SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Travel-hungry Californians are not welcome in New York and can’t even land in Europe due to the growing coronavirus outbreak in their home state, so they’re being courted by local tourism boards promising accommodation Safe and clean, dining and sightseeing in a bid to boost your …
Read More »Portugal criticizes UK decision to remove it from quarantine list as ‘absurd’
(CNN) – The Portuguese government denounced the British government’s decision not to lift quarantine for people traveling from the Portuguese mainland as “absurd” and “pointless”, saying the UK has seven times as many cases of coronavirus as it does . Augusto Santos Silva, the country’s foreign minister, said Portugal was …
Read More »5 American vacationers denied entry to Sardinia, according to new EU rules
(CNN) – Five Americans who flew in a private jet to the Mediterranean island of Sardinia were denied entry to Italy on Wednesday due to new EU travel restrictions to countries with high rates of coronavirus infection, police told CNN. The private jet, which took off from Colorado with 11 …
Read More »Before hitting the road, the ins and outs of road trip insurance
The closure of the seemingly endless national pandemic has resulted in high demand for cumulative travel. As the second big long summer vacation weekend begins, people looking to celebrate Independence Day hop into their cars and caravans for road trips, which many consider a safer bet than traveling by car. …
Read More »The future of air travel.
Summer vacations used to mean wine tasting in Tuscany, backpacking in Southeast Asia, or trips to the Grand Canyon. But fears that planes could be a breeding ground for Covid-19 infections have wreaked havoc with the air transport industry. “This could take several years before we are in our new …
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