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Here we are in mid Nov 2020, the year of the pandemic.  Vacation travel has ground to a halt.  Americans still are not allowed to fly to Europe.  Cruise ships are still not allowed to sail from US ports without CDC approval, none of which has occurred. Most of the western world is seeing yet another surge of COVID 19 infections.  Yet...maybe, just maybe there's a ray of hope.  We've had good news on the vaccine front. The medical community has learned a lot about how to treat those that are infected and fatalities are way down.  We've learned how the virus spreads and therefore what therapeutics and mitigation measures work best.  Testing has become more widespread and effective.  And the world is starting to learn how to live with the virus without the harsh shutdowns we all experienced early in 2020.

One thing we know is that how you travel in the future will be different than how you've traveled in the past.  Remember traveling before 9/11?  No TSA for example.  Well, we know things will be different based on COVID related learnings.  This post takes a look at a few examples

We thought you'd be interested in the status of Ocean Cruising in the US.  We received the following update from Cruise Week, one of the travel agent centric information providers.

Here's a smattering of travel related stories you might be interested in - just to keep you in the travel frame of mind.

Amidst the pandemic and the associated travel restrictions, it seems like no one is vacationing these days.  Is that really true?

Coronavirus will be with us for a little while longer it seems.  As we write this in late August 2020, the only thing we really know for sure is that things like travel restrictions will change over time.

As we endure the travel restricted time of COVID 19, let's examine some future travel trends.  Here's  a few that various Travel Agent magazines are noting:

We always get lots of interest in Portugal.  I think people feel they are less familiar with it than others.  We are all familiar with  Germany, France, England, Spain and Italy either through history class or perhaps friends that have been there.  But few people are familiar with Portugal.  So let's take a closer look at some favorite places to visit.

What are Ocean Cruise lines doing these days?  We know they are not sailing - at least not with US passengers.  We recently received a note from Celebrity cruises that answered this exact question.  I thought I'd share the highlights with you.

Many of our clients have asked what's selling these days?    Here's your answers.