RufusCat
Earning My Ears
- Joined
- May 27, 2019
I'm due to spend two weeks with my elderly (75 yo) mother at WDW in mid Sept. She loves Florida and Disney and this was my treat to her. The holiday was booked last autumn.
There is now no way I want her to travel internationally during the next year, potentially exposing her to the new virus. There will not be a vaccine before September and I am trying to keep her exposure to other people to a minimum by doing her shopping etc and I wear a face mask with her. Although not frail she does have underlying health conditions and after losing my Dad last year I fear for her and do not want her mixing with thousands of other people in the airport, on the plane and in the parks. Staying at home she will meet far fewer people and the environment is far more controlled.
As the USA has placed an indefinite ban on anyone from the UK visiting the USA could any of us with a holiday booking to the States demand a full refund from the travel company? The USA will lift the ban at some point but the travel companies don't know when and can't tell us when. I have booked with the Walt Disney World Travel co. and their current policy is you can change dates without penalty if your holiday is before the end of June. Like others I don't want to travel to the USA in 2020 and would much prefer to leave it 18-24 months when there is likely a vaccine and it will be safer to travel.
Has anyone had luck cancelling their booking later in the year and receiving a refund or at least deferring their break to next year? Do any of us have a leg to stand on asking for a full refund for any future travel to the USA with this indefinite ban in place?
There is now no way I want her to travel internationally during the next year, potentially exposing her to the new virus. There will not be a vaccine before September and I am trying to keep her exposure to other people to a minimum by doing her shopping etc and I wear a face mask with her. Although not frail she does have underlying health conditions and after losing my Dad last year I fear for her and do not want her mixing with thousands of other people in the airport, on the plane and in the parks. Staying at home she will meet far fewer people and the environment is far more controlled.
As the USA has placed an indefinite ban on anyone from the UK visiting the USA could any of us with a holiday booking to the States demand a full refund from the travel company? The USA will lift the ban at some point but the travel companies don't know when and can't tell us when. I have booked with the Walt Disney World Travel co. and their current policy is you can change dates without penalty if your holiday is before the end of June. Like others I don't want to travel to the USA in 2020 and would much prefer to leave it 18-24 months when there is likely a vaccine and it will be safer to travel.
Has anyone had luck cancelling their booking later in the year and receiving a refund or at least deferring their break to next year? Do any of us have a leg to stand on asking for a full refund for any future travel to the USA with this indefinite ban in place?