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World Mental Health Day: ‘We’re all vulnerable at times’

Travel Counsellors
9 October 2020

“Hands up who likes 2020?” – cue a deathly silence. This year has thrown the kitchen sink at our industry, and it is not yet finished. So, how do we survive with our businesses - and our mental health - intact?

Mental Health

Mental Health Awareness Week is hosted by the Mental Health Foundation

As a business owner, the equation is simple.  “No bookings” equals “no income”.  That was the alarming predicament facing me this Easter.  

Cancellations and rearrangements became the order of the day, working harder than ever to effectively unpick the very arrangements that were supposed to yield my income for 2020. We’ve had major travel crises before, but what made this different, was the long-term and enduring nature of Covid-19.  

More than ever before, mental strategies have become vital to ensure long-term survival.