meagicano
Contributor
As for my personal opinion as to whether if I were booked on a vacation there at the moment. I'd cancel. I'd first talk to my insurance, because they may not want to pay up if there is no eruption, and again my not wish to pay up if there is as it'ds a known event with warning
The evacuation areas are those likely to be hit by fast moving Lava and pyrocastic flows. The whole island will get rocks and ash hurled at them.
There will be a huge stretch on the emergency services and resources dealing with those who live there without adding more vactationers
I'm trying to drag out cancelling because if something happens or there's a travel advisory issued, my insurance will pay out. My potential losses aren't that big ($300 ish in deposits, $200 in airplane change fees) but hey, if I can get them back... why not?
I feel the same way about the emergency services and resources. That's why it feels a bit tacky to go if tings don't settle down. And I don't know nearly enough about volcanoes to know whether that's realistic or not - I can't see why it would.... but tourism operators keep saying it will be fine, and so do the Balinese authorities. They all have a financial benefit from that message, however.
I guess I'll just wait and see for now... or at least until the absolute last day I can cancel without incurring additional penalties, in case insurance can bail me out.