I am writing this a few days prior to the final grades of my final term of college. It is a significant change that I was planning on celebrating and mourning the end of a portion of my life. This was to be our six-week, fantabulously long, Europe trip. Unfortunately, the virus has complicated the future of our trip and we are having to cancel and change the plans we made for this summer.
As is with any change the desire to stay put and continue drew us along until this last week when we finally made the final decision. No trip. We contemplated possible alternatives, like domestic travel, but all options seem morally irresponsible. So though it kills me I have come to terms with it. With the caveat that my family (the entire family) go for week-long trips once it is safe to travel again.
Our plans for the future have now become:
- Cancel all boarding locations and try to gather as many refunds as possible.
- Cancel our flight and request a voucher.
- We were flying with Icelandair and as long as they are still flying we will fly with them again within the next three years.
- Revamp the travel list into several smaller, more feasible summer trips.
The idea is that now that I am planning on employment I will not have the long vacation time that I have been accustomed to, instead, I will need to focus on creating trips that will be responsible for my workload.
3 Boys and a Mom 