Mamma Mia, when should I book for a Greek islands wedding?

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Attending October nuptials in the Greek islands needn’t be hostage to Brexit (Getty)

Q I realise that there is a lot of uncertainty in relation to the outcome associated with Brexit day on 29 March, especially with planning trips to Europe. However, I wondered whether you could provide any comments in relation to purchasing airline tickets to Crete?

I have been invited to a Cretan wedding in mid-October. Having checked air fares, Jet2 are showing some reasonably priced tickets. Do you think it’s worth purchasing tickets now, at the end of March or later in the summer, when perhaps there will be less uncertainty?

Pamela D

A Mid-October is an ideal time to be Crete, with very good value air fares – as long as you are able to avoid the UK half-terms (broadly the spell from Saturday 19 October to Sunday 3 November). Prices rise and choice dwindles during this school break, though flying back up to 24 October should be unaffected.

Assuming you can avoid the fares surge, there is no need to book tickets now. You can expect plenty of seats left by, say, the end of August, which is when I would start to look.

So you are in the happy position that you can merely spectate as Brexit gets closer. The worst case scenario is that, in the event of a no-deal exit from the European Union, UK airlines will not be able to operate more flights to Greece than they did in 2018. Were this to happen, you can expect choice to be slight more limited and fares to be rather higher than if there is an orderly departure.

The other aspect that is uncertain is how harsh rules will be for UK passport holders, particularly in terms of expiry dates, but if that aspect is not cleared up by October then we are in even worse trouble than we thought.

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