So, what are you doing?

[Flashheart]

I think a lot of travel companies in Thailand will collapse at least. It'll be months, nay, years before tourism levels return to what they where.

[Chunkyhair]

I am still waiting for contact from Jet 2 re holiday I was supposed to be on last week to Canaries - it was cancelled of course, and they said they would be in touch but nothing for three weeks now.

Though I did get a reminder to pay the balance of my holiday with them to Greece in July - that's not gonna happen, even though they are taking bookings from 17th June!!!!!

[The Artist Formerly Known as Audrey]

Greece is hoping to welcome tourists in July - subject to a health passport. I think they will also universally ban all people from certain countries.

We’ve had zero cases here, so people are understandably wary of bringing the plague down upon them.

Here’s how they are approaching it

[Richie Wellen-Dowd]

I read something the other day saying there's now 8 strains, witheach one populating a different part of the world.

Seems entirely plausible. It's been clear for a while that it's acting differently in different locations, climate and/or different strains look like possible causes. It's one of the reasons why all the national comparisons have been driving me up the wall. That and that we don't yet know how it will play out in the longer term in countries that seemingly have it under control.

[suttonred]

Greece is hoping to welcome tourists in July - subject to a health passport. I think they will also universally ban all people from certain countries.

We’ve had zero cases here, so people are understandably wary of bringing the plague down upon them.

Here’s how they are approaching it

Interesting that bars and restaurants customers should wear face masks! I get it that its a plan but most of the big travellers into Greece in my experience are the British and the dutch so probable auto bans there. Coupled with that if you do distancing correctly 300 usual on a plane would be 50, so the airlines will either be mega expensive or unviable, to cap that who will have money anyway? Most normal people wont. Hard to see a way round it until a vaccine.

[pauld]

If the suggestion that we will shortly have a 14 day quarantine for people travelling from abroad is correct (only 2 months after it might have been useful, ho hum), that's going to make mass tourism from the UK nigh on impossible, surely. Go away for two weeks, then spend another two weeks in quarantine when you get back.

[Batch]

working from home now, no different, assuming they allow self quarantine.

[pauld]

working from home now, no different, assuming they allow self quarantine.

But no exercise, no shopping (except deliveries) etc etc. Full quarantine is quite a lot more stringent than the partial lockdown we have now

[Flashheart]

How can they enforce it, though? Are they going to be asking everybody for zer paperz?

[Batch]

But no exercise, no shopping (except deliveries) etc etc. Full quarantine is quite a lot more stringent than the partial lockdown we have now

for 14 days, it's finite, far different in my eyes.

(NHS already told me I wasn't allowed out for 3 months)

[Batch]

How can they enforce it, though? Are they going to be asking everybody for ver paperz?

good question.

they aren't in reality are they.

[pauld]

How can they enforce it, though? Are they going to be asking everybody for zer paperz?

Dunno (shrugs). ASBO-style ankle bracelets maybe? And tbf I'm asssuming that if they do do it, it's actually an effective quarantine as opposed to just a tickbox exercise to make it sound like they're doing something when they're not really. Which is probably a completely invalid assumption

[StfcRusty]

She has reluctantly allowed me to do the cooking and washing up etc,  and look after her garden plants.

She lies on the bed for an hour to help with breathing, because the lungs are mainly round the back.

Hi Normy.  If you see this, just wanted to see how you and your wife are.  Hope you've both been feeling better

[RedRag]

Overseas travel will resume eventually, and to the same extent it was before. Not for a long time, but it will happen

I'm sure you're right but is there any epidemiological reason why going to Scotland should be any safer or more dangerous  than going to France or Ireland?

[Ardiles]

Probably none at all!  But I can see a lot of countries getting pickier now about who they let in.  Makes it look like you're being tough.