How will the world be different post Covid 19?

Roberto Baggio wrote: We were in the process of buying a house, it had just gone sale agreed to us last Friday. Going to put it on hold for a bit now if possible. Very uncertain 4 - 6 months upon us

Just a thought about that Irish lad who is stuck in Peru.
I think he could have got a flight a few days ago but it would have cost about €3,500.
He said he could not afford that.
He has travel insurance.
But now there is no information and no flights. He is stuck.
Anyone here ever set off on a round the world trip.
How much do you have to have saved before you go?
How much instant cash do you have?
How much contingency money do you have on reserve?
He’s 28, I think he is with another person, so their parents probably aren’t that old (probably still working).
The point I’m trying to get at is that if he really wanted to get home he’d get the money somewhere and then pay it back when he gets home, or try to claim it through his travel insurance.
It is not a huge amount of money.
Their previously booked flights have been cancelled, will they get a refund?
I presume he wasn’t on the breadline before he set off and had a job before he went.
Another traveler is saying there is resentment from the locals about the Europeans bringing the virus to their country, which must be awful.
Another saying there is a curfew from 8pm to 5am....is that really a big deal?

Shedite wrote: GB 1HughJarse wrote: Just a thought about that Irish lad who is stuck in Peru. I think he could have got a flight a few days ago but it would have cost about €3,500. He said he could not afford that. He has travel insurance. But now there is no information and no flights. He is stuck. Anyone here ever set off on a round the world trip. How much do you have to have saved before you go? How much instant cash do you have? How much contingency money do you have on reserve? He’s 28, I think he is with another person, so their parents probably aren’t that old (probably still working). The point I’m trying to get at is that if he really wanted to get home he’d get the money somewhere and then pay it back when he gets home, or try to claim it through his travel insurance. It is not a huge amount of money. Their previously booked flights have been cancelled, will they get a refund? I presume he wasn’t on the breadline before he set off and had a job before he went. Another traveler is saying there is resentment from the locals about the Europeans bringing the virus to their country, which must be awful. Another saying there is a curfew from 8pm to 5am....is that really a big deal? I've been on those trips, there's days you couldn't coordinate ordering lunch let alone coordinating a trip home. And it's a once in a lifetime thing, if ya go home, it's over. I can see why they'd be hesitent to give up.

I don’t think he’s hesitant to give up, he’s hesitant to fork out for it.
To get there in the first place he did manage to coordinate money/flights/visas/jabs etc, but now all of a sudden he’s turned to jelly.

Coveney just confirmed BA and Aer Lingus are sending a charter to Lima

They've already said they're deferring collections for two months.

They'll be whinging that they didn't consent to be being infected by the virus.

Like this helmet -

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-47154287


Edited by horsebox - 24 Mar 2020 at 4:31pm

The number of members in gyms could go down

Edited by Roberto Baggio - 24 Mar 2020 at 8:54pm

Roberto Baggio wrote: The number of members in gyms could go down If people are outside running or exercising in their back gardens all summer they may realise that they don’t need a gym and save themselves 50 quid a month when this is all over

pre Madonna wrote: coyne wrote: Roberto Baggio wrote: The number of members in gyms could go down If people are outside running or exercising in their back gardens all summer they may realise that they don’t need a gym and save themselves 50 quid a month when this is all over  They go down in the summer anyways. Absolutely no one suggests let's go do some burpees when it's 20+ degrees outside.  That depends on whether or not you have windees.