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HOLIDAY ADVICE FOR NOW AND 2021
BY NICOLA PALMER - PERFECT GETAWAYS
We are going through some very unsettling times at the
moment and imminent travel in the coming weeks has been
massively affected. It is fair to say that the Coronavirus
has changed the way everybody goes about their daily life
probably for months or years to come.
Since we started Perfect Getaways in May 2017, we have seen
the collapse of major airlines like Monarch and Flybe plus one
of the biggest tour operators in Thomas Cook and the largest
provider for UK breaks in Superbreaks. This is all in the last
two years. However, I don’t think any of those compare to
the effect that the current situation will have on life and how
people book their holidays going forward.
Over the last few weeks, my staff at Perfect Getaways have
helped lots of customers stranded on holiday as restrictions
have been implemented from country after country – often
with very little notice. We have been working constantly on
our customers’ behalf to ensure their time away has been
completely stress-free and they have managed to get home
safely from wherever they were.
There has never been a more important time to book your
holiday with a local, reputable, independent travel agent. Over
the last 2.5 years we have constantly seen and heard horror
stories where people have done it themselves or booked with
internet companies and it has gone completely wrong with
no help or recourse. Most recently, we have helped people
move their holidays, postpone their holidays, make claims on
holidays, replace cancelled holidays and enjoy better holidays.
These last couple of weeks we've been helping people book
holidays that can easily be switched or postponed with no
admin fees if the worst happens. We are ensuring that we are
finding completely flexible holidays for our customers.
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In my opinion you'd be mad to consider booking DIY holidays,
booking through internet providers or doing it yourself. There
is so much risk of one part of your holiday failing.
All of our package holidays are completely ATOL protected
meaning if one part of your holiday falls down then the whole
holiday is completely covered. All of our shops are also
registered ABTA members and part of the Co-Operative Travel
Consortium.
Are New Holiday Bookings Being Affected?
People will always book holidays, we've just booked one
ourselves two days ago. We work hard enough to want to
enjoy them and there are some amazing deals available for late
2020 and Summer 2021. Summer 2021 bookings especially
have gone through the roof in the last few days as people want
to escape the doom and gloom and have something to look
forward to. Prices are currently at a recent-low and people love
to take advantage of a bargain.
But make sure you book the right holiday and get the best
advice when booking it. Also, make sure you are booking fully
flexible holidays that can be changed or amended free of charge
should it need to be amended for any reason.
We have lots of these available. For example, if you book any
Jet2 holiday through us, and you decide you don't want to
travel on your original chosen date or to that destination for
any reason, just let us know at least 3 days before you are due
to depart and we can amend your holiday with no fees to any
other Jet2 holiday, up until the end of October 2021 as long as
it is the same value or slightly more.