Coronavirus: Will my trip be refunded if I’m quarantined on arrival?

Simon Calder answers your questions on mandatory isolation and the prospects of a July holiday

The holiday can still go ahead in theory, but the traveller wants to cancel (EPA)

Q If countries impose a quarantine on arrival does that mean your travel insurance wouldn’t pay out? I’m thinking of circumstances when the trip can still technically go ahead, but the traveller understandably wants to cancel.

Pete W

A Many countries around the world are either imposing or proposing 14 days of mandatory quarantine for inbound travellers to help tackle the coronavirus pandemic. The conditions can be very strict, insisting on “institutional quarantine” at a government facility, as in New Zealand; or light touch as in Greece and Romania, where the passenger can nominate the location where they plan to self-isolate for the following two weeks.