dantheman
Bah humbug
Have booked flights to Japan in March - the girlfriend had saved up and been wanting to visit for a few years now and wanted to see the cherry blossom and culture etc. I will tag along and turn it into a birding trip.
We booked sometime in the new year, cheap flights with Air China (through Carlton Leisure), changing in Shanghai en route. A week or so later, the coronavirus thing kicked off unfortunately.
I understand we may be able to get refunds, and wouldn't want to panic cancel, but are we on the tip of something bigger (it's hard to tell, and if travel restrictions will tighten considerably (flights can be re-routed of course, but will inter-country travel get more restricted))?
Haven't booked anything else yet, but what is gut feeling - leave it for this time, or wait a few more weeks before looking to cancel? Will the trip likely be a mess or a risk with travel worries/delays etc? She would want to be organised and pre-book accommodation, japan rail pass, rail tickets to London (lots cheaper in advance) etc. No point in spending out loads that you lose money/deposits on.
(Sympathies of course to all those already caught up in this on the ground.)
We booked sometime in the new year, cheap flights with Air China (through Carlton Leisure), changing in Shanghai en route. A week or so later, the coronavirus thing kicked off unfortunately.
I understand we may be able to get refunds, and wouldn't want to panic cancel, but are we on the tip of something bigger (it's hard to tell, and if travel restrictions will tighten considerably (flights can be re-routed of course, but will inter-country travel get more restricted))?
Haven't booked anything else yet, but what is gut feeling - leave it for this time, or wait a few more weeks before looking to cancel? Will the trip likely be a mess or a risk with travel worries/delays etc? She would want to be organised and pre-book accommodation, japan rail pass, rail tickets to London (lots cheaper in advance) etc. No point in spending out loads that you lose money/deposits on.
(Sympathies of course to all those already caught up in this on the ground.)
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