When can we travel again? Maybe a summer road trip. Maybe Europe in fall. Maybe 2021. Ask an expert when Americans are going to start hitting the road and flying freely again, and you’ll get a spectrum of answers. The optimists lean toward summer. Others think it will be longer. You also hear a lot of …
Picture the moment when the pandemic ebbs and you feel ready to take your next cruise. You’ll probably be thinking about your first dinner on board and the excursions you signed up for. The cruise line is thinking about something else: your health. Princess Cruises, which was hit hard by the …
On your first post-pandemic hotel stay, whenever that happens, management will be glad to see you. But don’t expect to see the front-desk clerk‘s smile. Or offer you a cookie. Or invite you to a wine-and-cheese happy hour. You might not even get a room key. And you might be glad about it all. The …
You may be wearing a mask. Middle seats could be empty on purpose. And the newest passenger may be a sky janitor. Welcome to what may be airline travel in the post-coronavirus world. We cannot know with certainty what will happen in the world of aviation, but we do know this: When the shutdown is …
Should you book summer travel now? If you’re planning to visit the Pacific Northwest, you can fly round-trip to Seattle for $117 in basic economy on legacy carriers. Deal site Travelzoo is offering the Handlery Hotel in San Diego for as little as $99 a night in June and July. Or you can book, say, …
Should you travel around the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic? The short answer: It’s up to you. Of course, the real answer is more complicated. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention usually doesn’t give travel advice and restrictions, but the agency’s website devotes an entire page of …
Few things having to do with travel will be unchanged in the post-coronavirus world, but of all the ways we travel, the all-American road trip may be least affected — at least, from a regulatory standpoint. No one will tell you to wear a mask or take your temperature or demand blood work before you …