rebooking your travel. Refundable tickets will be refunded as per the fare rules; a cancellation fee may still apply.
We cautiously are hoping for the chance to go to Europe in summer 2021 but realize it's more realistic to aim for Spring 2022.
My family had a Europe trip booked for June. We were advised to sit tight and not initiate the cancellation process as we would likely get favorable credit and longer period to use the credit. This guidance appears correct. The airline has now cancelled the final members of our families tickets. Full credit for the original amount paid, no admin fees/penalties at the time of rebooking and a full 24 months from the date of cancellation.
Here's Air Canada's Policy page - *note* it does update/change regularly.
https://www.aircanada.com/ca/en/aco...-updates/2020/covid-19.html#/cancelled-flight
If your flight has been cancelled, you may keep the remaining value of your ticket for future travel, which is valid for travel that must be completed within 24 months of your flight cancellation date. The cancellation fee will be waived when rebooking your travel. Refundable tickets will be refunded as per the fare rules; a cancellation fee may still apply.
We cautiously are hoping for the chance to go to Europe in summer 2021 but realize it's more realistic to aim for Spring 2022.
Speaking of air travel, here's an article on Air Canada. Wonder what happened to their takeover of Air Transat?
https://www.thestar.com/business/20...er-be-the-same-post-covid-19-experts-say.html
https://www.thestar.com/business/20...er-be-the-same-post-covid-19-experts-say.html
