Jyoti Baid

Read on to see how avid travelers in Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand and the Caribbean found a way to travel and explore the great outdoors. I was supposed to take a road trip throughout New Zealand, visit a friend in Australia, and also spend some time traveling across Europe. Tamara made the most of her ‘work from home’ setup by converting her van into her new home and new office! Since international travel was off-limits this year, I decided it was the perfect time to explore my home province of Alberta and spend more time outdoors.

COVID Test Challenges when traveling to Iceland during the pandemic Where were you planning to travel in 2020? Joyful travels in Europe despite the coronavirus pandemic With the majority of Europe under lockdown, and with borders opening up in clusters in the summer provided an opportunity to those living in Europe to explore their favorite cities minus international tourists. Our original plan for October (had our April trip pulled through) was either a trip to South Africa or one of the lesser-known regions in Italy, though luckily we hadn’t booked anything yet so we could easily reschedule our Portugal travel plans. Finally, we planned to spend the final days of our trip in Porto, however, we adjusted our itinerary as the number of COVID-19 cases in Porto increased during our trip.

Peru closed itself off from the world on March 16, 2020 and it wouldn’t open again until November 2, 2020. I made sure to hop on one of the first flights to the country after an international flight ban, a twenty-hour long-haul flight in the middle of the pandemic, and entered the country as one of the first foreigners during COVID times. While I thought the Philippines was a relatively safe place to ride out the pandemic, not having health insurance during a pandemic wasn’t a gamble I was willing to take. British group gets turned around from a ski trip in Northern Italy in March 2020 by Dave Chant from the UK What happened when you arrived in Italy for a ski trip as the coronavirus cases were surging and the country was locking down?

In my nearly 100 interviews with travelers during 2020 pandemic, Deanne was one of the rare travelers that kept their plans close to the original. Discovering local gems in New York and cruising on Hudson river by James Stakenburg from New York City Hudson River Cruise in New York. To be safe during the pandemic, we knew driving somewhere local and not stopping in small towns along the way would be the best way to go about traveling, so we fueled up the car and packed all the food we would need for the trip to avoid stopping. Road trip to Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Bryce Canyon and Capital Reef National Parks in Utah From San Francisco Bay Area, its a 12 1/2 hour drive to Escalante plus any stops.