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Coronavirus Wreaking Havoc on Your Travel Plans?

Passepartout said:
US travel insurers made that change effective (iirc) January 19th. Yep, one cannot can be reimbursed for cancellation without medical recommendation.
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My travel insurance also refused refund. It was a trip to Buffalo to see a Bills game, which they lost badly. They said the stink of failure there was a known condition.

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Our final payment for our cruise was due in about two weeks.

When the Swine flu was around (Mexico), we went to Cancun and did not cancel. We felt like many here - just go/wait a little longer, etc. Younger, healthier, etc. etc.

Fast forward 10 years later - I like to think I am in very good health but hubby has medical issues. Add the unknown, don't want to risk losing more money and on top of his health, don't want to risk being quarantined for two weeks anywhere away from home. We will rebook for next year.

We still have our trip at the end of the month - which we are considering driving (air is booked) and our trip in the fall.
 
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After discussion with our grown 'kids'- traveling companions for this Summer's Italy cruise, and out of an abundance of caution, we've made the command decision to cancel the trip. Alex, the SIL, who works for Microsoft, in Redmond/Kirkland, WA- has been sent home to work for 3 weeks. Microsoft is paying their hourly employees, telling them that 'their job' is to stay inside until called back to work.
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We just got word that Gov Inslee has ordered state employees to telework as much as possible and canceled all non-essential business travel through May......I work for Wa DOH....Not sure yet how this will affect my job is in the field, traveling.

Next vacation is in May...I'm not changing it
 
I just rec'd an email from Holland America offering OBC to keep the cruise and an option to cancel with any penalty applied to a future cruise. It said it only applies to cruises between now and 5/31. We're taking the OBC.
 
I usually fly Southwest or Jet Blue but want to give a shout out to United. Last weekend my Mom and I were going to travel to NYC on United. I booked the lowest non refundable tickets. My Mom came down with flu like symptoms so I cancelled. I took a chance and called the airlines the morning of the flight and the CU women was so kind and said she would put a note on the ticket and it would be refunded if we sent in proof from the DR. My Mom in fact tested positive for influenza A and I received a full refund this week!
 
VacationForever said:
Older adults, aka over 60, are advised to stay home by CDC
www.cnn.com

New CDC guidance says older adults should 'stay at home as much as possible' due to coronavirus | CNN

Amid a coronavirus outbreak in the United States, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is encouraging older people and people with severe chronic medical conditions to "stay at home as much as possible."
www.cnn.com www.cnn.com
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Wait- so now that spring is coming and my husband and I want to finally go outside, get out of the house and do some things we can't? We have been dying to go to the Flying Monkey Theater in Plymouth and just saw they are having a Carole King event the end of the month. We never do things like this- all the years we worked we would just come home afterwards and weekends we would usually stay home and take care of the house.

Now that we want to start our new retirement life we can't? Our son bought us tickets for a Ringo Star event at Gunstock in June- yes there will be a crowd. What the?

The whole point of us moving here was for a social life we never had. Now that the snowbirds are coming back there will finally be some activities right in the community. Somebody shoot me now. I am ready to kill my husband as it is with the two of us being in this little house 24 hours per day. We need to get out!

Interesting how the author says not to attend religious services. To me, that would be one thing you should attend if things are this bad!
 
We just rebooked our Southwest flights to Orlando in April (exact same flight) and got back over 25K points because the flights are so much cheaper now, assuming because of the CIVID-19 travel demand drop. I'm trying to retrade into a better MVC right now in Interval, will update if I see anything.
 
mdurette said:
I made the decision last night that I was going to cancel our trip to Disneyland and Cruise from CA. If we were local, I probably would not have done it, but living on the east coast seemed to just add to the concern...being so far away from home. I didn't officially cancel anything and thought I would let the week play out to see if anything happens that would cause me not to loose the money for the cruise. But, Disney just announced they will allow cancellations with a 100% credit to use for future cruise in the next 12 months. Hotel was booked with Marriott points, those are back in my account. Air was booked with Chase points.....may be eating that, but it is only $600. Thanks DCL!

Now....what to do with those 2 weeks I was planning on being away! I still may go somewhere, but needs to be closer to home :)
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YEAH! This is all working out. this morning I was able to secure DVC Saratoga Springs via RCI for only 12 TPUS! Flights are only $400 round trip for the 3 of us. I have $2000 of Disney gift cards that I was going to use in DL and the cruise AND I still have $4000 in Disney cruise refund to use! Yahoo!!!! With that said, I can't believe I'm going back to WDW so soon, but this is a hell of a replacement plan :)
 
Disney cruise offering me the ability to cancel up to the day before my cruise and use the credit toward a future cruise in the next 12 months. I still have a few weeks to decide. I'd only avoid my cruise because we cannot afford to be quarantined on a ship for an extended period of time.
 
WinniWoman said:
Wait- so now that spring is coming and my husband and I want to finally go outside, get out of the house and do some things we can't? We have been dying to go to the Flying Monkey Theater in Plymouth and just saw they are having a Carole King event the end of the month. We never do things like this- all the years we worked we would just come home afterwards and weekends we would usually stay home and take care of the house.

Now that we want to start our new retirement life we can't? Our son bought us tickets for a Ringo Star event at Gunstock in June- yes there will be a crowd. What the?

The whole point of us moving here was for a social life we never had. Now that the snowbirds are coming back there will finally be some activities right in the community. Somebody shoot me now. I am ready to kill my husband as it is with the two of us being in this little house 24 hours per day. We need to get out!

Interesting how the author says not to attend religious services. To me, that would be one thing you should attend if things are this bad!
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Unfortunately some of your events might get cancelled. Meanwhile get out taking walks and hikes. Maybe picnics enjoying the outdoors. An outdoor garden even in pots can keep you busy.

I meanwhile am still doing what I have been doing. I am just taking the same precautions I started doing since I had the flu in January as I didn’t want to get sick again with another strain.
 
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WinniWoman said:
Wait- so now that spring is coming and my husband and I want to finally go outside, get out of the house and do some things we can't? We have been dying to go to the Flying Monkey Theater in Plymouth and just saw they are having a Carole King event the end of the month. We never do things like this- all the years we worked we would just come home afterwards and weekends we would usually stay home and take care of the house.

Now that we want to start our new retirement life we can't? Our son bought us tickets for a Ringo Star event at Gunstock in June- yes there will be a crowd. What the?

The whole point of us moving here was for a social life we never had. Now that the snowbirds are coming back there will finally be some activities right in the community. Somebody shoot me now. I am ready to kill my husband as it is with the two of us being in this little house 24 hours per day. We need to get out!

Interesting how the author says not to attend religious services. To me, that would be one thing you should attend if things are this bad!
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So sad you wasted all those years as a cog in the corporate wheel. Go discover nature. You don't have to be around people to enjoy life.

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1-Day Car Rental vs. Bus Tour... We're renting a car.
So we can't blame the bus peep, only the sites where we stop.
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Panina said:
Unfortunately some of your events might get cancelled. Meanwhile get out taking walks and hikes. Maybe picnics enjoying the outdoors. An outdoor garden even in pots can keep you busy.

I meanwhile am still doing what I have been doing. I am just taking the same precautions I started doing since I had the flu in January as I didn’t want to get sick again with another strain.
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I do go for walks but it defeats my goal of wanted/craving social interaction. Hell- I did that at our former home and could have just stayed there then.

I am going out today and I am shipping for a mattress. I am feeling better. Not 100% but I am not staying in.
 
goaliedave said:
So sad you wasted all those years as a cog in the corporate wheel. Go discover nature. You don't have to be around people to enjoy life.

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Yes. Right. I lived smack in the middle of nature my whole life. Now we are in a community surrounded by nature, but I really want some social activity also.
 
LMD said:
I usually fly Southwest or Jet Blue but want to give a shout out to United. Last weekend my Mom and I were going to travel to NYC on United. I booked the lowest non refundable tickets. My Mom came down with flu like symptoms so I cancelled. I took a chance and called the airlines the morning of the flight and the CU women was so kind and said she would put a note on the ticket and it would be refunded if we sent in proof from the DR. My Mom in fact tested positive for influenza A and I received a full refund this week!
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Hope your mother feels better soon.
 
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Our cruise next month is still booked. It's a 12-day Mediterranean cruise out of Rome. We originally were to fly into Venice to stay a few days, Delta changed our flights, after a phone call, which was just so kind of them. The hotel we were staying in Venice is not reimbursing our money (paid in full already), and it's a Marriott through the Chase Portal. That was expensive for us. We may check with our Chase Sapphire Reserve for the travel insurance and see if we can get our points back that way.

Norwegian said they would let us re-book at a later date, if we wanted. Our daughter-in-law is wavering a bit. We may stay home.
 
rickandcindy23 said:
Our cruise next month is still booked. It's a 12-day Mediterranean cruise out of Rome. We originally were to fly into Venice to stay a few days, Delta changed our flights, after a phone call, which was just so kind of them. The hotel we were staying in Venice is not reimbursing our money (paid in full already), and it's a Marriott through the Chase Portal. That was expensive for us. We may check with our Chase Sapphire Reserve for the travel insurance and see if we can get our points back that way.

Norwegian said they would let us re-book at a later date, if we wanted. Our daughter-in-law is wavering a bit. We may stay home.
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We are taking Celebrity up on their generosity to cancel our, and son/DIL's suites on Italy cruise more because we don't want to risk the 'mandatory' self quarantine for folks returning from Italy- even testing clean. Plus the 'kids' are already stuck at home in Seattle-land, with him working at Microsoft and the DIL a student at UWash.
This C-virus thing has sure cranked up my anxiety level.

Jim
 
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