Over the past few weeks, I’ve documented various countries around the globe that have imposed a variety of travel restrictions (including banning people from entering and leaving a country) in an effort to slow the spread of the COVID-19. Well…
California Governor Puts 40 Million Residents On Lockdown
California’s Governor, Gavin Newsom, issued a statewide stay-at-home order – effective immediately – Thursday evening for all California counties as a new measure to bend the curve of those affected by the novel coronavirus. The major announcement came after…
USA Warns Americans: Do Not Travel Abroad, Come Home If Abroad
This isn’t unexpected, but the US Department of State has just issued a Level 4 (“Do Not Travel”) advisory for all international travel. Given this development, US citizens are advised not to travel internationally, and if they’re outside the US…
Why I’m Waiting To Change or Cancel My Airplane Ticket (…and You Should Too)
Travel demand around the world is plunging. With constant changes to border restrictions and new medical advice daily, travel confidence is low and even those undeterred by health effects fear mandatory quarantine, or restrictions or issues getting home. Just like the airlines, one can only hope that…
“I’m Stuck In Dubai!”
This morning the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced some drastic measures to battle COVID-19. To my knowledge, they may be the first country to not only to ban people from entering the country, they also took it a step further and banned people from leaving the country.
Marriott Furloughs “Tens Of Thousands” Of Employees, Closing Hotels
Marriott International Inc., the world’s largest hotel company with nearly 1.4 million rooms world-wide, said it is starting to furlough what it expects will be tens of thousands of employees as it ramps up hotel closings across the globe.
European Union Closes Borders In Fight Against Coronavirus
Over the past few days, it’s been challenging to keep up with what “borders” are closed and which ones are open, but I think it’s
Update: All Las Vegas Casinos Ordered To Close By Order of Governor
A days ago, I wrote an article about the MGM and Wynn properties closing in Las Vegas. At the time, it was only a temporary 2-week closure but I received a few messages from readers concerned about their plans to visit Las Vegas during the next month. Well, it appears that no one will be visiting the Las Vegas hotels for the next 30 days.
New United Card Launches With Massive 100K Offer. Is It Worth It?
Before we dive into this, let me say that there are more important things going on right now than the introduction of new credit cards. However, I still think this is a great time to…
Heads Up: Southwest Sale Caps Prices at $199 (13K one-way)
While I am certainly NOT suggesting that anyone should be traveling by plane right now, if you need travel sometime before July, this Southwest sale could be helpful.
Why I Don’t Feel Sorry For US Airlines: $50+ Billion To Bail Them Out?
Surprise, surprise – US airlines are coming to the government less than 13 years after their last handout in search of yet another handout, despite years of making billions in annual profit during most of those years. The airlines…
American Airlines Cuts International Flights By 75%
I have spent quite a bit of time canceling flights over the last few days and I imagine as airlines massively modify their schedules on an almost daily basis, it’s creating a scheduling nightmare.
Wow: Delta Cuts 40% Of Flights, Suspends Flights to Europe, Parks 300 Planes, Terminates 800 Contractors
Delta’s CEO, Ed Bastian sent a letter to employees outlining some of the measures the company will be taking in the weeks ahead.
OUCH! United Airlines Won’t Refund Customers With Schedule Changes For 12 Months
Given the current status of global airline travel, we’ve seen various announcements from airlines over the past week but none more than United Airlines as they have introduced 5 different refund policies in just one week. They changed it so many times that…
BREAKING: Las Vegas Wynn, Encore, and MGM Properties Temporarily Closing Due To Coronavirus
As the situation continues to unfold, we are seeing A LOT of information shared and debated across various platforms. Over the past few days I’ve kept my eye on one travel destination that generally feels the pressure a bit more than other locations when travel slumps…
Making Lemonade?: ~$500 Roundtrip Business Class Flights (Europe to USA) via SkyTeam
Let me start this post by emphasizing that obviously there are more important things going on in the world, but I think for everyone’s sake, some distraction is actually a good thing. Make no mistake about it…
Hyatt Postponing Category Changes and Peak/Off-Peak Pricing
In light of the current pandemic, World of Hyatt has led the way and been the most concise hotel brand issuing various statements that have built upon the previous statements. Last night, the hotel brand issued a number of announcements that should cover everyone that has a reservations and everyone that is thinking about making a reservation…
Update: USA Bans European Travel For 30 Days (Now Includes UK & Ireland)
Tonight, the USA announced a 30-day travel ban for Europe. What does this mean for you? And what should you do if you have travel to the to/from the US? I trust that you’ve heard about the…
Cancel All My Flights? Social Distancing? Am I Crazy?
As air travel has become increasingly precarious over the last few days with flight cancelations and country-wide quarantines amid the coronavirus pandemic, I’ve been having an internal struggle concerning my travel schedule. I’m writing this post because…
Update: AfroNation Puerto Rico Announces Cancellation
I don’t think this will come as a surprise to many but safety over everything seem to be the approach that government officials around the world are taking to help combat the spread of the coronavirus and Puerto Rico is amongst the latest to issue precautionary measures…
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