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View Poll Results: Should we gamble and go or postpone and re-book ?
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Postpone and re-book when things are better.
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It's never getting better. Just go on the trip and hope for the best.
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Congratulations Ted.
In my opinion, when I had more then enough time to spare and some financial backup I would go. If I had to come home for a fixed date or didn´t had money for unexpected costs I would not go.
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This is exactly the point.
It's a very fixed trip. Every day is planned or reliant on everything going right.
Three flights to get there. Three to get back. Changing in the USA. Testing required 24 hours before each flight. If anything doesn't go to plan, it's going to be a mess.
I can be flexible with time. She can't. She has fixed holidays.
I think we're going to postpone until summer.
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Originally Posted by *Touring Ted*
This is exactly the point.
It's a very fixed trip. Every day is planned or reliant on everything going right.
Three flights to get there. Three to get back. Changing in the USA. Testing required 24 hours before each flight. If anything doesn't go to plan, it's going to be a mess.
I can be flexible with time. She can't. She has fixed holidays.
I think we're going to postpone until summer.
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Given the scope for it going badly with three flights each way, more tests than you can shake a stick at - just think how sore your nose will be after all of them - I would concur with your decision to postpone.
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I had no strong feelings one way or the other until you mentioned there are six (6) flights involved, plus presumably twelve (12) tests. Throw in a transfer in the US, where AFAIK everyone has to clear customs even if transiting internationally, and the chances of something going wrong approach infinite.
I hear Brighton has some very nice beaches, almost the equivalent of any in Costa Rica.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by *Touring Ted*
This is exactly the point.
It's a very fixed trip. Every day is planned or reliant on everything going right.
Three flights to get there. Three to get back. Changing in the USA. Testing required 24 hours before each flight. If anything doesn't go to plan, it's going to be a mess.
I can be flexible with time. She can't. She has fixed holidays.
I think we're going to postpone until summer.
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hell can't you find a place closer to home across the pond is more problems go non stop if you can
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I think we're going to postpone until summer.
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Ya think?
Got to admire an optimist though 
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