Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Calis Beach Forum => Calis Beach Questions and Information => Topic started by: trainer on October 01, 2020, 17:22:25 PM
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From Saturday 04:00 turkey is going on the 14 day quarantine list
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Travellers arriving in the UK from Poland and Turkey will now have to self-isolate for 14 days from 04:00 on Saturday.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54376357
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Quarantining on return is not the problem for us. It is the fact that the FCO advise against “all but essential travel” and that invalidates your travel insurance if you still go. We were due out next week. Gutted!!!
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I should have been arriving tonight, but cancelled a few weeks ago, and transferred til April 2021. This is what i was frightened about would happen.
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We were supposed to have come back last week. Never got out this year manly due to BA cancelling our flight in July and they and LoveHolidays STILL haven't come up with the refund!!
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Love Holidays are on the ball. ;) Still advertising Turkish holidays as quarantine free.
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Quarantining on return is not the problem for us. It is the fact that the FCO advise against “all but essential travel” and that invalidates your travel insurance if you still go. We were due out next week. Gutted!!!
Staysure will insure you for travelling against FCO advice but it doesn’t cover you if you catch Covid
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I have just phoned Nat West as I have insurance through my bank account. They have said you can still go on holiday to Turkey and will be fully covered including corona virus.
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Love Holidays are on the ball. ;) Still advertising Turkish holidays as quarantine free.
About as on the ball as they have been with my refund. Booking my own flights and accommodation from now on.
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Does that include getting covid 19 in turkey Fran?
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Yes, I asked that specific question and she said that it was covered. She said that the FCO advice was only advisory and as they hadn’t banned travel to Turkey it was fine to go. If in doubt I would phone who ever covers you to check.
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So, if you come to Turkey, then test positive for Covid, they're going to pay ALL your expenses for having to stay-over, including paying for an alternative flight ?
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I never asked that question maybe I should have, but she did say we were covered, if we caught it.
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Fran - Thank you so much for pointing out that Staysure will still cover if travelling against FCO advice (excluding Covid cover).
Our annual policy will not cover any eventuality if travelling against FCO advice, so we have just taken a single trip policy with Staysure and added their "Europe extension". At least we will be covered for everything except Covid.
Many thanks for pointing that out as I doubt we would have found it otherwise, and now we can still go as planned.
Most grateful. :)
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Happy that it was useful. Might see you out there
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So if you get covid while in Turkey you are not covered for medical insurance.
Bit risky in my opinion.
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So, if you come to Turkey, then test positive for Covid, they're going to pay ALL your expenses for having to stay-over, including paying for an alternative flight ?
This is from my Nat West insurance
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The Government will pay full medical expense if you catch Covid in Turkey but not after expenses.
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We are (hopefully) still travelling out on the 21st :)
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After the Foreign Office advice on "essential travel" restriction I, like Fran, spoke to Natwest and was assured that my travel insurance covered me if I caught the virus whilst in Turkey. However, my daughter and son in law who were due to travel with me, checked with their bank insurance (Halifax), and were told that if they travelled to Turkey, their insurance would not provide cover.
We therefore decided to switch our holiday from Calis to Corfu and with the help of EasyJet we managed to arrange the change at short notice with no further expense.
Both Oykun hotel and Fethiye Airport Transfers accepted cancellation without question and didn't ask for cancellation charges.
We are so disappointed at the enforced change but we look forward to May next year when we have booked two weeks at Oykun and one week at Jiva Beach (restrictions permitting). :( :(
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You would think that all insurance companies would be singing from the same hymn sheet.
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If they were there wouldn't be any competition.
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Jet2 insurance will cover travel against FCO advice and covid. This must be there single trip insurance and not annual.
I rang them on Monday to confirm this.
Cost for us (2 adults for 16 days) £43 + Pre existing medical cover £49.
Quite reasonable IMO
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Our insurance said usual cover would apply for possessions etc but not Covid related medical expenses. We still went and felt safer than in the UK . In 10 months in the UK I have never had my temperature taken once. It's taken in nearly every shop and bar in Fethiye and sanitisers everywhere.