Joe: Hotels Get Small
Hotels are cutting back their services. They claim it's for sanitary reasons due to the virus. The truth is different.
Raffio: Thanksgiving Pie
When a 98-year-old woman texts you her mother's recipe for a cherished holiday pie, give thanks and bake.
Chris Barnett
Why is Four Seasons opening a hotel in a San Francisco skyscraper where two luxury chains have already failed?
Pondering Platinum
Heavy with travel perks, the American Express Platinum also carries a hefty fee. Should you renew it or dump it?
McGarvey: Stash Stealing
With most of us traveling so much less, we're less focused on points and miles. But cyber crooks have been busy.
Joe: The Next Places
My miles and points aside, these are the destinations on my post-pandemic bucket list. I'm ready to go whenever.
Allen: E-Credit Exasperation
I have a big stockpile of E-credits with Delta Air Lines. Delta says they're easy to use. The truth? Not so much.
Delta: Your Loyalty For Sale
Delta has mortgaged SkyMiles for $9 billion. A question: Why are you still charging on Delta/Amex cards?
Joe: Unregulated Lottery
Almost 20 years ago I called frequent flyer programs unregulated lotteries. It's gotten worse since then.
Robert McGarvey: Arizona
Being sick with Coronavirus sucks. If you don’t want to join me in that club, stay away from Arizona.
Julia Ogilvie: Hawaii
We're nowhere near normal in Hawaii this summer, which is why there are only pigeons in paradise.
Chris Barnett: San Francisco
The Coronavirus has scrambled travel everywhere. But things are crazier in San Francisco's lodging scene.
David Danto: Atlantic City
Checking into and hanging out at an Atlantic City casino is a very different (and mostly good) experience.
Will Allen: Topsail Island
I have rented a beach house and have extra rooms with smashing views. But no one can come because ...you know.
Carol Pucci: Road Trips
I can offer insight into how to do local auto travel that minimizes health risks while putting joy into the journey.
Will Allen: First Flights
My principal takeaway from the weird experience of flying for the first time since the shutdown? Uncertainty.
Brancatelli: First Hotel
Breakfast at hotels is a casualty of the Coronavirus. Lots of other weird stuff is changing, too.
Roy Berger: First Flight
On my first flights in months, I found deserted airports, empty planes and cheaper hotels and car rentals.
Will Allen: First Road Trip
Even with empty flights, the airlines priced me out of a Carolina-to-Iowa itinerary. I drove roundtrip instead.
Allen: Rethinking the Road
I've done four flights and a road trip since the pandemic rules eased. Now I'm convinced it's time to stay home.
McGarvey: So I Did Have It
A belated antibody test shows I had Coronavirus when I fell ill earlier this year. Now I wonder about things.
Danto: My Docs, My Tests
Medical specialists won't see you until you have a negative test. And they will not accept another physician's test.
Firpo: Italy Gets It Right
Italy is now the global center of smart Coronavirus travel. We have drive-in testing and Covid-free flights.
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Curfew & Closure: 11/15-11/21
As the fall wave begins, curfews and closures are imposed across the globe. The Thanksgiving travel period begins.We Were Warned: 11/8-11/14
Lockdowns and restrictions begin again as cases spike globally and around the nation. The third wave will be very bad.Bad Signs Ahead: 11/1-11/7
After a hopeful October, travel interests wonder and worry about their holiday business. Numbers aren't encouraging.Closing Again: 10/25-10/31
Europe begins to shut down as flight traffic crumbles. A "dark" winter faces America as Trump abandons the fight.It's Ba-a-a-ck!: 10/18-10/24
With the Coronavirus raging again, airlines cut back again and cities consider new curfews and closures.Ugly Realities: 10/11-10/17
Third-quarter airline numbers are bad. Hotels reach the half-full marker again. European cities add new restrictions.Dark and Dull: 10/4-10/10
Broadway will stay shut. Virus numbers surge in Europe again. The global travel world falls into a post-Labor Day funk.Trump's Hot Spot: 9/27-10/3
As the second wave of virus develops, Donald Trump and the White House become a hot spot and super-spreader.On the Floor: 9/20-9/26
U.S. flying settles in at 26-32 percent of 2019 volume. Airlines react by trimming already lean schedules.Closing Again: 9/13-9/19
North American ground borders stay closed. Many hotels closing forever.Laboring: 9/6-9/12
After the sugar high of Labor Day travel, flying slumps dramatically and no one knows what comes next.Tables Turn: 8/30-9/05
China now demands U.S. visitors have a negative test before boarding a flight. A second virus wave arrives in Europe.Down We Go: 8/23-8/29
Airline travel turns downward again and hotel occupancy slips after five months of recovery. Colleges close--again.Come to Order: 8/16-8/22
Political conventions begin. Costa Rica conditionally opens to Americans, but Canberra Airport goes part-time.Calling a Time Out: 8/9-8/15
Judge upholds quarantine rules. Major college football teams delay season. Flight volume moves in narrow range.Locking Down Again: 8/2-8/8
Some cities begin locking down again. Deaths in the United States continue to soar. The travel industry is a wreck.Masks and Mayhem: 7/26-8/1
Rome opens masks-only shops. Bewley's reopens in Dublin. But elsewhere, most of the news is dreary and deadly.Global Flip-Flops: 7/19-7/25
The Bahamas is the world: It opens up to tourists, then shuts down again--but then allows visitors again.Mask Warfare: 7/12-7/18
Georgia fights over masks as retailers insist on them. Israel locks down again while U.S. cities and states retreat.Delay and Retreat: 7/5-/7-11
Trump masks up--finally! Vegas shuts down bars--again! Many airlines delay relaunch. Retailers demand masks.Europe Says No: 6/28-/7-4
Europe bars American visitors as the Coronavirus rages to frightening new heights in the South and West.Reversal of Fortune: 6/21-27
Northeast states, once the Coronavirus epicenter, demand visitors from early-opening states quarantine.Numbers Games: 6/14-6/20
When Larry Kudlow says don't worry about Coronavirus, it's time to worry about the Coronavirus.Slash and Burn: 6/7-6/13
Cops cop to slashing tires on parked and unoccupied cars at protests.Darkness and Pain: 5/31-6/6
Protests and riots divert our attention, but deaths continue. The nation begins to reopen as flying inches upward.Surge and Shut: 5/24-5/30
U.S. flying "surges," but so do deaths. Europe relaxes many rules.Closed and Open: 5/17-5/23
As America reopens, the British and Irish impose a quarantine for travelers.Two Paths: 5/10-5/16
Europe begins to reopen gingerly. The United States reopens haphazardly. In Canada, airline layoffs cut deep.Open and Shut: 5/3-5/9
Some places begin to open, but New York shuts its subways overnight for the first time in history.Masked Matters: 4/26-5/2
If airlines require passengers to wear masks in-flight, but there are no flyers? You know how it goes ...Infected: 4/19-4/25
The U.S. virus deaths soar, but a bizarre comment about disinfectant infects the week with Presidential bile.Sad Numbers: 4/12-4/18
Coronavirus deaths double yet states begin to reopen. Aircraft around the world are parked by the thousands.America Burns: 4/5-4/11
A fire at Fort Myers Airport may as well be the metaphor for the virus burning through the country and the economy.Our No-Fly Zone: 3/29-4/4
U.S. air traffic is down 90 percent year-over-year and the airlines rush to slash capacity to match the decline.Shelter in Place: 3/22-3/28
When Waffle House closes stores you know there's a nationwide crisis. And states ban each others' travelers.Lockdown: 3/15-3/21
Airlines close. Hotels are empty. Huge parts of the civilized world shelter in place. And it'll get worse.All Fall Down: 3/8-3/14
A botched travel ban. Airlines ground thousands of planes. America closes while Europe locks down.Closing: 3/1-3/7
The world (and airlines) begin to shut down. Israel's chief rabbi says be safe: Don't kiss the mezuzah.The Spread: 2/15-2/29
Japan, South Korea and Italy are all hit hard and airlines quickly drop flights.Contagion: 2/1-2/14
China flights (and Chinese tourists) disappear. Major trade shows cancel.It Begins: 1/23-1/31
We learn where Wuhan is located. The airlines bail on Hong Kong and China.
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