One day the news is
filled with people advocating for the removal of restrictions on the economy and the next day it is filled with advocates wanting more restrictions on people's movements.
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| Madrid, Spain |
Mexico, Canada, and
the United States agreed to extend their border closure to nonessential travel through May 20, 2020.
Spain canceled its
running of the bulls celebration this summer and Germany canceled Oktoberfest
in Munich.
Royal Caribbean
Cruises said that their moratorium on sailings has been extended to June
11,2020.
Trump put a 60-day
stop on immigration into the United States.
People in Hawaii are
asking mainlanders not to visit.
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| Segovia, Spain |
This takes me back
to an earlier post asking when can we travel again. While countries throughout
the world are debating loosening economic restrictions including domestic
travel, it appears that international travel will be locked down for the foreseeable
future.
European leaders are
calling for a summit to discuss the travel industry as it relates to
coronavirus issues in September or October. If they're not going to be ready to
discuss international travel issues until that time, I cannot imagine
non-essential travel to Europe being allowed prior to that date.
I have yet to cancel
my July trip to Spain in the hope of a miraculous turnaround, but know that the
likelihood of my planning, mileage award accumulations, and bookings will have
to be undone.
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| Puerto Nuevo, Mexico |
Looking south of the
border, Mexico's coronavirus cases are soaring. Allowing
people from the country with the most cases in the world, the U.S., to travel
to their country any time soon also seems highly unlikely. There goes my June Cabo
trip.
Will campgrounds in
the U.S. reopen this summer? Plenty of physical distance there. Usually, you
are only close to people in the restrooms or the grocery stores. Not much
different from restrictions we are living under now.
Today, I made a
reservation for a Mammoth campground as a backup trip. A gamble I know, but we
can't be locked down in our homes through July, can we?
Take care and be
safe.
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Saturday
2 comments:
I regret to say that we had to cancel our Yellowstone trip since it won't open yet. The only silver lining my husband shared is that there is a lot of xenophobia right now so probably better to stay at home than be a victim of a hate crime.
Thank you for the comment. I agree about the xenophobia. It is one of my concerns about traveling to Mexico or Spain if we are javascript:void(0)able to go right after the borders open. People might be scared of outsiders.
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