Welcome to Travel Well with Allan Wright! In this week’s episode, Allan discusses vaccine passports and how the COVID vaccine will most likely be required to travel internationally – and even domestically in some cases. Not on our email list already? Subscribe now to get our weekly travel news updates delivered directly to your inbox. Can’t watch the Continue Reading →
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Review of At-Home COVID Testing Kits
Welcome to Travel Well with Allan Wright! In this week’s episode, Allan discusses and reviews the different options for at-home COVID testing kits. At-home testing could be useful to people, especially as countries and airlines start to require COVID testing prior to travel. Please note, the blog post below has been corrected to note that the at-home Continue Reading →
Is It Safe To Ski During COVID?
Is it safe to ski during COVID? The risks might be higher than you think. For six months, I have been telling our traveler community it is not travel itself that is the highest risk. It is what you do when you get there. And in terms of activities, I have extolled the benefits of Continue Reading →
The Worst of COVID Is Yet to Come
Don’t give up now on your mask and social distancing precautions, as the worst of COVID is yet to come. I am no scientist but I have been following this pandemic closely since the beginning and have translated what I learn into actionable steps for our traveling community. What I am seeing now is scary. Continue Reading →
Is Your Travel Company Keeping You Safe?
Is Your Travel Company Keeping You Safe? This past week I watched a webinar in which an airline representative touted its safety practices and implied there was almost no chance of getting COVID on an airplane. (Not true, even though airplanes are pretty safe.) I also received newsletters from a tour company competitor that didn’t even mention COVID, Continue Reading →
Travel & COVID-19 Statistics
Welcome to Travel Well with Allan Wright! In this week’s episode, Allan compares domestic travel statistics from October 2019 and October 2020 as well as the total COVID deaths in the past seven days. Not on our email list already? Subscribe now to get our weekly travel news updates delivered directly to your inbox. Can’t watch Continue Reading →
2021 Travel Forecast & Recommendations
This week’s Travel Well focuses on COVID-19 related updates from Italy and Mexico. Allan also provides a 2021 travel forecast of what to expect in the coming months. News From Italy It is not possible for US citizens to travel to Italy for vacation. Those on more “essential” travel purposes (including students, business people, and Continue Reading →
COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement Predictions
Welcome to Travel Well with Allan Wright! In this week’s episode, Allan discusses the exciting news of two COVID-19 vaccines showing positive trial results and gives his predictions on vaccine requirements in the travel industry, and beyond, once they are readily available. Not on our email list already? Subscribe now to get our weekly travel news Continue Reading →
Travel Planning for the Near Future
Welcome to Travel Well with Allan Wright! In this week’s episode, Allan provides predictions and guidelines on what to expect for travel in the coming months. With the transition of the national U.S. government, the vaccine being released, and the pandemic hopefully winding down, we can now start to make tentative travel plans for the Continue Reading →
Zephyr Adventures to Require COVID Tests on Upcoming Tour
Zephyr Adventures and its sister company Travel Montana will require participants and guides on their upcoming February 22 – 26 Yellowstone Winter Snowshoe Adventure to be tested for COVID-19 in advance. Although travel companies cheered the recent positive news about the Pfizer vaccine trial, the likelihood of a vaccine being available to the general public Continue Reading →