Another one bites the dust

[Exterous]

Just canceled our last scheduled trip of 2020. It was for our 15 year anniversary to a place we love that I found an insane deal for in January. Really I was just holding onto it due to unrealistic hope but with the free cancelation deadline looming it needed to be done.

New hope I'm clinging to: Traveling late next fall

 

[mikeymikec]

Yup, my wife probably won't be able to get to her mother's funeral. MIL hasn't got long now by all accounts.

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

Can always rent out a cabin in the woods or something as a vacation heh.

I would estimate that the majority of folks here will have a vaccine by end of February, so maybe plan for one by around then?

 

[KMFJD]

This shit just keeps getting worse, i've resigned myself to not being able to travel until mid 2022 at the earliest

 

[K1052]

I think domestic travel in the summer of 2021 is probably realistic. International besides like Mexico...who knows.

 

[ponyo]

You plan really far out. Travel is going to be so different once it starts back up again. I bet we're going to have to carry our vaccine papers if we want to enter countries and not have to quarantine. And we'll still be required to wear masks on planes, trains, and public areas with people. And flights will cost more.

 

[woodman1999]

Going to St. Lucia in April come hell or high water. I gotta get out of NJ!

 

[Exterous]

Yup, my wife probably won't be able to get to her mother's funeral. MIL hasn't got long now by all accounts.

Sorry to hear that. I missed my Aunt's in May. Doesn't feel great

Can always rent out a cabin in the woods or something as a vacation heh.

I would estimate that the majority of folks here will have a vaccine by end of February, so maybe plan for one by around then?

We're no longer 'lets spend a lot of time outside in the winter' people and driving across a ton of states to a warm area a lot of other people are also headed to escape the cold seems like a bad idea atm

You plan really far out. Travel is going to be so different once it starts back up again. I bet we're going to have to carry our vaccine papers if we want to enter countries and not have to quarantine. And we'll still be required to wear masks on planes, trains, and public areas with people. And flights will cost more.

Often 330 days out to try and snag award space. Vaccine papers probably wouldn't be that hard to do logistically - just another entry in the yellow vaccination booklet that is already used for things like yellow fever

 

[Exterous]

Going to St. Lucia in April come hell or high water. I gotta get out of NJ!

The last trip I have booked (done during the heady days of hopefulness in May when "We'll do the right things to beat this thing in a year" still seemed possible) is in April but I really doubt that will happen

 

[Fritzo]

I feel for you. Our 25th wedding anniversary is Dec 2nd and we can't do anything. My 50th birthday was last month and we couldn't do anything for that either. Had big plans and *POOF*...who saw a pandemic coming?

Buck up though- imagine the party that's going to happen when the pandemic ends and everything opens back up. 2021 is going to be KILLER!!! (in a good way )

Thinking of saving up $5K and surprising my wife with a trip to Rio next December. Hope we're good by then.

 

[thestrangebrew1]

Just posted in the Covid thread but I'm debating cancelling our trip to Tx. We fly out on Friday.

 

[EliteRetard]

Relevant on so many levels...

 

[sdifox]

I feel for you. Our 25th wedding anniversary is Dec 2nd and we can't do anything. My 50th birthday was last month and we couldn't do anything for that either. Had big plans and *POOF*...who saw a pandemic coming?

Buck up though- imagine the party that's going to happen when the pandemic ends and everything opens back up. 2021 is going to be KILLER!!! (in a good way )

Thinking of saving up $5K and surprising my wife with a trip to Rio next December. Hope we're good by then.

Buy her a guitar?

 

[Fritzo]

Buy her a guitar?

That's why I want to take her to Rio...going to have one made down there

 

[sdifox]

That's why I want to take her to Rio...going to have one made down there

Lol

 

[BurnItDwn]

im optimistic that 2021 will see some turnaround.

I even put my money where my mouth is and bought 300 shares of CCL last friday (against better judgement)

 

[Captante]

Just posted in the Covid thread but I'm debating cancelling our trip to Tx. We fly out on Friday.

Sounds like the smart call unfortunately ... you couldn't pay me to get on a plane right now especially flying into "mask-denier" territory. (aka: Covid hot-spots)

Live to vacation another day you know?

 

[Red Squirrel]

Sucks, but you did the right thing. Had a camping trip planned with a friend this summer and when Corona started we decided to cancel as well. He lives down south so would have had to fly here and that's kinda iffy. Especially with down south being a hot spot.

Wonder if there are good deals right now for booking trips into the future though, might be worth looking into.

 

[snoopy7548]

Everyone will be traveling once they are able to. You thought traffic at the aiport was bad before COVID?

 

[Svnla]

Buy her a guitar?

They (Guitar Center) need money for sure.

Musical instrument retailer Guitar Center to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

Musical instrument retailer Guitar Center plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after negotiating a debt-cutting deal with investors and lenders.

www.usatoday.com

Can't travel anywhere oversea right now and in the short term future. A lot of places are closed for tourists/visitors

No tourists allowed: These places are still keeping travelers out during the pandemic

From popular favorites in Asia to more off-the-radar nations, these are many of the countries and territories that still haven't opened back up to tourists during the pandemic.

www.cnn.com

 

[Spacehead]

Buck up though- imagine the party that's going to happen when the pandemic ends and everything opens back up. 2021 is going to be KILLER!!! (in a good way )

The roaring 20's again... hopefully.

 

[olds]

Just canceled our last scheduled trip of 2020. It was for our 15 year anniversary to a place we love that I found an insane deal for in January. Really I was just holding onto it due to unrealistic hope but with the free cancelation deadline looming it needed to be done.

New hope I'm clinging to: Traveling late next fall

I was supposed to move 2500 miles away November 9th. We put that on hold because of this mess.

 

[Exterous]

I was supposed to move 2500 miles away November 9th. We put that on hold because of this mess.

You're retired now? What state were you going to move to?

 

[Ajay]

Wife and I are tentatively planning a US vacation for August. I don't think we'll finalize our plans till June.
Wish we had a couple grand more to go to Europe (we love France and would like to go to Italy).

 

[thestrangebrew1]

Sounds like the smart call unfortunately ... you couldn't pay me to get on a plane right now especially flying into "mask-denier" territory. (aka: Covid hot-spots)

Live to vacation another day you know?

Yup. We had a family meeting with the kids and we all decided to post-pone the trip. At this time we have until 7/14/21 to use the tickets so we're now looking at spring break or early summer. We may even just use the tickets to meet my sister in Disneyworld instead of Tx lol. My bro-in-law said where they're at almost everyone is masking up and trying to keep social distancing but they understand us wanting to postpone till things hopefully get better.