When do you think the border will reopen?

[CJK]

Travel insurance will not cover you if you catch COVID19. That alone will keep me home till there is a vaccine.

I haven't kept up with this situation, since I just cancelled our September trip. Are there no insurance companies that will cover COVID-19? If not, is there any hope of that before the end of 2020?

 

[kittyab]

I haven't kept up with this situation, since I just cancelled our September trip. Are there no insurance companies that will cover COVID-19? If not, is there any hope of that before the end of 2020?

Mine provided by my employer wont, and that is SunLite. Before traveling ask those questions about the insurance.

 

[wdwmom3]

I haven't kept up with this situation, since I just cancelled our September trip. Are there no insurance companies that will cover COVID-19? If not, is there any hope of that before the end of 2020?

I don’t think any will cover you as long as there is a travel advisory. And that depends on how things go in the US.

 

[pixie_mtl]

I suspect there will be another extension... as long as the Americans doesn't take covid-19 seriously, our borders will remain closed

 

[Frozen2014]

Florida's numbers were crazy today. I don't see us opening up ant time soon.

 

[ottawamom]

I'm hoping we stay closed until the States get things under "real" control.

 

[Aug2020distrip]

I have a WWYD question. We obviously are not going in August, so we switched our condo dates to April.
Currently the April flight dates we are planning are the exact same price as our current ones, so can do an easy switch and be done with it.

BUT do you think with WestJet we only get to switch our flights once for free? As in, do you think it’s smarter to just full on cancel flight, get those travel credits and then wait to book when we see that we can Actually go in April? I mean I would hope by then it’s fine but who knows.

a big worry with waiting is will prices shoot up?? I can’t tell if travel will be pricier or cheaper next year

 

[samsteele]

I can’t tell if travel will be pricier or cheaper next year

Unless the Cdn airlines' hoped for public bailout includes consumer price protection, then tickets will likely be more $. Fuel is fuel and pilots/cabin crew expenses are constant. Social distancing, losing every other seat and/or $ of plexiglass seat dividers can't be completely absorbed by stockholders.

Will WDW tickets significantly increase in 2021? Beyond the usual annual increases? Time will tell. Further covid waves will keep out of state and international guests away for the long term. May see a return of post-911 bargain package specials including full free dining. Crystal ball gazing right now.

 

[Aug2020distrip]

Unless the Cdn airlines' hoped for public bailout includes consumer price protection, then tickets will likely be more $. Fuel is fuel and pilots/cabin crew expenses are constant. Social distancing, losing every other seat and/or $ of plexiglass seat dividers can't be completely absorbed by stockholders.

Will WDW tickets significantly increase in 2021? Beyond the usual annual increases? Time will tell. Further covid waves will keep out of state and international guests away for the long term. May see a return of post-911 bargain package specials including full free dining. Crystal ball gazing right now.

Yeah, maybe I should just do a switch. Unfortunate thing is I can’t do that online so would have to call. And they say not to call unless your flight leaves in 72 hours. I expect I will be on hold for awhile. Decisions decisions, but yeah I’m also leaning toward pricier...

 

[tinkerone]

Yeah, maybe I should just do a switch. Unfortunate thing is I can’t do that online so would have to call. And they say not to call unless your flight leaves in 72 hours. I expect I will be on hold for awhile. Decisions decisions, but yeah I’m also leaning toward pricier...

I had the same issue with Air Canada. I called two days in a row and each time waited for over three hours before hanging up. The third day I hit the link for making a new reservation and what do you know, they had an option to have them call me back. I used that option and they called me back in an hour. Maybe that would work with WestJet, I don't know, but worth pushing all the buttons to see what happens if the wait is going to be to long.

 

[wdwmom3]

I have a WWYD question. We obviously are not going in August, so we switched our condo dates to April.
Currently the April flight dates we are planning are the exact same price as our current ones, so can do an easy switch and be done with it.

BUT do you think with WestJet we only get to switch our flights once for free? As in, do you think it’s smarter to just full on cancel flight, get those travel credits and then wait to book when we see that we can Actually go in April? I mean I would hope by then it’s fine but who knows.

a big worry with waiting is will prices shoot up?? I can’t tell if travel will be pricier or cheaper next year

we are hoping to go next May and the flights on WestJet were actually much cheaper then the flights we had before. So I was able to rebook and still have some $ in flight credits.

right now they say you can cancel or change once. But if you cancel your just get your travel bank. If you use those funds in the travel bank, and then book now while they have the flexible change policy, you should also be able to cancel or change that flight. Does that make sense? You may want to call and confirm that though.

 

[wdwmom3]

Yeah, maybe I should just do a switch. Unfortunate thing is I can’t do that online so would have to call. And they say not to call unless your flight leaves in 72 hours. I expect I will be on hold for awhile. Decisions decisions, but yeah I’m also leaning toward pricier...

I have had success contacting WestJet over Facebook messenger to get questions answered. It sometimes take a long time for them to respond but it’s better then holding on the phone.

 

[Aug2020distrip]

we are hoping to go next May and the flights on WestJet were actually much cheaper then the flights we had before. So I was able to rebook and still have some $ in flight credits.

right now they say you can cancel or change once. But if you cancel your just get your travel bank. If you use those funds in the travel bank, and then book now while they have the flexible change policy, you should also be able to cancel or change that flight. Does that make sense? You may want to call and confirm that though.

Oh, this is smart! To cancel I can do online. This makes a lot of sense, I may just do this lol and hope the price doesn’t go up while I wait for my travel credits to show up.

I actually feel April is probably cheaper than August anyway (we aren’t going over Easter), so I think In the end even if we wait a bit it won’t go much higher than what we paid per person for August, which was $620 Round trip

 

[Aug2020distrip]

Well that was easy, just talked to the main person paying for this trip and she agreed to just cancel for now and book later. Yay, something I can do online without calling!

 

[Donald - my hero]

Unless the Cdn airlines' hoped for public bailout includes consumer price protection, then tickets will likely be more $. Fuel is fuel and pilots/cabin crew expenses are constant. Social distancing, losing every other seat and/or $ of plexiglass seat dividers can't be completely absorbed by stockholders.

Will WDW tickets significantly increase in 2021? Beyond the usual annual increases? Time will tell. Further covid waves will keep out of state and international guests away for the long term. May see a return of post-911 bargain package specials including full free dining. Crystal ball gazing right now.

both westjet and air Canada announced yesterday that they'll no longer be blocking off middle seats effective July 1st!
https://globalnews.ca/news/7113341/westjet-ends-social-distancing/

 

[samsteele]

both westjet and air Canada announced yesterday that they'll no longer be blocking off middle seats effective July 1st!
https://globalnews.ca/news/7113341/westjet-ends-social-distancing/

Scary. Wonder how long that will last.

 

[pigletto]

both westjet and air Canada announced yesterday that they'll no longer be blocking off middle seats effective July 1st!
https://globalnews.ca/news/7113341/westjet-ends-social-distancing/

Check out this CBC marketplace study to see how clean these planes were pre pandemic...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/flights-filthy-surfaces-airplane-marketplace-1.4873586
I‘m not sure they could do enough to convince me they could keep those planes clean right now .. and certainly not by dropping the middle seat restrictions.

Canadian airlines operate with very low margins and need those seats filled to be viable, which I understand. Hopefully people don’t mistake that to mean that it’s safer than it was .

 

[kittyab]

I don’t think any will cover you as long as there is a travel advisory. And that depends on how things go in the US.

It is a good idea to check with your travel insurance to see what they cover before booking a trip. Ours has stated it will cover hospital stays due to COVID regardless if the border opens. I will wait for a vaccine.

 

[NAB]

Plus we have Queens students coming back and they are from all over. At least its not a full campus but that could start another wave. I think the quiet time might be over for a bit.

Wow , McMaster is doing on line fall courses no one is going back to campus. This is Hamilton.

My daughter is a 3rd year nursing student , they can’t tell her how her clinical will be done. 1 and second year will only have theirs second term none in the fall. This will be hard since it is a hands on course.

 

[Iralyn]

Do you think there is any chance that Canada will begin to allow travel to/from other countries (that have Covid better under control) while the Canada-U.S. border remains closed? I'm not sure that it has been officially confirmed but it sounds like Canadians will be allowed to enter the EU beginning in July (though obviously Canada has not yet lifted the 'no non-essential travel' advisory). Made me wonder if Canada might open to other countries.