holiday flights summer 2021

Laura2021 · 17-01-2021 11:26pm

I'm looking to book Dubai for around August for my bday
Myself and parnter have Bali booked for December

Bikerman2019 · 17-01-2021 11:26pm

jmlad2020 wrote: »

Don't book flights abroad you inbred morons.

Unfortunately summer will probably be a write off. Deal with it and maybe do a staycation instead.

If you go to Spain you can ****ing stay because you'll come back and infect us and we'll be in this **** situation again.

Morons.

While I do agree with your sentiments, I do feel you need to take a chill pill.

screamer · 17-01-2021 11:27pm

opinionated3 wrote: »

Is Portugal in mid September realistic? (Assuming my wife and I have been vaccinated by then). I personally don't see any reason why holiday travel couldn't happen around then

Portugal with the new Brazilian variant on the lose? Forget it. Flights this year will be a nightmare with Covid testing needed on both sides in advance of flying and quarantine too, not worth the hassle.

Gael23 · 17-01-2021 11:37pm

I’m just afraid everyone has the same idea and flights will get very expensive if you wait

Sheep Shagger · 18-01-2021 1:40pm

Gael23 wrote: »

I’m just afraid everyone has the same idea and flights will get very expensive if you wait

Another way of looking at it is, everywhere in Spain and Portugal is going the be jammers as people try and squeeze in a summer holiday ASAP.

Gael23 · 18-01-2021 2:40pm

So go somewhere different?

JimmyVik · 18-01-2021 3:10pm

Gael23 wrote: »

So go somewhere different?

I was thinking Iceland

Dodge · 18-01-2021 3:21pm

Gael23 wrote: »

I’m just afraid everyone has the same idea and flights will get very expensive if you wait

Booking a holiday “early” is always a gamble. Not to harp on about it but there’s clearly more variables now than ever and you can see here how many different opinions you’ll get

Mr brother in law is on his 6th booking since a postponed trip last Easter.

I haven’t booked anything and I’m not as frustrated / pissed off as he has been but he still thinks his way is right. He might be right but it’s all down to personal choices

Laura2021 · 18-01-2021 5:12pm

JimmyVik wrote: »

I was thinking Iceland

February is a great time to vist Iceland.

Laura2021 · 18-01-2021 5:16pm

Dodge wrote: »

Booking a holiday “early” is always a gamble.

Best thing to do is put a deposit down 50 or 100 is normally the normal then dont pay anymore until the last day it needs to be payed incase you have to cancel, I had to cancel a trip to Asia a couple of years ago we payed in full and took ages to get our money back.

The Davestator · 19-01-2021 12:19pm

Booked Italy in June.

Had family and friends who went there in summer 2020 and all was ok, so it can only be better in summer 2021. If we have to take a test at both sides, that's fine. Italy is doing well with vaccinations and is heavily reliant on tourism.

5 months is a long time with covid.

5 months ago in Ireland and things were relatively normal with the country open and people holidaying around the country.

brookers · 19-01-2021 12:22pm

The Davestator wrote: »

Booked Italy in June.

Had family and friends who went there in summer 2020 and all was ok, so it can only be better in summer 2021. If we have to take a test at both sides, that's fine. Italy is doing well with vaccinations and is heavily reliant on tourism.

5 months is a long time with covid.

5 months ago in Ireland and things were relatively normal with the country open and people holidaying around the country.

If you book a holiday say in Italy or Greece, do you have to quarantine, do you have to be vaccinated, do you take a test. I heard this am that sicily is still in the red zone and nobody can leave their homes only for shopping and then the police check the cars for the shopping. They are also concerned about the rates of infection in ireland......I would be really nervous booking anything...

The Davestator · 19-01-2021 12:25pm

brookers wrote: »

If you book a holiday say in Italy or Greece, do you have to quarantine, do you have to be vaccinated, do you take a test. I heard this am that sicily is still in the red zone and nobody can leave their homes only for shopping and then the police check the cars for the shopping. They are also concerned about the rates of infection in ireland......I would be really nervous booking anything...

Small refundable deposit paid and can get vouchers if flights are canceled. Great price. 2 + 2 for a week for less than 1,000

BraveDonut · 19-01-2021 12:41pm

booking.com is searchable for "Free Cancellation" - zero risk option

brookers · 19-01-2021 12:51pm

The Davestator wrote: »

Small refundable deposit paid and can get vouchers if flights are canceled. Great price. 2 + 2 for a week for less than 1,000

Would give my right arm to get away, sun, tavernas offering up lovely greek salad and sword fish, no work, no home schooling, no cooking 95 meals a day and snacks.....bliss

JimmyChew · 26-01-2021 10:34am

https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/varadkar-says-mandatory-quarantine-will-probably-be-for-a-year-if-brought-in-1070313.html

The chances of getting a week or 2 away on cheap booze and tapas are starting to look very slim.
A lot of resorts just won't survive this.

A very sad state of affairs.

Physicskid9 · 26-01-2021 10:37am

Have booked Portugal for April. Thirty euro flight so no problem cancelling if this thing isn't under control by then.

mick087 · 26-01-2021 10:40am

Watching Prime Time yesterday i don't think foreign holidays will happen this year.
Might be an idea to look for something at home.

Physicskid9 · 26-01-2021 10:42am

mick087 wrote: »

Watching Prime Time yesterday i don't think foreign holidays will happen this year.
Might be an idea to look for something at home.

Sick of it at this stage. If the government had of gotten the finger out and vaccinated the population quicker there's really no reason foreign holidays shouldn't have been possible this summer.

LuasSimon · 26-01-2021 10:52am

mick087 wrote: »

Watching Prime Time yesterday i don't think foreign holidays will happen this year.
Might be an idea to look for something at home.

The prices been asked for holiday homes are ludicrous, if people are unable to travel abroad this year , holiday home owners intend riding irish people with their prices.

mick087 · 26-01-2021 11:00am

LuasSimon wrote: »

The prices been asked for holiday homes are ludicrous, if people are unable to travel abroad this year , holiday home owners intend riding irish people with their prices.

That's not good.But i suspect your be right; the greed factor im sure will pay a part.

dubrov · 26-01-2021 11:07am

The Davestator wrote:

Small refundable deposit paid and can get vouchers if flights are canceled. Great price. 2 + 2 for a week for less than 1,000

Flights might still be running but the country on the other side could be insisting on a quarantine. In that case, no refund

heffo500 · 26-01-2021 11:08am

Physicskid9 wrote: »

Sick of it at this stage. If the government had of gotten the finger out and vaccinated the population quicker there's really no reason foreign holidays shouldn't have been possible this summer.

I think the problem is there is no enough vaccine available.

mick087 · 26-01-2021 11:11am

heffo500 wrote: »

I think the problem is there is no enough vaccine available.

Yes could be a case of passport one hand and vaccine cert in the other.

JimmyVik · 26-01-2021 11:12am

We just gave up any thoughts of going abroad or booking hotels.
Have friends in Clare who fancy a couple of weeks in Dublin.
We thought we might fancy a couple of weeks on the West coast for chance.
So just going to swap houses for the two weeks.

Kauto0709 · 26-01-2021 11:21am

Do you think we will be allowed to travel without quarantine if we have the vaccine?

Gael23 · 26-01-2021 11:27am

I have a voucher from last year and I’m going in September/October as long as I have had the vaccine before then

The Davestator · 26-01-2021 11:40am

The summer is a long way off. We've dropped a huge amount in a few weeks. This obsession with travel is just this week's / months focus, the mob will have moved onto the next 'culprit' in a week.

Asking people who have provided a negative test to quarantine is nonsense. If this was the best way, why don't we quarantine everyone who tests negative in the country.

So, the 148,566 people who tested NEGATIVE in Ireland in the past 7 days should be whisked off to Citywest by this logic!!

JojoLoca · 26-01-2021 12:15pm

The Davestator wrote: »

The summer is a long way off. We've dropped a huge amount in a few weeks. This obsession with travel is just this week's / months focus, the mob will have moved onto the next 'culprit' in a week.

Asking people who have provided a negative test to quarantine is nonsense. If this was the best way, why don't we quarantine everyone who tests negative in the country.

So, the 148,566 people who tested NEGATIVE in Ireland in the past 7 days should be whisked off to Citywest by this logic!!

Yeah, this seems to be a norm now to blame something else every couple of weeks. Now it's travel, earlier it was schools and teachers, Christmas shopping, restaurants etc. before that. They will move onto something else in a week or two.
Last year there was a lot of talk about restriction free travel once you are vaccinated. Now they want to lock people up in the hotels, even with the negative test results and possibly vaccinated as well.

JojoLoca · 26-01-2021 12:26pm

Kauto0709 wrote: »

Do you think we will be allowed to travel without quarantine if we have the vaccine?

That's how they were selling it to the people last year, restrictions free travel once vaccinated, vaccine travel passports etc. Now, instead of planning for it, and for the slow reopening of everything while vaccines are being administered , they are threatening us with more restrictions. So for the moment it seems like the quarantine/self isolation will still apply.

Caranica · 26-01-2021 1:18pm

A vaccine cert won't make a difference. You can still carry the virus so you pose as much risk to the country you visit as if you weren't vaccinated. The only thing is you wouldn't be a burden on their healthcare system.

heffo500 · 26-01-2021 1:20pm

Gael23 wrote: »

My meter is in a box on the side of the house externally so the charger could go right beside it fo this was allowed

??

Gael23 · 26-01-2021 1:45pm

heffo500 wrote: »

??

Posted in wrong thread

neris · 26-01-2021 1:51pm

Due to go to Spain in March/April for 2 weeks to see my parents who are there for the foreseeable future and bored stupid with curfews and early nights but dont think we,ll be going if things here stay as they are. Due to go back in June for a wedding that was cancelled from last year and I can see it either been a very small wedding or not going ahead at all. The uncertainty in the last few days with garda checkpoints and the airport still open and planes flying doesnt make any sense

JimmyVik · 26-01-2021 1:54pm

Caranica wrote: »

A vaccine cert won't make a difference. You can still carry the virus so you pose as much risk to the country you visit as if you weren't vaccinated. The only thing is you wouldn't be a burden on their healthcare system.

I guess that makes sense.
If you have all these vaccinated people running around without a care in the world, spreading to people in a country where everyone hasnt been vaccinated it wouldnt be ideal for sure.

davo2001 · 26-01-2021 1:56pm

People on this thread booking holidays for April?!?

They are either incredibly stupid or incredibly selfish, or both.

It really does beggar belief.

Gael23 · 26-01-2021 2:32pm

davo2001 wrote: »

People on this thread booking holidays for April?!?

They are either incredibly stupid or incredibly selfish, or both.

It really does beggar belief.

August/ September doesn’t seem far fetched though

Caranica · 26-01-2021 3:04pm

Gael23 wrote: »

August/ September doesn’t seem far fetched though

It didn't last year either and that didn't work out so well.

LuasSimon · 26-01-2021 3:08pm

Really does look as if Foreign holidays are not possible this summer with so much red tape. Especially familys , how could you pay for 4 or 5 tests both sides and get fines on top of it .

Physicskid9 · 26-01-2021 3:08pm

davo2001 wrote: »

People on this thread booking holidays for April?!?

They are either incredibly stupid or incredibly selfish, or both.

It really does beggar belief.

How is it incredibly stupid? I bought a flight for 30 euro. If it's not appropriate to go I won't.

LuasSimon · 26-01-2021 3:37pm

Physicskid9 wrote: »

How is it incredibly stupid? I bought a flight for 30 euro. If it's not appropriate to go I won't.

As an individual or a couple its worth a punt but youd have to think restrictions on travel are going to tighten significantly for the coming months making it impossible or very difficult.
I'm afraid its going to be like that for July and August and for a family in my case its easier forget about it now rather than fooling myself that we might get to travel abroad in July.

stargazer 68 · 26-01-2021 3:45pm

davo2001 wrote: »

People on this thread booking holidays for April?!?

They are either incredibly stupid or incredibly selfish, or both.

It really does beggar belief.

Why? Remember everyone couldn't wait for the end of 2020 - that magical midnight into 2021 and it was all going to change. We were sold 'jab and go' and 2021 will be better tales. People had to have something to look forward to and now its all gone t**s up again!

Physicskid9 · 26-01-2021 3:48pm

LuasSimon wrote: »

As an individual or a couple its worth a punt but youd have to think restrictions on travel are going to tighten significantly for the coming months making it impossible or very difficult.
I'm afraid its going to be like that for July and August and for a family in my case its easier forget about it now rather than fooling myself that we might get to travel abroad in July.

I agree and I certainly wouldn't be gambling large sums of in the hope that I can go. I just find it ridiculous that some posters are criticising people who are booking holidays on the off chance that it is possible to go.

The Davestator · 26-01-2021 3:53pm

Physicskid9 wrote: »

I agree and I certainly wouldn't be gambling large sums of in the hope that I can go. I just find it ridiculous that some posters are criticising people who are booking holidays on the off chance that it is possible to go.

One of the worst things to come out of this covid mess is the constant bickering and telling tales.
People refuse to let others make sensible decisions if they are different from theirs.

And some people are just very scared and cant understand why everyone is not like them.

acequion · 26-01-2021 4:00pm

Unless the situation deteriorates a lot and there's no doubt that it's a distinct possibility, people will still go abroad this year if they can afford it and if they personally feel the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. All the finger wagging in the world won't affect them and why should it! No body should have to endure being hectored and lectured by strangers.

I can't see the Govt going down the road of mandatory quarantine for all arrivals, Leo made that very clear to Claire Byrne last night, albeit in a very circumspect, politician like way. So at present you can travel, maybe not advisable until at the very earliest the end of the current lockdown, but if there is an overall improvement in the situation and that's what everyone is praying for, travel will make a tentative return.

JimmyVik · 26-01-2021 4:14pm

The Davestator wrote: »

One of the worst things to come out of this covid mess is the constant bickering and telling tales.
People refuse to let others make sensible decisions if they are different from theirs.

And some people are just very scared and cant understand why everyone is not like them.

This^^

I have two friends who have not been out of the house since the start of the first lockdown. They are terrified.

So last summer i was going to parks, going to the supermarket. Went on holidays to Donegal.
All the while they are sending me snooty little jibes and facebook and twitter posts about me being a covidiot and such things.

My attitude, was get out while you can and enjoy yourself because the virus will be back. So i stayed at home during each lockdown as i know how serious it is. Now they send me messages saying how all this was people like me not following the rules etc.

Sorry, i was following the rules. I stayed 2 meters away from everyone and out of buildings apart from the supermaket. I went for food a few times in outside spaces. I havent been outside the door since Christmas and i have covid now, wherever i got it.

Queue more sniping from these two.
They are cowering in their homes terrified. And they are effecting their families lives too. One of their wives was on to another friend of ours saying she cant live in that house much longer.

People need to get real. Assess the risk. Follow the guidance. But you dont need to live in terror.

Physicskid9 · 26-01-2021 4:17pm

JimmyVik wrote: »

This^^

I have two friends who have not been out of the house since the start of the first lockdown. They are terrified.

So last summer i was going to parks, going to the supermarket. Went on holidays to Donegal.
All the while they are sending me snooty little jibes and facebook and twitter posts about me being a covidiot and such things.

My attitude, was get out while you can and enjoy yourself because the virus will be back. So i stayed at home during each lockdown as i know how serious it is. Now they send me messages saying how all this was people like me not following the rules etc.

Sorry, i was following the rules. I stayed 2 meters away from everyone and out of buildings apart from the supermaket. I went for food a few times in outside spaces. I havent been outside the door since Christmas and i have covid now, wherever i got it.

Queue more sniping from these two.
They are cowering in their homes terrified. And they are effecting their families lives too. One of their wives was on to another friend of ours saying she cant live in that house much longer.

People need to get real. Assess the risk. Follow the guidance. But you dont need to live in terror.

Wouldn't be long telling these "friends" where to go tbh. If you want to waste years of your life living like a cuck that's fine but don't snipe at those who don't.

beachhead · 26-01-2021 5:20pm

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

Will you therefore not enter a supermarkets , shop, gym, restaurant etc in case one selfish person is there too? You’ll then have a shop load of sick people etc.

being stuck in a tin can for whatever number of hours is a lot different to waking in the open door of a supermarket etc

Mrtm17 · 21-02-2021 1:38pm

Half tempted to book the canerys for October, mayb I'm mad

Munsterbhoy · 22-02-2021 4:18pm

Mrtm17 wrote: »

Half tempted to book the canerys for October, mayb I'm mad

I'm considering it myself for the October midterm. Oct 22nd to 31st to nerja. €800rtn with air lingus for the 4 of us.. Just having something to look forward to...

holiday flights summer 2021

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