December 9, 2021 • 5 mins
Covid-19 has irreparably changed travel.
Government website SafeTravel says visiting every country except the Cook Islands will be risky and advises to avoid them.
Dunedin-based Vincent George Travel believes leisure travel will be a while off yet, while repatriation flights dominate.
Travel agent Rosann Connolly George told Tim Dower while there are Covid-19 provisions available in travel insurance, people need to read the small print.
“Nothing will cover a border restriction or a sudden lockdown, or if you are in a country and all of a sudden you are unable to leave.”
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Government website SafeTravel says visiting every country except the Cook Islands will be risky and advises to avoid them.
Dunedin-based Vincent George Travel believes leisure travel will be a while off yet, while repatriation flights dominate.
Travel agent Rosann Connolly George told Tim Dower while there are Covid-19 provisions available in travel insurance, people need to read the small print.
“Nothing will cover a border restriction or a sudden lockdown, or if you are in a country and all of a sudden you are unable to leave.”
LISTEN ABOVE
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