Bali in April to go or not?

Few months back Booked a Bali trip in April with the family- now having second thoughts , couldn't give a f..ck about the corona virus but being stuck in quarantine for 2 weeks or being locked out at the Border would be a massive pain in the butt . .Reckon there would be thousands of others in the same situation.

It sucks . Rang the travel agent today to see what the go is . If we cancel we get half our accomadation back , so blow about $ 1000 , cancel the flights we get 75 percent back through travel insurance .Think that's about $2000 gone . Not complaining heard another lady blew $18000 yesterday at the same travel agent cancelling a holiday .But as you say being locked out of Australia could cost a lot more then that - especially being in a self employed small business . Would be great in Bali atm - had some friends there last week reckon the place is empty.

I'd be staying here, the shut gates policy is in play everywhere now.

My daughter was going in April - not going now. We are booked for a week in late July - which was a postponed (and paid for) trip from before my shoulder recon. I'm also in for about $2,000 as got a super deal on fancy accom, and essentially paid again for Jetstar flights as got cheapies that I could not transfer... We've got a few months so will assess closer.

FYI - lady from work came back from Bali on Wednesday and work will not allow her back. Not sure if that is sick/personal leave as privately owned company.

Yep GPA Jetstar are absolute ****s from our experience . We are booked to fly out from Brisbane to Bali - planned to catch up with the family in SE Qld in the way , to change the dates of the Jetstar flights from tas to Brisbane actually costs more then the flights originally cost . Have been told by the travel agent Jetstar flights are not covered by travel insurance WTF? .We will not be flying Jetstar again .

AFL this morning saying their experts reckon Australia is going to be at peak infection level during Easter - so not great timing .
Also read this morning so far Bali has only tested about 20 in total so nobody really has any idea of infectious level there - the locals believe their gods are protecting them .1 British tourist died their a few days ago - but they think she had the infection before arrival - and like most she had pre- existing issues . We are all pretty healthy so thinking the infection to us would be just like a bad flu . The quarantine though would be a financial kick in the guts .

Razzonater do you know if Naaru or Christmas Island includes free drinks and food - could be like a free cruise without the ship

I heard 34 cases in Bali, not sure if that's correct but BALI is a magnet for global travelers and I wouldn't trust one word coming out of the Indonesian government on this one. They have to be industry and it's about to close down. The better expats who own bars clean bs and restaurants are getting together to take action because they all know they are fked.

I'd go for sure, just wear a mask. Don't rub your mouth, nose or eyes without using an antibacterial swab, gel or wash. Don't get a massage & most importantly enjoy surfing possibly slightly less crowded waves.

I'm headed to Japan in July to drive the Northern coast from Sendai (place where most tsunami footage was from 9 years ago, 11 Mar 2011) to the Northern most tip & hopefully scoring some waves along the way.

Also bought tickets to Bali for September, staying Sanur.

There is no way I'm cancelling trips unless I'm forced to & if I get stuck in either place I'll be stoked

Just cancelled Taiwan east coast trip and they appear to be really well organised for virus management but I don't fancy getting diagnosed over there and stuck in isolation ( although happy to spend the 14 days at surf accomodation). At the moment Losing air fares as flight still happening but hoping any cancellation of flight will result in credit/refund. Opinions?

Pete was told last night that if you have paid for flights via credit card you can get a full refund - sounds odd but will be chasing it up tomorrow .We have decided to cancel at this stage - seems to be getting more complicated by the day .Latest talk here in Tas is that any trips overseas to Australia could result in 2 weeks quarantine - same as the NZ situation

I'd be giving it a miss now.

Just saw this pop up on facebook

All of macs red black and white evo2 s with the 07 rocker were going to have se qld gumtree reunion.

But the governments banned gatherings of 500 or more

The Americans have a saying: "If you go to Mexico you will die."
Just change the name of the country to your choice of destination.