by Beth Holmes | May 3, 2021 | News, Politics, Travel
Transatlantic tourism has been virtually nonexistent for over a year now, for obvious, pandemic-related reasons. And it hasn’t opened up yet, even though vaccination numbers are climbing and infection numbers are falling in both the United States and the...
by Beth Holmes | Apr 19, 2021 | News, Places On Our Bucket List, Travel, Uncategorized
When most of the features of Coney Island closed in the fall of 2019 for the usual winter closure, vendors had every expectation of opening again in February, once the snow melts. They do it every year. But in February 2020, no one got to welcome a New York spring by...
by Admin | Mar 29, 2021 | International, News
Mount Everest has been closed for a year, due to the global pandemic that’s closed pretty much everything else. It may seem like outdoor sports ought to have been spared, but locals don’t climb Everest for themselves, so everyone who comes to do so has to travel....
by Admin | Mar 15, 2021 | Business, News, Politics, Travel
The idea of vaccine passports isn’t new. It existed before the pandemic–Israel, for instance, requires travelers to be vaccinated for a variety of diseases before entering the country–and it was an immediate part of the conversation when borders...
by Admin | Feb 22, 2021 | News, Travel
Although COVID-19 is the same disease everywhere and is transmitted in the same way under the same conditions, it seems like no two travel destinations have the same protocols for screening travelers. Some countries require an antigen (blood) test, some are content...
by Admin | Feb 15, 2021 | International, News, Travel
On February 10, 2021, UK transportation secretary Grant Shapps said in a television statement that British citizens might not be allowed to travel abroad until all adults in the country have received a coronavirus vaccine. It wasn’t an official statement, but a...
