Latest Dining Trend? Rapid Covid-19 Tests at Restaurants
Posted on 11/19/2020, 6:00 AM
What pairs best with a nasal swab—prosecco or champagne? The City Winery restaurant chain is about to ask that question. City Winery locations, dedicated to wine appreciation and live music (in normal times), are currently open in Atlanta, Chicago, New York State's Hudson Valley, Nashville, and New York City. Outposts in Boston, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C., are temporarily closed due to th...
For Flyers Who Want Vacant Middle Seats, Only One Airline Will Qualify Now
Posted on 11/18/2020, 9:00 AM
For Americans who would rather fly with an empty seat beside them, there is only one choice now. One by one, all the other airlines have peeled away from their commitment to leave middle seats vacant and allow a modicum of social distancing on flights. Not Delta Air Lines. It has decided that it will continue to limit capacity on flights through the end of March 2021. In a statement, the airlin...
What Road Trips Are Really Like Right Now: Staying Safe, Saving Money
Posted on 11/18/2020, 6:00 AM
Life goes on. Although it may be wiser to wait until there’s a vaccine before hitting the road (a prospect that, knock wood, seems right around the corner), many of us want, or even need, to travel sooner than that. There are ways to take road trips safely and economically, but some advance planning is a necessity. Too much is closed or limited right now for travelers to simply trust in chance. ...
Need a Covid Test to Travel? Vendors Can No Longer Keep Up
Posted on 11/18/2020, 4:00 AM
In October, Hawaii brought in a new entry system in a desperate effort to salvage its tourism business. Since October 15, arriving tourists have been required to furnish their own negative Covid-19 test results or else face quarantine upon arrival. To try to facilitate this logical process, which matches what many international countries are also requiring, Hawaii teamed up with a list of approved...
Holiday Travel in 2020: Safer Places to Go, Places to Stay, Road Trips
Posted on 11/13/2020, 2:00 PM
It sometimes feels like Covid-19 stripped us of the most precious parts of our humanity. Thanks to the virus, theater, dance, and music performances are too dangerous to attend, as are dinner parties in homes. Even the act of a grandparent cradling a new grandchild carries risks right now. For this reason, scientists and government officials have been begging the public not to visit extended famil...
Celebrity Cruises Goes All-Inclusive: Drinks, Wi-Fi Now Included in Fare
Posted on 11/11/2020, 2:00 PM
When travel collapsed, one of the first things that happened was the airlines stopped playing some of their petty pricing games with customers. Suddenly, when they realized they needed us, airlines wanted to be our friends. Cancellation fees were dropped. Then change fees went out the window. Now that the cruise lines are gearing up to restart vacations in the United States, it's cruising's tu...
Holiday Air Travel in 2020: Safety, Finding Cheap Fares, and More
Posted on 11/11/2020, 10:00 AM
If you plan to fly over the holiday season, let’s start with the good news: Your airplane ride may be the safest part of your trip. To be frank, I'm not convinced that holiday travel is an altogether good idea in 2020; click here to read my article that gathers the current warnings against leaving home this year. Still, if you're going to be in the air, studies have shown that—because of HEPA-grad...
Is Holiday Travel Safe in 2020?
Posted on 11/10/2020, 4:00 PM
Our headline is the question thousands of families are asking themselves in the run-up to the end of the year. Depending on where you live in the United States, you may have already heard a direct answer. The governors of Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin have all issued statements advising residents to forego holiday travel and large, indoor family ga...
Why Key West's Ban on Big Ships Will Change Caribbean Cruises
Posted on 11/06/2020, 5:00 PM
Once a quiet fishing village and quirky haven for writers, artists, and free spirits, the Florida Straits city of Key West veered toward tourist-trap territory starting in the 1970s. That's when cruise ships began arriving, intermittently at first, to disgorge their cargo of fun-seeking passengers. They would descend on the bars and souvenir stands near the dock for a few hours before heading back...
Cruise Lines Need Guinea Pigs to Try Out Virus Safety Protocols on Voyages
Posted on 10/30/2020, 11:00 AM
The Centers for Disease Control, guided by watching European cruising restart and by reviewing recommendations from the major lines, has finally dropped its ban on cruises and released its own list of requirements for bringing cruising back to American ports. The CDC and cruise lines have spent the last eight months honing their safety plans. Most of the CDC's requirements, which apply to any crui...
