[Closed] Decisions about Summer Holidays

Well as far as the European destinations are concerned they are screaming out for the tourists. I know someone who is at the Garda Lake at the moment and they have been made to feel very welcome and safe ( lots of measuring of temperatures at the hotels restaurants). But I’m talking from the perspective of living in Germany and for us all borders within Europe are open.

I'd love to revisit Dolgellau, having lived there from approx '82 to '85, to see what it's like now. Not to mention it's a great base for CyB; Cader Idris; Mawddaach Trail; Precipice Walk; Bwlch Y Groes; Fairbourne; Barmouth etc.

Just rather tricky to go to without a car, in that respect Machynlleth is usually better, their train station has reasonably frequent trains from civilization.

On (3) camping in West Wales - campsites are reopening next week, but note that it's without toilet/shower facilities for the time being.

We've booked a week in Anglesey and a week near aberystwyth first two weeks of August. Don't really mind if things are closed as the places we're staying at have wifi. General plan every day is lazy morning, leave house by 11.30 with picnic. Arrive at a place.. hoping for beach weather but hill walks, forest walks, playparks, attraction if one is open. You know just whatever.
Happy to just not be at work and away with my kids and wife. Taking my bouncy bike of course for early morning or evening jaunts.

my partner and myself are going through the same decisions. we've decided overseas is out due to potential faff with insurance of things get cancelled due to secondary / localised lock downs or not getting covid related insurance.

Wales currently isn't open for tourism but the next announcement is this week and is highly likely it will be from mid july

if you're looking to book somewhere, id get onto it pretty quickly. we're off to the lakes camping for a week in august, a number of the sites we regularly used are already fully booked due to restricted numbers / everyone having the same UK based ideas.

the are you going to be welcome is a different question and i guess it very much depends on where you are going and the type f holiday your planning

If i had a place in Belgium, i'd be going there! not too far to drive back if you need.

The Gov. has just announced a reduction in VAT from 20% to 5% for the tourism and hospitality industry in the UK... how much they'll pass onto consumers I don't know.

Personally we've postponed our trip to France until summer 2021. We're looking at Bluestone for Sept/Oct, they're saying at the moment they'll be allowing smaller groups in the Pool (it's always too busy anyway) and the same sort of Social Distancing regs as everywhere else. Out thinking is that it's not massively expensive, it's 2 hours down the road and it's an enclosed resort so we won't upset any locals.

I am certainly not going out of Scotland this year. Perhaps we might get the odd overnighter in August - wild campin. I have two weeks off in Sept - hoping to go on a bike tour again wild camping.

Depending how things go tho I might take unpaid leave / quit inorder to make that tour a month long

We've cancelled the plans we had for France and Spain and decided to stay in the UK this year.

The only small issue is a number of places we have stayed in before are all fully booked. I think other people have the same idea!

We postponed our two week trip to Lake Garda (planned for the last two weeks of August) to the same dates next year.
Too much uncertainty, high risk of the things we planned to do either being shut or crap due to rules/regs and didn't want to spend the money only to wish we'd stayed at home.

We were just discussing this at work this morning, and everyone who had an overseas summer holiday has either cancelled it themselves or had it cancelled by the airline/tour operator.
General consensus was nobody would be happy putting down money they couldn't get back as very low levels of confidence in short term future, don't want to get caught up in local lock downs, etc.

If i had a place in Belgium i'd go there - whatever happens its only cost you the travel..

https://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/realistically-eu-holidaying-by-late-summer/page/14/

Not quite the same but full of info

We're planning on going to actual West Wales for a couple of weeks although I haven't booked a campsite yet. We're staying in the UK because of the travel uncertainty but also because UK businesses really need our money.

Also, I don't necessarily recommend Dolgellau as a base it's a bit dead. But it does have CyB.

@P-Jay: have Bluestone told you the big indoor activity zone is closed?
It was converted to an emergency hospital and is remaining as one (completely unused as yet thankfully) for a while longer.
Just wondering if they are highlighting that in their literature?

@P-Jay: have Bluestone told you the big indoor activity zone is closed?

Yeah, well they've not expressly said "the Activity Centre is a Field Hospital' just that's it 'hibernating'.

I think it was in the process of being ripped out anyway, they've got some kind of Centre Parcs esq dome now, I haven't been for a few years so I've no idea what it's like.