Should I pay up now for my spring trip to Cornwall?

Simon Calder answers your questions on holiday rentals, Brexit complications and the red list travel ban

Sunseekers in St Ives before the pandemic (Getty)

Q We have paid a deposit for an apartment in St Ives, Cornwall for a holiday in mid-spring, but the letting agent is asking for the final payment this week. Their terms and conditions offer a re-book or voucher in the event of further Covid restrictions. What should we do?

Roy J

A “Mid-spring” covers a multitude of possibilities, but I shall take it as meaning April. I believe it is very likely at some stage during that month that national travel within the UK, or at least England, will be allowed once again. So I hope your trip will go ahead as planned. But as the government keeps reminding us, “Going on holiday is illegal” – and there is currently no end date to that prohibition.