Greetings,

Firstly - my thoughts and prayers go out to all those in Mumbai at the moment.

I have plans to travel to Mumbai at the end of July for a week. However, I am now considering cancelling the trip. This is now perhaps the safest time to travel to Mumbai, but am concerned that the increased security is going to make visiting tourist locations and hotels a little more frustrating than usual, and that general sentiment is going to be a little miserable.

Anyone have any thoughts / insight ?

Thanks.

Go!

We live in a world where a terrorist attack can happen any time, any place and where security measures are burdensome, often without being effective. I wouldn't let it change your plans.

Don't cancel. Security will be very tight, so if you are worried at all it is the best time to go.

go for sure... i am not changing my plans to go to india

We leave in September and are not canceling. I'm concerned thought about the train portion of the trip after hearing about another derailing.

You should go. Yes, there is security, thus safer.
All schools for children were open the very next day, offices are open and life goes on.
Just be cautious and alert.
Good luck and best wishes.

@Snowbeingo. As travelaw and Ileen said, it will, if anything, be "safer."

Security (of various degrees) has been commonplace in the major chain hotels there (Tajf, Oberoi, ITC,Royal ORchid) since the Mumbai terrorist attacks in November 2008.

Dgunbug, i think of ALL the train derailings (too common) every time on a train in India. If you've seen "The Namesake"--the scene of it is not fiction.

You should still go. India has been dealing with security issues for years and years. Increased security measures have been in place for a long time and have been enhanced where needed, but not to the point of stifling the ability to do things.

You should go. India has been on high alert fo many years, and as mentioned above security at sights and most hotels is already stringent (which is why these people go for softer targets these days), so you should not encounter any additional delays. According to friends in Mumbai, there was little or no disruption yessterday in Mumbai outside of the areas where the blasts occured. Airports were operating normally as well.

Thanks for the input !! I think I'm not going to cancel - just postpone by a month or so.

Odds are overwhelming it will be a a small thing

Did not even disrupt the stock market...

monitor travel.state.gov and insuremytrip.com

But go and enjoy just stay flexible with plans...

As in most cities, including Paris and New York (and in my case Toronto and Detroit) you are far more likely to be run over crossing the street than struck down by a terrorist. If you allow terrorist gestures to spook you, you aid them. And better to see real world dynamics than Disneyland.