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I was chatting with a friend who owns a small holiday business in Austria a few days ago. They are quietly optimistic that they will get a full ski season in after their current lockdown ends in December but I'm not entirely sure why other than the Austrian government is apparently setting a different tone in terms of expectations with the tourism sector this time round. I think their position is that as long as hospitals are ok in terms of capacity, then vaccinated tourists will be welcome.
Tbh, I don't think anybody knows what will happen though.
Stonehedge-
Off to Austria early Feb. Hotel has advised us that we'll need proof of 2 vaccines and boosters (not a problem for all of us as it's a boys trip and no children) if we want to be able to claim against their insurance for Covid related closures (of the hotel, resort or the country).
Binned the idea of a family half-term trip to the French Pyrenees/Alps as we can't guarantee the various children will be able to meet the French vaccination requirements (especially for going out to restaurants). As I understand it currently the French require 12.2-17 year olds to have had two shots, and the UK is only giving 11-16 year olds one shot. They can go and go skiing, but they can't go to any restaurants, which is severely limiting for the self-catering holiday that we normally do.
Greenbank
What are the odds for the alps being open this spring? Heard rumors of lockdowns yesterday 😢