The best holidays to book now | Travel

The prospect of three effective vaccines has provided a glimmer of hope for travel next year. Although last week’s announcement that quarantine would be reduced to five days from December 15 for people who pay for private PCR tests was welcome, it was a distraction from the more important questions, such as: where can we go? What hoops do we need to jump through to get there and back? Should we book now or wait for the fog to clear? Here’s the view from our crystal ball:

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Book now. If you are hoping to get anywhere half-decent in the peak periods, that is all you need to know. You are already too late for family hotspots such as Watergate Bay Hotel in Cornwall,