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Re: Please help with a decision
[Re: MXS]
#228308
06/20/2020 05:30 PM
06/20/2020 05:30 PM
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Carol_Hill
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MXS--You have a while before your trip. I would give it a couple months wait to hear some reports from people who travel down, and see how the world situation is by then. Things can change a lot in couple of months.
Carol Hill
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Re: Please help with a decision
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06/21/2020 03:48 AM
06/21/2020 03:48 AM
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Colour1
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We are a GO for the end of October too!!! BSV and Delta booked and paid for!!!! As I see it on other forums, the island she tough as nails is coming back! Irma gave her a bad beat down. She'll weather through this too. You have over 120 something days before you have to think about pulling the plug. It's like following the weather, keep your eyes open. Check with your carrier and OBBR now about there policies. But if your wife is uncomfortable flying in general. Don't force it.
Sand Gravity, got to love it!
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Re: Please help with a decision
[Re: MXS]
#228341
06/21/2020 12:21 PM
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SammyM
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Like the others above have said I would keep monitoring the situation. There are so many unknowns at the present time that none of us can really provide you with a definitive answer. But, I do believe it is still important to plan and look forward to future trips to SXM. My personal opinion is that I would wait until the emergence of an effective vaccine is in place, which I believe will arrive later this year and most likely in December. COVID-19 is still going to linger and hang around until a vaccine takes it out once and for all. Multiple bio tech companies around the world have entered human clinical trials with their vaccine protocols, with some looking more promising than others. Vaccines that prevent SARS-Cov2 infections will most assuredly come, but the challenges will then center around the mass production of the vaccine(s) and the distribution of it to the public. Let's hope this goes better than the testing for this disease from earlier this year.
As for an October trip, I would keep close watch on the status of COVID-19 cases on St. Martin. Not necessarily the number of new cases being reported (because that increases when additional testing occurs), but the number of hospitalizations on both sides of the island if that information can be obtained. The severity of any disease hinges on how many people wind up in the hospital, so that's worth paying attention to. If this number is increasing in July and August, I would postpone your trip until early 2021. But, if the numbers are steady or decreasing it may be worth holding on to your plans. I can't tell you how AA will handle things, but I wouldn't wait until the last minute to postpone your flight arrangements. Hope this helps.
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Re: Please help with a decision
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06/21/2020 02:28 PM
06/21/2020 02:28 PM
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boucharda
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I think the number of cases and hospitalizations in the home state or country would be more important than cases in SXM..
SXM could be at zero and would like to stay at that number and should be expected to refuse entry to visitors from those places with high numbers.
Last edited by boucharda; 06/21/2020 02:28 PM.
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Re: Please help with a decision
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06/21/2020 10:43 PM
06/21/2020 10:43 PM
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Posts: 289 Edam, Saskatchewan - Canada
PrairieGirl
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Is your week at OBBR an owner's week? If so, remember that you have until September 15th to etiher deposit with II or push it into 2021 when you can then either use it or deposit it.
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Re: Please help with a decision
[Re: Carol_Hill]
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06/23/2020 12:19 PM
06/23/2020 12:19 PM
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lcote
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Is there such a thing as quarantine insurance? There is. But we have a lot of research to do about it before our trip in December. I'd like to know that if one of us gets it and the other doesn't, we would have some recourse. Does Medical Evac cover coronavirus? We had talked about that as well.
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Re: Please help with a decision
[Re: lcote]
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06/23/2020 12:49 PM
06/23/2020 12:49 PM
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Carol_Hill
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I'm just getting ready to post a link to a talk by the SXM tourism minister, which covers this topic, as well as the current requirements to enter SXM. If I understood her correctly, that current insurance policies will NOT cover quarantine OR COVID 19 evacuation. She is in the process of trying to arrange for such insurance locally, similar to that in Aruba.
Carol Hill
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