Weekly Recap #7
Travel deals, Deals on Domestic Travel, Travel to Space?
I read the news so you don't have to. Weekly updates about what's going on in the travel space Countries Opening Up
E.U. WILL Bar American Travellers as It Reopens Borders, Citing Failures on Virus: American travellers take note before booking your flight. Check if you can enter the country and check if your insurance covers your return flight if you are barred from travelling to EU.
Countries are looking to boost local tourism
UK with Staycations, Japan with discounts and coupons, US airlines targeting "visiting friends and family" travel, Belgium with Free Rail Travel To All, An Arizona senator wants to give Americans a $4,000 tax break for travel through 2021
Travel Deals
Format: Destination | Cost | Airlines | Date | Hotel London to Croatia | £26 | Easyjet | September — October 2020 | Nikolina Rooms
London to Peru | £399 | Lufthansa | July 2020 — May 2021 | Carrera
Milan to Bali | €547 | Singapore Airlines | Christmas 2020 | Destiny Villa
Oslo to Krabi (Thailand's Island) | €290 | Norwegian | Dec 2020 | Fong Krabi Resort
California to Hawaii | $189 | Alaska | mid August — mid December 2020 | Queen Kapiolani Hotel
How To Deal With Countries Opening Up
Avoid rush hour.
More deliveries. Instead of hotel's room service, maybe an Ubereats local food delivery?
Be prepared for more outside seating due to social distancing measures.
Note the wildlife that came out to explore the city when the city was shutdown. And pests. Plenty of them.
What's Going on in the Airlines Space
Rethink when you fly with American Airlines. They no longer have empty seats for social distancing. Good luck, travellers.
Italy bans carry-on bags on flights, shuts overhead bins
What to Watch Out for
I guess space travel.... is really coming soon. Or head to International Space Station... soon?
Further decline on Couchsurfing, the travel social network.
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