govanguy Posted July 9, 2020 #1 Share Posted July 9, 2020 https://www.travelweekly.co.uk/articles/378127/fco-advises-against-cruise-ship-travel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norn Iron Man Posted July 9, 2020 #2 Share Posted July 9, 2020 2 hours ago, govanguy said: https://www.travelweekly.co.uk/articles/378127/fco-advises-against-cruise-ship-travel Well that confirms it now. Time to contact my travel agent and get a refund. Luckily I hadn't paid the balance as the requested a few times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norn Iron Man Posted July 9, 2020 #3 Share Posted July 9, 2020 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8507291/Foreign-Office-tells-tourists-not-cruises-coronavirus-risk.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandma Cruising Posted July 9, 2020 #4 Share Posted July 9, 2020 Before now this only applied to those over 70:& with underlying health conditions, now applies to everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger88 Posted July 9, 2020 #5 Share Posted July 9, 2020 9 minutes ago, Grandma Cruising said: Before now this only applied to those over 70:& with underlying health conditions, now applies to everyone. There was a research proving that its a fake about virus hitting only elderly people. My Uncle was carrying COVID without a single symptom and he is 70. I doubt that you will believe me but if you read the internet and look closer at the statistics you will notice that about 50% of the new cases are young people under 30 years of age 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norn Iron Man Posted July 9, 2020 #6 Share Posted July 9, 2020 4 minutes ago, Roger88 said: There was a research proving that its a fake about virus hitting only elderly people. My Uncle was carrying COVID without a single symptom and he is 70. I doubt that you will believe me but if you read the internet and look closer at the statistics you will notice that about 50% of the new cases are young people under 30 years of age I would say that is probably because the elderly heeded Government advice whilst th young flouted it. That was certainly very evident in the news coverage 4 minutes ago, Roger88 said: 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandma Cruising Posted July 10, 2020 #7 Share Posted July 10, 2020 I think you’re right that older people are being much more careful. However what is clear is that the mortality rate of those who get COVID-19 goes up with age from 60+. This may well be because those over 60 often have other underlying health problems too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upwarduk Posted July 10, 2020 #8 Share Posted July 10, 2020 On 7/9/2020 at 8:41 PM, Grandma Cruising said: Before now this only applied to those over 70:& with underlying health conditions, now applies to everyone. This should mean that you can cancel and claim from your Travel Insurance Company, providing that you bought your Insurance before 18th March ,when WHO declared the pandemic. We did this, as I cancelled our Celebrity cruise and was told by Celebrity that the cruise was NRD, as all cruises are if booked in UK. Although we are both over 70, I also used the letter that I had from my doctor, advising me to Social Shield as evidence for the claim. The Insurance company refunded our deposit, less £10.p.p excess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandma Cruising Posted July 11, 2020 #9 Share Posted July 11, 2020 8 hours ago, upwarduk said: This should mean that you can cancel and claim from your Travel Insurance Company, providing that you bought your Insurance before 18th March ,when WHO declared the pandemic. We did this, as I cancelled our Celebrity cruise and was told by Celebrity that the cruise was NRD, as all cruises are if booked in UK. Although we are both over 70, I also used the letter that I had from my doctor, advising me to Social Shield as evidence for the claim. The Insurance company refunded our deposit, less £10.p.p excess. I’ve talked to my insurance company and I can only claim if the advice is in place a month or less before the date of the cruise. I’m happy to have my deposit moved to my next years booked cruise and to take a credit from BA for my flight back from Dubai, but hope to be able to claim my EasyJet flight costs back from the insurance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upwarduk Posted July 11, 2020 #10 Share Posted July 11, 2020 We were obviously lucky, our cruise was due Aug1st and our refund was sorted 06/07/2020. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandma Cruising Posted July 12, 2020 #11 Share Posted July 12, 2020 23 hours ago, upwarduk said: We were obviously lucky, our cruise was due Aug1st and our refund was sorted 06/07/2020. Our cruise isn’t until the end of October, so we can’t claim until the end of September. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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