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Spain this summer (MOD WARNING IN POST 1)

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    #92
    freak scence
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    Yep but the special brits go to spain. How can spain be doing well if they still nearly have 600 new cases in a day . I don"t see that as doing well. Mr Trump would.


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    #93
    faceman
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    freak scence wrote: »
    Yep but the special brits go to spain. How can spain be doing well if they still nearly have 600 new cases in a day . I don"t see that as doing well. Mr Trump would.

    Spain has a population of 46.7m. 600 people is 0.0001%. That figure also includes backlog.

    At its peak in Spain they had approx 9000 cases per day.

    My area in Spain hasn’t had a hospitalised case of C19 since May 5th.


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    #94
    freak scence
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    As long as you are happy is the main thing.


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    #95
    ASOT
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    freak scence wrote: »
    As long as you are happy is the main thing.

    Personally I'm delighted to get a few months in the sun. I can't wait to go over on the 6th.


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    #96
    otnomart
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    freak scence wrote: »
    Yep but the special brits go to spain.
    True. expecially to the main resorts.
    Have met British tourists and expats in Italy, France, and they were well educated and pleasant.


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    #97
    finbarrk
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    Looking forward to a week in Salou in August. Hopefully the 2 week isolation thing here will be gone by then.


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    #98
    RoryMac
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    I'm going to book a week in Spain for the middle of August, parents have a place there so should be similar to here but better weather. Reading some of the local news online for the area and cases are very low and things starting to get back to normal.

    Anyone know how the new checks for entering Spain will work, do you need to prove where you will be staying? Obviously I won't have a hotel booking for my parents place so just wondering what needs to be provided


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    #99
    Dublin Mum
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    RoryMac wrote: »
    I'm going to book a week in Spain for the middle of August, parents have a place there so should be similar to here but better weather. Reading some of the local news online for the area and cases are very low and things starting to get back to normal.

    Anyone know how the new checks for entering Spain will work, do you need to prove where you will be staying? Obviously I won't have a hotel booking for my parents place so just wondering what needs to be provided

    This is all I could find in English:

    https://english.elpais.com/spanish_news/2020-06-19/spain-updates-covid-19-death-count-says-flare-ups-are-under-control.html


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    #100
    faceman
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    RoryMac wrote: »
    I'm going to book a week in Spain for the middle of August, parents have a place there so should be similar to here but better weather. Reading some of the local news online for the area and cases are very low and things starting to get back to normal.

    Anyone know how the new checks for entering Spain will work, do you need to prove where you will be staying? Obviously I won't have a hotel booking for my parents place so just wondering what needs to be provided

    Full details aren’t published yet. I suspect knowing the address and providing contact details of your parents will suffice

    https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2020/06/19/breaking-tourists-required-to-pass-three-health-controls-on-arrival-in-spain/

    In seperate news Spain has banned cruise ships docking indefinitely.


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    #101
    billyhead
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    What if your staying in various addresses i.e different hostels each night. Do you have to provide every address?


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    #102
    Ray Donovan
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    otnomart wrote: »
    True. expecially to the main resorts.
    Have met British tourists and expats in Italy, France, and they were well educated and pleasant.

    I go to Lanzarote twice a year at the moment and I’ve never had any problems with the British.

    Now the Dubs on the other hand....


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    #103
    casio4
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    Any news on the swimming pools are they still 30% capacity? Due to fly on 24th July to Salou but this is putting me off as kids spend most of the day in the pool


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    #104
    faceman
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    casio4 wrote: »
    Any news on the swimming pools are they still 30% capacity? Due to fly on 24th July to Salou but this is putting me off as kids spend most of the day in the pool


    EDIT it’s now 75% as of today

    It’s still 30%. As always with Spain things aren’t always clear. We are unsure what or if this capacity will be increased to from July. We kept out pool closed in June as the rules would have required us hiring someone to monitor pool. As I understand it though community pools are expected to reopen from July 1st but at what capacity is unclear.

    We are considering keeping ours closed in July too. The potential fine for non conformance is very high


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    #105
    faceman
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    casio4 wrote: »
    Any news on the swimming pools are they still 30% capacity? Due to fly on 24th July to Salou but this is putting me off as kids spend most of the day in the pool

    Just had this sent to me. This is the current rules as of today.


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    #106
    faceman
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    Breakdown per region of restrictions and limitations

    https://english.elpais.com/spanish_news/2020-06-21/spains-new-normality-the-new-rules-region-by-region.html


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    #107
    Atlantic Dawn
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    Does it look like there will be entry controls at Spanish airports on your return trip back to Ireland or will they be happy enough for you to be leaving the place?


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    #108
    olestoepoke
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    So looks like there aren't many restrictions in the Canary Islands. Is anyone considering going? We had written our family holiday off this year, nothing booked thank god but according to that article it may be back on the cards.


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    #109
    dartboardio
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    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    Does it look like there will be entry controls at Spanish airports on your return trip back to Ireland or will they be happy enough for you to be leaving the place?

    Cant see why they would...?

    They check you when you're coming into their country, so then it's Irelands job to check you coming in


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    #110
    stargazer 68
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    olestoepoke wrote: »
    So looks like there aren't many restrictions in the Canary Islands. Is anyone considering going? We had written our family holiday off this year, nothing booked thank god but according to that article it may be back on the cards.

    If they lift the 14 day thing here I will be looking at somewhere all right!


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    #111
    Carol25
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    Knock Airport have opened with a selection of new Ryanair routes from July 1st, including Malaga, Alicante, Palma, Girona, etc. Great news and an interesting development...

    https://twitter.com/Irelandwest/status/1274325228022386690?s=20


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    #112
    sideline warrior
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    stargazer 68 wrote: »
    If they lift the 14 day thing here I will be looking at somewhere all right!

    This is the $6M question? Due to fly on July 5 to Lanzarote and return on the 20th. If Ireland's 14 day quarantine ends on July 9, then we're fine or even if they extend it to July 20 (final stage of roadmap). If not, we can't go and our family loses €1,700 to Ryanair. Cost of switching slights is almost as much as the flights. Insurance won't cover us even if Irish Govt's non-essential travel advice is still in place. I'm sure there are thousands of Irish families in the same boat and waiting for some clarification or light at the end of the tunnel. If Ryanair cxl the flight, at least we get a refund or voucher. By the way flight was booked way back in January. It's now a waiting game. Cabinet committee are due to review later this week.


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    #113
    faceman
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    sideline warrior wrote: »
    This is the $6M question? Due to fly on July 5 to Lanzarote and return on the 20th. If Ireland's 14 day quarantine ends on July 9, then we're fine or even if they extend it to July 20 (final stage of roadmap). If not, we can't go and our family loses €1,700 to Ryanair. Cost of switching slights is almost as much as the flights. Insurance won't cover us even if Irish Govt's non-essential travel advice is still in place. I'm sure there are thousands of Irish families in the same boat and waiting for some clarification or light at the end of the tunnel. If Ryanair cxl the flight, at least we get a refund or voucher. By the way flight was booked way back in January. It's now a waiting game. Cabinet committee are due to review later this week.

    The only thing in your favour is that come 9th July Ireland will be the only EU country (forget the UK, they have different issues) with a quarantine in place and it will be very hard for the government to justify to not only Brussels but to businesses here aswell.

    Also by July 9th the government can see how opening borders has impacted other EU countries.

    Fingers crossed!


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    #114
    Zonda999
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    Does anyone see the 14 day quarantine lasting beyond July 20th, assuming that date as being the date we enter the final phase does not change?


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    #115
    olestoepoke
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    sideline warrior wrote: »
    This is the $6M question? Due to fly on July 5 to Lanzarote and return on the 20th. If Ireland's 14 day quarantine ends on July 9, then we're fine or even if they extend it to July 20 (final stage of roadmap). If not, we can't go and our family loses €1,700 to Ryanair. Cost of switching slights is almost as much as the flights. Insurance won't cover us even if Irish Govt's non-essential travel advice is still in place. I'm sure there are thousands of Irish families in the same boat and waiting for some clarification or light at the end of the tunnel. If Ryanair cxl the flight, at least we get a refund or voucher. By the way flight was booked way back in January. It's now a waiting game. Cabinet committee are due to review later this week.

    Whats the word from Lanzarote? Business as usual? Swimming pools operating as normal? Black Buffalo still flipping steaks?


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    #116
    DvB
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    sideline warrior wrote: »
    Insurance won't cover us even if Irish Govt's non-essential travel advice is still in place.

    Have you spoken to them about that yet?
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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    #117
    Ray Donovan
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    olestoepoke wrote: »
    Whats the word from Lanzarote? Business as usual? Swimming pools operating as normal? Black Buffalo still flipping steaks?

    I just saw that the Lanzarote Village Hotel where I had booked from July 20 to July 28 is now not opening until September 1st.


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    #118
    olestoepoke
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    Ray Donovan wrote: »
    I just saw that the Lanzarote Village Hotel where I had booked from July 20 to July 28 is now not opening until September 1st.

    Oh, I hope you get your money back. The 14 day quarantine is a deal breaker but we also have concerns about the restaurants and most importantly the swimming pools for the kids when you get there. According to the article shared in this thread the canaries doesn't have the same pool restrictions as other parts of Spain. restricted swimming pools would be a deal breaker for us as it keeps the kids busy.


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    #119
    casio4
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    olestoepoke wrote: »
    Oh, I hope you get your money back. The 14 day quarantine is a deal breaker but we also have concerns about the restaurants and most importantly the swimming pools for the kids when you get there. According to the article shared in this thread the canaries doesn't have the same pool restrictions as other parts of Spain. restricted swimming pools would be a deal breaker for us as it keeps the kids busy.
    same here about the pools not sure where you are going but I'm heading to Salou in Spain I emailed the apartments to see if pool was going to be open and then through a lot of googling and asking here found out the pools are allowed 75% capacity. Got email back to say pool definitely open so I'm going to take the chance and hope with a lot of people staying home and not travelling there won't be too many at the pool anyway


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    #120
    casio4
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    Also the restaurants won't be as busy either so just book in advance that day


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    #121
    Ray Donovan
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    olestoepoke wrote: »
    Oh, I hope you get your money back. The 14 day quarantine is a deal breaker but we also have concerns about the restaurants and most importantly the swimming pools for the kids when you get there. According to the article shared in this thread the canaries doesn't have the same pool restrictions as other parts of Spain. restricted swimming pools would be a deal breaker for us as it keeps the kids busy.

    It wasn't a pre-pay so I'm ok that way. We're still going to go just going to sort something else accommodation wise.


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