Welcome aboard for a quick spin around the travel news globe. Here are this week’s highlights, starting with several Covid-19 related stories. Spain, France and Denmark began welcoming tourists this week, joining a handful of European countries that are now open for international travel. Keep in mind that most of these countries do require a …
A couple of weeks ago, I caught up with a high school classmate, Sue Deeks. Sue recently retired after 40+ years as a flight attendant with United. We spent a couple of hours talking about her travel experiences, recommendations, and travel tips. Here are the highlights of our conversation: The Exceptional Traveler: What’s your favorite …
A messy journey around the travel world this weekend. . .starting with a cautionary tale from Kauai. If your near-term travel plans include a rental car, make sure you have a backup plan to your backup plan. One of our fellow ET’s just returned with this report: The car rental situation is a TOTAL mess. We …
Happy Memorial Day weekend. . .welcome to the Hotel edition of This Week in Travel. Sit back, relax and we’ll catch you up on the latest right now. As much as we’ve all been wanting to start traveling again, our European hosts have been missing us as well. They may sometimes decry our lack of …
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Europe continues to inch toward welcoming US travelers. . .many US destinations are fully booked as domestic travel surges. . .Asia continues to struggle to control a dangerous Covid-19 wave. Those are the main headlines this week in travel. Italy has reopened, with Delta and, now, American offering Covid-tested flights. Here’s what to expect, from …
It’s been another eventful week in the world of travel, with a steady supply of positive and negative news. Here we go again. . .fasten your seat belts! Europe continues to open up, both internally and to international visitors. But it’s a patchwork quilt, with some countries open, others remaining closed, some with heavy restrictions, …
There are so many ways to accumulate points and miles to use for travel these days. We’re often asked which credit cards are best. Based on our experiences converting points to free travel, the best choices are the cards that accumulate their own unique, transferable rewards points. These cards provide the most flexibility for use …
If you’re a regular reader of these eclectic weekly roundup posts, you know that we’re a pretty optimistic group here at The Exceptional Traveler. We’ve reported on the gradually increasing number of destinations that have reopened, showed you how to get there pretty inexpensively and shared some of your experiences as fellow ETs have cautiously …
With Europe opening up soon, we thought we would focus on travel across The Pond in this week’s wrap up. It looks like Spain is following the lead of Greece and planning to open to fully vaccinated visitors by June 1. They will start requiring a “digital certificate” confirming vaccinations at all Spanish airports in …
A quick trip around the travel world. . .starting now: Here’s a nice map from NBC News showing the travel status of every country in the world. There haven’t been a lot of changes in the last few weeks, but the US State Department caused quite a stir this week when they moved 115 countries …
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