UK Passport Holders on Odyssey November Sailings

[Philandher]

Unfortunately the FCDO has not removed it's advisory note against all but essential travel to Guadeloupe, one of the stops on Odyssey's sailings from November.

The consequence of this is that regular travel insurance is invalidated, specialist companies who cover for travelling against FCDO advice will not include cruises.

Any thoughts from anybody?

[MikeD1000]

I found the mention you referred to, but there seems to be no explanation.  Clearly not Covid as Guadeloupe isn't on what's left of the red list.  There is a mention of Zika and there are warnings not to go on the beach at night and not to carry valuables.  Both not uncommon advisories in the Caribbean.

 

Of course we all know that at certain times of the year there is at least one murder a week, but the police in Honore seem to solve them pretty quickly, usually in an hour. 🙂

[Philandher]

On 10/14/2021 at 11:15 AM, MikeD1000 said:

I found the mention you referred to, but there seems to be no explanation.  Clearly not Covid as Guadeloupe isn't on what's left of the red list.  There is a mention of Zika and there are warnings not to go on the beach at night and not to carry valuables.  Both not uncommon advisories in the Caribbean.

 

Of course we all know that at certain times of the year there is at least one murder a week, but the police in Honore seem to solve them pretty quickly, usually in an hour. 🙂

These explain the issues 

French islands overwhelmed by the coronavirus pandemic’s fourth wave – POLITICO

Guadeloupe travel advice - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

[MikeD1000]

We do not intend to get off the ship in Guadeloupe, as we are anchoring off some small islands that are some way from the main island and Pointe de Pitre.  I know that when Covid was the problem in Europe, especially Montenegro which was red for a while, then even sailing in their waters was deemed to be a risk, as passengers might disembark and re-board having come into contact.  The ship we were on a little later apparently had just been to Montenegro when the advice changed, and the line whisked all British passengers back to the UK before they would have had to do hotel quarantine.  The comment about death announcements on the radio doesn't mention that each announcement is fairly detailed and therefore lengthy.  In Barbados they are often at least five minutes.

 

Not sure about Martinique, but there doesn't seem to be FDCO advice not to go there, and it may well change before we sail, and again it isn't on the red list.   Barbados as well is talking about reducing the amount of testing needed to enter.

 

We are hoping that the FDCO advice is not binding, and since we aren't going to leave Odyssey in Guadeloupe the insurance shouldn't matter.

 

Just in case the final paragraph of my previous posting was worrying, it was a passing reference to Death In Paradise.  Hope you realised.