Canadian travellers with trips planned to Mexico weighing whether or not to

Canadian airlines are resuming flights to and from parts of Mexico after service was impacted on Sunday by violence in the region, but travellers are weighing whether or not to board them.

Air Canada, WestJet, Air Transat and Porter Airlines resumed operations in and out of Puerto Vallarta on Tuesday, while Flair Airlines said its service to the popular resort town would start again on Wednesday.

Global Affairs Canada said online that no new incidents have been reported as of Monday, but shelter-in-place warnings are still in effect for the western Mexican states of Jalisco and Nayarit following violence sparked by the killing of cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as “El Mencho,” in a military operation over the weekend.

But when asked whether Canadians with planned trips to Mexico should cancel their flights, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said on Tuesday that decisions should be made on a day-to-day basis even as the situation appears to be improving.

That’s left potential Canadians travellers like Cindy Redmile unsure about what they should do.

She’s supposed to leave Quesnel, B.C., for Cancun, Mexico, with her 18-year-old daughter next week. While Cancun and Puerto Vallarta are on opposite sides of the country, Redmile said she still worries that the situation could change again for the worse.

“I still am concerned because everything that’s happened is so fresh still,” Redmile said. “I am going with my youngest daughter, and her safety is of the utmost importance to me.”

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Others, like Lauretta Prince of Fort St. James, B.C., aren’t as concerned. She and a friend had booked a week-long trip to Puerto Vallarta with their granddaughters for mid-March to celebrate their graduations from high school and college, and they’re leaving the decision up to the kids to decide.

“I spoke with [one of my granddaughters] last night, and we both said that we’ll wait until Friday to decide and see what the climate is for Puerto Vallarta,” Prince said.

Both Redmile and Prince bought travel insurance that will allow them to rebook their vacations or get a travel credit if they choose to do so.

Insurance might not cover if you cancel

Will McAleer, executive director of the Travel Health Insurance Association of Canada, said unless travellers purchased an insurance policy that allows them to cancel for any reason, they’re likely on the hook for the trip and won’t be able to get their money back.

While most airlines are offering customers some flexibility to rebook or cancel their vacations, McAleer said that flexibility is given only for a select few departure dates in the coming days. WestJet is allowing those with flights booked to Guadalajara, Puerto Vallarta and Manzanillo until Feb….