EU will start to allow fully vaccinated US citizens this summer

[Crazy planning mom]

6 hours ago, bigeck said:

France is still in lockdown and Spain isn't much better.

https://thepointsguy.com/news/france-opening-borders-may/

[little britain]

34 minutes ago, parachutes63 said:

Great Britain and Ireland are not part of the EU. They will make there own decisions. 

Ireland (Eire) is still part of the EU. Northern Ireland is part of the UK.  We have a clear roadmap of our way out of this following an amazing vaccination programme here.
6/21 is the day we are hoping that everything is back to normal...

Edited April 26, 2021 by little britain

[davecttr]

31 minutes ago, parachutes63 said:

Great Britain and Ireland are not part of the EU. They will make there own decisions. 

Just for info

 

Ireland (in English) Eire (in Irish) is part of the EU and can make their own decisions as can every other member state.

 

Great Britain is not a country, it is the largest island in the British Isles. Originally called Great Britain to distinguish it from little Britain, Brittany in France.

 

The United Kingdom is a country and and Northern Ireland is part of the UK.

 

The UK and Ireland have a common travel area and various rights such as being able to vote in general elections etc whatever country you happen to be residing in. this may complicate matters somewhat!.

Edited April 26, 2021 by davecttr

[cured]

17 minutes ago, bouhunter said:

You're missing his point.  And we'll never know.

Nope, not missing it at all. And we do know. Look at India.

[Crazy planning mom]

1 hour ago, livingonthebeach said:

 

There is also the concern that the travel experience is not going to be what people are used to. I'm fully vaccinated and not afraid to travel but what I find when I get there -- lots of places closed, hours and capacity limited, masks, further spikes etc. etc. does not make for an enjoyable trip. 

It may be different in the Fall.

[livingonthebeach]

Just now, Crazy planning mom said:

It may be different in the Fall.

 

I hope it will be.  There are still a lot of countries that are way behind in vaccinating its population.  Let's hope the pace starts to pick up somewhat. 

[smokeybandit]

57 minutes ago, cured said:

Can you imagine how bad it would be without the masks and lockdowns?

 

Yeah they might end up like Sweden

 

 

[Cousin Eddie]

The EU vaccine rollout has been slow. Hopefully that pace will quicken.  I love traveling and I love Europe, but I think their is a moral hazard in being a tourist to areas in lock-down. Hopefully countries wont allow tourists to roam free while citizens are still on lock down and not allowed to travel beyond a specific distance from home.

 

Edited April 26, 2021 by Cousin Eddie

[RobInMN]

1 hour ago, davecttr said:

Just for info

 

Ireland (in English) Eire (in Irish) is part of the EU and can make their own decisions as can every other member state.

 

Great Britain is not a country, it is the largest island in the British Isles. Originally called Great Britain to distinguish it from little Britain, Brittany in France.

 

The United Kingdom is a country and and Northern Ireland is part of the UK.

 

The UK and Ireland have a common travel area and various rights such as being able to vote in general elections etc whatever country you happen to be residing in. this may complicate matters somewhat!.

CGP Grey's inaugural video!

 

And if you search his channel, he's got a few good ones explaining Brexit which includes the Ireland & Northern Ireland issue travel issue.

[zap99]

1 hour ago, davecttr said:

Just for info

 

Ireland (in English) Eire (in Irish) is part of the EU and can make their own decisions as can every other member state.

 

Great Britain is not a country, it is the largest island in the British Isles. Originally called Great Britain to distinguish it from little Britain, Brittany in France.

 

The United Kingdom is a country and and Northern Ireland is part of the UK.

 

The UK and Ireland have a common travel area and various rights such as being able to vote in general elections etc whatever country you happen to be residing in. this may complicate matters somewhat!.

To give it the correct title ' The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ".

[bigeck]

1 hour ago, Crazy planning mom said:

https://thepointsguy.com/news/france-opening-borders-may/

Until it comes from a government statement, everything is hear say.

I hope it's true though

[A&L_Ont]

4 hours ago, Ocean Boy said:

I take it the virus is more active between 10PM - 5AM. Maybe a Transylvania variant.

Seems like the vampire joke was lost on some. 😉😂

[Ashland]

The only two EU ports on my July 2021 British Isles cruise is Amsterdam & Bruges and still Celebrity will not cancel I'm afraid before FPD.

[Ocean Boy]

9 minutes ago, A&L_Ont said:

Seems like the vampire joke was lost on some. 😉😂

😇

[wolfcathorse]

6 hours ago, smokeybandit said:

Germany is a great example on how masks and lockdowns don't work

It's only a great example how everyone spouting off about their rights and not wearing masks or staying home allow the virus to thrive. If everyone followed protocols, established by science, we'd see no spikes. So far, all the countries around the world reopened too soon.

[bouhunter]

3 hours ago, Cousin Eddie said:

Hopefully countries wont allow tourists to roam free while citizens are still on lock down and not allowed to travel beyond a specific distance from home.

 

Regardless, the number of tourists choosing to go somewhere that is still on "lock down" will probably be limited.

[RFerrington]

1 hour ago, A&L_Ont said:

Seems like the vampire joke was lost on some. 😉😂

I "got it".

[TheMastodon]

4 hours ago, smokeybandit said:

 

Yeah they might end up like Sweden

 

 

 

LOL.  

 

Wait until everyone finds out China was dealing with Covid back in 2018. 

[crazyank]

5 hours ago, davecttr said:

Great Britain is not a country, it is the largest island in the British Isles.

ROFL  tell that to the Royal Mail.  They certainly think "Great Britain" is a country.

[DCGuy64]

7 hours ago, smokeybandit said:

 

Yeah they might end up like Sweden

 

 

And how many people will point to the drop in cases following the mask mandate in Germany without a) seeing where it was before and b) comparing Germany's outcome with Sweden's.

 

[BonTexasNY]

5 hours ago, A&L_Ont said:

Seems like the vampire joke was lost on some. 😉😂

I didn't respond but I did giggle.  👍

[cured]

8 hours ago, smokeybandit said:

 

Yeah they might end up like Sweden

 

 

Ah yes, that renowned scientist, IM, whose only publication is on twitter.  Would you please point me to one of his peer reviewed articles in a journal?

 

Edited April 26, 2021 by cured

[TiiiSailor]

12 hours ago, smokeybandit said:

Germany is a great example on how masks and lockdowns don't work

But on the other hand, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand are examples of how lockdowns and masks do work.

[sgmn]

Reported in my BBC feed today that Portugal is down to zero deaths, great news 👍

[ReneeFLL]

19 hours ago, livingonthebeach said:

There are so many wonderful things to see and do in this country, I think I’ll stay in my neck of the woods until the case numbers go down to a significant level globally.  Sure, I’ll miss traveling but waiting another year is probably the wisest thing considering what is going on in the world.

Same here. To much uncertainty to book anything overseas right now and so many things still to do here. There will eventually be overseas travel and I can wait until things are better.

Edited April 27, 2021 by ReneeFLL