Atlantic crossing
Italian shipping company Grimaldi owns a large fleet of ro/ro (that s roll-on, roll-off) multipurpose vessels operating worldwide itineraries and also offering cabins to paying passengers. These include a cargo-passenger service from Liverpool to Halifax, Nova Scotia, with the option of continuing to Newark and Baltimore. Five of its ships run this itinerary each offering 12 passenger berths in standard or lounge cabins.
Grimaldi Freighter Cruise between Liverpool and Halifax from â¬937 (£817) per person, one way for nine nights based on an outside cabin, including all meals. Departs weekly when restrictions allow (cruisepeople.co.uk). Â
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As summer approaches, there remains little clarity as to whether summer holidays can go ahead, nor what restrictions will be in place for those of us keen to jet off for some sunshine.
As things stand, overseas holidays are banned, while all returning travellers must pay for at least three costly tests and quarantine at home for 10 days. Furthermore, quarantine hotels have also been introduced for those arriving from 33 red-listed countries. Will these restrictions be eased in time for summer? We can only hope.Â
Furthermore, there is the sticky issue of vaccine passports. On Monday, Health Secretary Matt Hancock, while rejecting their use domestically, revealed that countries are actively floating the idea of immunisation passports to help restart international travel.Â
One writer is determined to make it to the beach this summer
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Matt Hancock’s heading to Cornwall. Dominic Raab reckons its “too early” to book summer holidays overseas. Of course, the main lesson that parents of school-age children have learnt from the last ten months is to take the Government’s pandemic proclamations with a pinch of salt (and, by this stage, a shot of something steadying, for Dutch courage). Yet just for once, they’ve captured the problem facing all families when it comes to booking a summer holiday right now.
I’m not saying it won’t be possible. Holiday companies are reporting surges, in response to the vaccination roll-out. EasyJet says its summer bookings are 250 per cent higher than this time last year. I can’t think of many points in my life I’ve felt more deserving of some cheap sun and sangria than now – ten months into staring at the same four walls, watching rain fall outside, pretending that I know what a fronted adverb
First day of Brexit brings new travel rules for Britons
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With the country now having completed the transition phase for leaving the EU, holidaymakers heading to the Continent are now potentially faced with longer wait times at airports, curbs on duty-free imports, and the return of data roaming charges.
From today, Britons will be met with additional checks at EU airports, which the European Tourism Association has said could lead to an additional 90 seconds per passenger at passport control â or an extra five hours per planeload.
UK travellers are also faced with a raft of new fees and charges, including higher travel insurance premiums to cover the outgoing European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) scheme, larger mobile phone bills (although some networks have pledged to continue offering free roaming for the time being), and more costs and complications for those travelling with pets.