Travel has come to a halt and no one quite knows when it will start moving again. But that shouldn’t stop us planning our next trip.
In fact, the lockdown might open up new possibilities for many of us and create a stronger desire to get going.
Here are the dream destinations of some people in the public eye — and how you can emulate them.
Felicity Kendal - The Good Life actress yearns for the calm of coastal India
The Good Life actress Felicity Kendal says she longs to return to a hideaway she loves in the Indian resort of Goa, pictured
Felicity, pictured, says she loves staying in a 'posh five-star hotel'
I totally love a posh five-star hotel and I am a complete tart for turn-down service, but all I am craving right now is less: just nature, family and simplicity. When this chaos is over I long to return to a hideaway I love in Goa.
We go as a family and rent a few basic little bungalows on a stretch of sandy beach shaded by palm trees.
No room service, wi-fi, or television, and no amplified man-made sounds.
It is just the birds at dawn and the cicadas at night.
How to do it: A beach holiday at a four-star resort hotel in Goa costs from £1,300pp this winter with Goa Experience (goaexperience.co.uk). Qatar Airways (qatarairways.com) London to Goa via Doha, from £584 return.
Chris Tarrant - radio and television presenter Chris dreams of an African safari
TV host Chris Tarrant can't wait to get back on an African safari in the stunning Kruger National Park, pictured, in South Africa
Chris says hearing the roar of a lion while on safari is 'unforgettable'
I'll head for the Sabi Sands game reserve in South Africa’s Kruger National Park.
Hearing a mighty lion roar is unforgettable: the booming noise can literally make the ground shake.
Elephants mating, giraffes fighting, monkeys screaming out as a predator approaches, huge crocodiles sliding into the water and hippos honking. It’s all there.
And woe betide anyone who comes between a hippo and its water hole.
How to do it: A four-night stay at the Chitwa Chitwa Private Game Lodge in the Sabi Sands game reserve with Indigo Safaris (wetu.com) starts at £1,980pp.
Fly with British Airways (ba.com), London to Johannesburg, from £486 return.
Britt Ekland - the actress would escape the UK’s capital to be with family in her native Sweden
Britt Ekland says she would love to go back to her native Sweden to be with her family. Pictured is the capital, Stockholm
Britt is currently in London with her 'darling dog' Bowie
I am in London with my darling dog Bowie.
But I would like to go back to my house by the sea in Sweden and be with my grandchildren.
I would teach them how to row my rubber dinghy and how to use the tractor to cut the grass neatly in perfect rows.
How to do it: Baltic Travel Company offers an eight-night fly-drive holiday.
You can visit Dalarna, Stockholm and Gothenburg for £1,085pp.(baltictravelcompany.com).
Bernardine Evaristo - the joint winner of last year’s Booker Prize has her eyes on Bali
The winner of last year's Booker Prize, Bernadine Evaristo, would love to visit Bali, pictured, as it 'sounds so exotic'
I’ve wanted to visit Bali for years. It just sounds so exotic.
I’d see the historical sites, take massages, go to yoga classes . . . and just chill.
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