ARE we all going summer on a holiday?
Mixed messages, dithering and questions galore. No wonder it’s so confusing – but don’t despair ... we’ve got all the answers
Well, did they or didn’t they? Some reports say Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French president emmanuel Macron discussed a reciprocal arrangement to allow holidays to go ahead this summer in their respective countries without any need to selfisolate; others, including a No 10 spokesman, said it ‘didn’t come up’.
Which is symptomatic of the shambolic way the Government has handled travel to and from the UK during the Covid-19 crisis.
Foreign secretary Dominic Raab and others have talked about a ‘road map’ so that companies can ready themselves for the peak summer season — but what sort of map is it when Boris can only come up with a ‘watch this space’ soundbite.
That’s why we are devoting the whole of today’s escape to help readers find a way through the quagmire. Should you cancel your villa booking for July or August? Will you be welcome wherever it is you had planned to go? And what’s really going on in the UK, where some parts of the country appear to be far more welcoming than others?
On a lighter note, what your attitude is to overseas breaks right now says a lot about you — so, on Page 64, we’ve identified some new travel tribes that are emerging during lockdown. Take your pick.
Meanwhile, wait and see is one sure-fire strategy, with the PM expected to make a pronouncement next week. But time is running out — for summer holidays, travel firms and hotels and B&Bs up and down the land.