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Indeed, a great time to vacation in the UK!

Mountain_Skies 4y ago
Many of my friends who regularly made trips to Europe pre-pandemic have been lured into making their first trips since 2019 due to the strength of the dollar against the Euro. Probably will be many similarly attracted to the UK by the weak Pound. Guess that's good news for the travel industry even if so much else is going wrong.
- pavlov 4y ago
  I lived in London for some years and wouldn’t choose to go to the UK as a tourist in the winter. It’s bleak and damp. If the UK travel industry does benefit from the cheap pound, it probably won’t have any effect until next summer.
  - blitzar 4y ago
    I lived in London for some years and wouldn’t choose to go to the UK as a tourist in the summer. There is a reason everyone in the UK goes to Europe in summer - it is much nicer.
    - helij 4y ago
      I live in London and would choose to go to the UK as a tourist at pretty much any time of the year. Plenty to see and do. London weather gets bad rep but I find it pretty good. Rarely goes below zero degrees Celsius and is rarely so hot that you struggle. I actually prefer London weather to central/south European one for example. More consistent, pleasant all year round. This is all personal though...
      - theironhammer 4y ago
        I would agree. Perhaps if it got more sunny days, but temps wise it's not at all. When I was in Paris a local informed me that Paris gets more rain than London. I suspect though London rain is more spread out throughout the year.
    - mFixman 4y ago
      The tragedy of the UK is that its many spots with world-class beauty such as the Lake District, Snowdonia, or the breath of Scottish Highlands aren't as popular internationally as they should be since they are pricy. Maybe it's for the best: hiking trails not being extremely crowded during the warm seasons makes tourism more enjoyable.
  - Symbiote 4y ago
    Take a tip from the Danish tourist board and advertise it as "cosy" (i.e. hygge).
KerrAvon 4y ago
just don’t require any medical attention while you’re there, or, like, heat….
- xuki 4y ago
  Travel insurance is cheap.
  - scott_w 4y ago
    Doesn’t make a difference because you’ll not get a hospital bed
    - checker659 4y ago
      Why?
      - chanc3e 4y ago
        Nearly all A&E (ER) rooms are managed by the NHS. Private ones are few and far between so it’s likely that a tourist with insurance will end up in a standard A&E - which can have very long wait times[1]. The NHS is also using private clinics to help clear backlogs - so even private insurance can lead to a long time to see a consultant. Ambulances also do not have good response times. [1]https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/projects/urgent-emergency-care/urgent-and-emergency-care-mythbusters https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/projects/urgent-emergency-care/...
        echelon 4y ago
        I hate to chime in with an ask, but does someone have a good read on healthcare in developed nations and mind commenting? I always hear and read complaints that the US doesn't have a single player public option for health insurance, and that it makes our country one of the worst. Other nations with "good health care" seem to pay their workers less, have higher taxes, have long wait times at the ER, weak militaries, etc. Something always seems to give. How would you rank and quantify the various medical systems of the world? Where does the US fall? Why, and how could we make it better? I'd like to be better informed about healthcare as a matter of policy and how it fits into the bigger scope of government spending.

Many of my friends who regularly made trips to Europe pre-pandemic have been lured into making their first trips since 2019 due to the strength of the dollar against the Euro. Probably will be many similarly attracted to the UK by the weak Pound. Guess that's good news for the travel industry even if so much else is going wrong.

pavlov 4y ago
I lived in London for some years and wouldn’t choose to go to the UK as a tourist in the winter. It’s bleak and damp. If the UK travel industry does benefit from the cheap pound, it probably won’t have any effect until next summer.
- blitzar 4y ago
  I lived in London for some years and wouldn’t choose to go to the UK as a tourist in the summer. There is a reason everyone in the UK goes to Europe in summer - it is much nicer.
  - helij 4y ago
    I live in London and would choose to go to the UK as a tourist at pretty much any time of the year. Plenty to see and do. London weather gets bad rep but I find it pretty good. Rarely goes below zero degrees Celsius and is rarely so hot that you struggle. I actually prefer London weather to central/south European one for example. More consistent, pleasant all year round. This is all personal though...
    - theironhammer 4y ago
      I would agree. Perhaps if it got more sunny days, but temps wise it's not at all. When I was in Paris a local informed me that Paris gets more rain than London. I suspect though London rain is more spread out throughout the year.
  - mFixman 4y ago
    The tragedy of the UK is that its many spots with world-class beauty such as the Lake District, Snowdonia, or the breath of Scottish Highlands aren't as popular internationally as they should be since they are pricy. Maybe it's for the best: hiking trails not being extremely crowded during the warm seasons makes tourism more enjoyable.
- Symbiote 4y ago
  Take a tip from the Danish tourist board and advertise it as "cosy" (i.e. hygge).

KerrAvon 4y ago

just don’t require any medical attention while you’re there, or, like, heat….

xuki 4y ago
Travel insurance is cheap.
- scott_w 4y ago
  Doesn’t make a difference because you’ll not get a hospital bed
  - checker659 4y ago
    Why?
    - chanc3e 4y ago
      Nearly all A&E (ER) rooms are managed by the NHS. Private ones are few and far between so it’s likely that a tourist with insurance will end up in a standard A&E - which can have very long wait times[1]. The NHS is also using private clinics to help clear backlogs - so even private insurance can lead to a long time to see a consultant. Ambulances also do not have good response times. [1]https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/projects/urgent-emergency-care/urgent-and-emergency-care-mythbusters https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/projects/urgent-emergency-care/...
      - echelon 4y ago
        I hate to chime in with an ask, but does someone have a good read on healthcare in developed nations and mind commenting? I always hear and read complaints that the US doesn't have a single player public option for health insurance, and that it makes our country one of the worst. Other nations with "good health care" seem to pay their workers less, have higher taxes, have long wait times at the ER, weak militaries, etc. Something always seems to give. How would you rank and quantify the various medical systems of the world? Where does the US fall? Why, and how could we make it better? I'd like to be better informed about healthcare as a matter of policy and how it fits into the bigger scope of government spending.