My holiday travel would have started today....
@arunima25 (85950)
Bangalore, India
April 19, 2020 5:15am CST
My husband spent a good amount of his time today coordinating with airlines. Our holiday travel would have started tonight. We made a big one month holiday plan starting today in the month of November. And we did all the booking to avail cheap fares. The holiday plan should have started today and we would have been back to our city on 19th of May after a long one month.
Tonight our flight was booked for Thailand and after a week we would have come back to our place for a day. While husband would have stayed back for few days and joined us later on 15th May, I would have travelled to my mom's place and my mom in laws place to spend more than a week with both of them. There were plans to visit so many friends and family during that stay and some special occasions like birthday and engagement ceremony.
We all were looking forward to it but virus crisis hit us badly and all got cancelled.
My daughters whined and almost cried when this crisis visited and it seemed that we might have to cancel all plans. At that time we could not guess the intensity of the issue.
But then we lost track of time in lockdown and only a message from airlines reminded us that today is the day. They are not refunding any money but giving us credit points that we can use within a year time to book air tickets. We had already cancelled the hotel bookings in time and saved our money there. Looking at the situation right now, we won't dare to travel in 2020.Hope we could use the credit next summer.
For this summer vacation, we are staying indoors and staying safe. This summer holiday would be one of its kind and I am sure we will have enough to talk about it once the crisis is over. We have kept enough on list to enjoy in this house arrested summer vacation. 
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
19 Apr 20
Sorry about that cancelled vacation. We also have a trip abroad but it's in October so maybe it can proceed.
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@arunima25 (85950)
• Bangalore, India
19 Apr 20
Hopefully things should be in control by October. It's still few months left. Where are you travelling??
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
19 Apr 20
@arunima25 to Seoul, South Korea. Yes, we are hoping that the virus episode is over by that time.
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@arunima25 (85950)
• Bangalore, India
19 Apr 20
@Alexandoy South Korea has very well managed and controlled the crisis. Hopefully by that time things should be in control elsewhere too. Travel will be smooth only if both places are free of the crisis.
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@JudyEv (326823)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Apr 20
@arunima25 We had our first day with no new cases - that's just for our state.
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@arunima25 (85950)
• Bangalore, India
24 Apr 20
@JudyEv That's a good sign. Hope it continues. We too have got more states declared as Covid free as no new cases have come in ten days. In other states too it is showing improvement. But in three states it still needs to be contained. They are still hotspots.
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@arunima25 (85950)
• Bangalore, India
20 Apr 20
Hope we will be able to cash our credit points in time. Hoping for situation to get under control soon. China seems to be in control. But still few cases are coming there daily.
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@amitkokiladitya (171935)
• Agra, India
21 Apr 20
Ii understand. There are so many who have cancelled their travel plans
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@amitkokiladitya (171935)
• Agra, India
24 Apr 20
@arunima25 yes....and tourism will remain affected for this full.year
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@arunima25 (85950)
• Bangalore, India
25 Apr 20
@amitkokiladitya Yes. And maybe longer if there is a second round of virus comeback as expected by experts.
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@arunima25 (85950)
• Bangalore, India
24 Apr 20
I know dear. Tours and travels have been worst hit by this virus and for sure they will take longer than other sectors to recover even when the crisis is gone.
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@arunima25 (85950)
• Bangalore, India
24 Apr 20
We all are hoping for a quick recovery of the world from this crisis. Wishing you and your family too health and safety. Let's pray together for this crisis to get over.
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@arunima25 (85950)
• Bangalore, India
19 Apr 20
Can't say that we are sad but definitely the cancelation was not pleasant. But looking at the intensity of the current crisis, we all can understand the priorities at present. Hopefully we can visit next summer. Once academic year starts, we don't get a long break to go for vacation.
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@Aansh13 (11293)
• New Delhi, India
19 Apr 20
@arunima25
Yeah!! That's true as well... There are number of Other commitments....
Wishing you safe stay... Take care....
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@arunima25 (85950)
• Bangalore, India
24 Apr 20
@Aansh13 You too take care and stay safe. Is your area still under seal??
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@arunima25 (85950)
• Bangalore, India
19 Apr 20
Yes. I would not dare to travel soon even if the crisis is in control. It's a scary affair at present and we all need some time to be back to track.
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@arunima25 (85950)
• Bangalore, India
24 Apr 20
@Nevena83 I love to travel but I don't think that I would dare to do that anytime this year.
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@Nevena83 (65280)
• Serbia
19 Apr 20
@arunima25 I absolutely agree with you. But many people will want to travel.
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@arunima25 (85950)
• Bangalore, India
19 Apr 20
These are some unseen and unpredictable happenings and we can not complain about it. This virus scenario is quite unprecedented one and has left everyone confused and scared. Everything seems so unsure at present.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
19 Apr 20
A lot of travel plans have been ruined.
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@arunima25 (85950)
• Bangalore, India
19 Apr 20
This virus has definitely impacted tours and travels the most along with other industries and business.
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@arunima25 (85950)
• Bangalore, India
20 Apr 20
US is the worst hit country at present and the virus is spreading like a wild fire there. It is at present the most unsafe country to travel. Even Americans stuck in India refused to go back to US right now when their country arranged for a flight to take them back.
@freelancermariagrace (27240)
• Philippines
19 Apr 20
Hopefully, we can all travel next year.
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@arunima25 (85950)
• Bangalore, India
20 Apr 20
We all hope so. Even if situation comes under control, I feel we all will be a bit cautious for some days. Hopefully in a year we should be able to overcome the fear.
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@yoalldudes (35040)
• Philippines
19 Apr 20
I also have plans for our family this May and all of it was set aside.
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@arunima25 (85950)
• Bangalore, India
19 Apr 20
This virus has come with its own plan and not sure what it is. But for sure it has thrown all our plans out of window.
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@arunima25 (85950)
• Bangalore, India
19 Apr 20
You are right. Travel can wait. Life and health are the topmost priority. Hope we soon get a better and cleaner world.
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@Butterfingers (66585)
• India
21 Apr 20
Everything is cancelled these days and it's about survival
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@arunima25 (85950)
• Bangalore, India
21 Apr 20
You are so right. It's all about survival now. And now we realize that so many things that are given so much importance and we worry so much about actually don't matter.
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@Lavanya15 (12888)
• Chennai, India
19 Apr 20
Yes you take correct decisions. Hope next year you get good holiday trip.
Stay home stay safe.
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@arunima25 (85950)
• Bangalore, India
19 Apr 20
We all hope for a better and cleaner world soon. Let's keep our faith alive. Holidays can wait, life and health is more precious. You too take care!
