Pune: Madhukar Tambe and his family have planned a trip to Meghalaya in the last week of December.
They have booked flight tickets in mid-November and when they will book accommodation, they are told by the hotel that it is impossible for them to restore the number if restrictions are suddenly enforced.
Tambe said, “The hotel does not deny reservations, but he said at our risk.
So, we decided not to order hotels, and also canceled airplane tickets.
We are three families together and cancel the airline tickets cost US RS60,000.” Tourists Those who have to cancel flights or bookings for accommodation for the holiday season are not only disappointed because of the sudden changes in plans but must spend a big loss.
Many travelers and family bookings must bear losses between RS10K to 50RB Hospital to cancel their bookings because of the new variant.
Many say that they do not want to risk achieving their holiday goals and then facing unprecedented problems if restrictions are enforced because of the new variant.
Some hotels have said that they will conduct RT-PCR tests and will not receive reports on outside laboratories.
Manas Gohil, another traveler who had booked his vacation with his family, “We had to go to Sikkim for ten days from December 21.
Our airline tickets must be canceled when the airline told us that we were from Maharashtra where there was a new Covid variant case.
Other countries do not accept travelers from countries that have recorded the Omicron case.
So, we cancel the ticket and have to release almost 50% of the cost.
“Many travelers have booked a family vacation and alert to travel.
They say that bringing family is a big risk because even if they are vaccinated, they don’t want to expose their children to a new variant.
Amir Sayyed, a tourist operator, said, “There is a lot of hotel booking cancellation in the last few days because the hotel has forced strict restrictions with other tests and rules that are difficult to follow by many tourists.”