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 …
Here’s our roundup of the stories that caught our eye this past week. . . A lot of talk, but not many changes in the countries we can visit. The US and UK are talking about a travel corridor https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/us-uk-travel-corridor-vacations-2021/index.html, Italy wants to make some islands Covid-free and visitor friendly https://www.forbes.com/sites/irenedominioni/2021/04/10/italy-on-the-lookout-to-save-summer-tourismby-launching-covid-free-islands/?sh=4345009576bd and, best of all, …
We hope you had a chance to read our previous post, an interview with Julia Menez, founder of Geobreeze Travel. She is a travel hacking coach, helping people to play the Points & Miles Game for their benefit by financing some or all of their travel. She encourages her clients to work backwards by determining …
Here’s your weekly roundup of travel news. Slowly, more countries are beginning to welcome fully vaccinated visitors (FVV’s) without testing or quarantine. Right now, it’s just a trickle. . .but we think it will gain momentum soon as the world becomes comfortable with the protection of the vaccines. Joining Belize and Guatamala this week are …
Your weekly roundup of travel news is back! Despite the quickening pace of vaccinations in the US, the CDC still discourages travel. But that hasn’t stopped a couple of states from loosening their Covid-19 restrictions. We reported a couple of weeks ago that Vermont has waived its testing and quarantine requirements for fully vaccinated visitors. …
It’s been a pretty quiet week for Covid-19 travel restriction changes. We haven’t seen much that would change the climate we reported on to you last week. About the only development of note is that Vermont is now waiving its testing and quarantine requirements for visitors that are fully vaccinated. There is continued discussion and …
Happy Valentine’s Day and Presidents Day weekend! Today is also the beginning of the Year of the Ox in the Chinese zodiac calendar. In our previous lives, this was a great weekend to get away, but not so much this year. We invite you to think about future travel plans this weekend, with our weekly …
Most of us have had the pleasure of taking our kids or grandchildren to Disney, and of course we took them on the “It’s a Small World” ride. . .after all! We’ve been to Disney several times, and ran into someone we knew almost every time. It does seem to be a small world. Perhaps …
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