Greetings from – where else – home! I remember a time when I would write “Greetings from X” and each week, it would be a new city, state, island or country. Those days seem long gone but they will be back. The billion-dollar question is: when? The answer will vary but for some adventurous Americans, it seems the time is now.
TSA numbers have vastly increased from a month ago. Yesterday (Wednesday, May 27), 261,170 people went through U.S. security checkpoints and last Friday, a whopping 340,769. Those numbers include airport workers and flight crew but still, it’s a huge jump. If you are flying, please let me know what your experience has been, either by commenting on this post or via email, Twitter… I know with all the airline’s shrinking their schedules and aircrafts, planes are going out “heavy” (almost full) especially from hub airports.
A reader asked me this week if it was safe for them to fly from upstate New York to Florida for vacation in June. I wrote back saying that I’m not telling people what to do because no one really knows but personally, I wouldn’t get on a plane or put any of my kids on one anytime soon. Instead, I’m encouraging people to stay home and explore close to home and from a safe distance from people. Why take a chance unless you absolutely have to. I’m waiting to see what happens over the next several months.
What It’s Like to Fly to Australia During Covid19 One of my friends flew to Australia to see family so I interviewed her for my new podcast, Johnny Jet’s Travel Podcast. I asked her all kinds of questions from what the flight, arrival and the mandatory two-week quarantine was like (spoiler: she was in an all-expenses paid luxury hotel that U.S. presidents have stayed in). You can
read the post here and listen to the unedited interview in full on
my podcast. Don’t forget to subscribe!
My YouTube Channel: More 39 Travel Questions Interviews I continue to interview big time travelers for my
39 Travel Questions Series on YouTube. In addition to Josh Gates, Andrew McCarthy and Jack Maxwell, this week I’ve added:
Christine van Blokland, Host of
Curious TravelerKathy McCabe, Host of
Dream of ItalyAndrea Feczko, Co-host of ABC's
Vacation CreationMickela Mallozzi, Host of
Bare Feet with Mickela MalloziHeather Greenwood Davis, She and her family were named
National Geographic “Travelers of the Year” after travelling to 29 countries on six continents
Gabe Saglie,
Travelzoo Deals Expert
Father's Day Gift Guide Father's Day is around the corner and this year, I'll be celebrating my first Father's Day as a father of two. It still seems hard to believe! In this year's gift guide, I've rounded up some mostly travel-inspired gift ideas that Dad can use at home and on the road when the time comes.
Check out my 2020 Father's Day Gift Guide here.
Travel news roundups (scroll down) Speaking of travel news, there’s once again a ton of it so I created separate posts for each category (air, cruise, domestic, international…) to help organize it.
Airline and airport news:
Cruise news:
Domestic travel news:
International travel news:
Miscellaneous travel news:
