When Can We Travel Again? | Will We Ever Get Back to “Normal”?

Many people are asking, "when is it safe to travel again?" It's a good question, and one that will likely depend on certain indicators. In this video, I share my thoughts on what needs to happen before we can start traveling again, and how travel may be different after the pandemic.
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[bebop]

I'm an outlier. I'm not worried at all. I'm ready to get back to international travel as soon as the airlines open back up.

[AccountOutOfService]

As soon as things open and I am allowed to get on a plane and my countries of interest have opened their borders, I’m off to my next destination. Travel is very important to the kind of work and research I’m involved in.

[jg]

July Trip to Kenya and Zanzibar postponed, have a trip at the end of August to Peru that I’m still waiting to see if I should cancel or not and another one to Mexico middle of October. This virus f€¥in sucks 😷🦠

[Nothingbutdust_]

I live in a country where the virus is currently well under control, but borders are still closed and I was planning on visiting my old sick father living on the other side of the globe already well before this virus emerged. It's been well over a year since I last saw him and I miss him very much and he's currently all alone and I don't know how much time he has left... The country he lives in has very few cases but they're still not letting in foreigners so I was just hoping to get some information on whether planning a trip there even at the end of the year in November would be possible, but I can't find any information on that. This crisis is so frustrating.

[henryrollins]

Prices will be down first, and later will double or triple. Remember my words..

[domizzi]

I haven’t booked a flight yet, but I had my vacation approved 8 months prior 😔 I’m supposed to meet my girlfriend in Hong Kong, towards the end of September 2020, spend a week there and on to visit her family in the Philippines.. but it seems this Covid-19 will linger much longer, but at least maybe I can just meet her in Hong Kong, since they have better control of the situation.. stay there and come back home and get quarantined for 14 days lol..

[dannetheman]

My girlfriend lives in another country and all i want to do is visit, Im going crazyyy😭😭

[davemack]

I'm currently in The Bahamas, one of the few countries open to Americans, and I tell you things are very different. A negative COVID19 test is required for entry, almost all restaurants, shops, casinos, tours, and expeditions are closed, there's a 10 pm curfew, and there are very few tourists on the island. But there is an upside to it all. It's much more quiet and serene. There are very few people on the beaches. You get to really enjoy all the sites. And it's safe, because they've done a great job handling the pandemic. Trust me, if you're not wearing a mask, the locals will yell at you from their cars, so keep it on!

[MrByronaubrey]

Very informative. I do see that there is going to be more people that are willing to travel domestically before international travel even if there's going to be flareups. I hope people will want to do nature inspired trips like national parks or visit small towns before flocking to big cities which got hit the hardest by this pandemic.

[mads]

I've been planning to go to visit my cousins and aunts for a year. Then OFC my plans are ruined by corona. It's really hard to wait since I haven't seen them in 3 years, as soon as planes open up I'm going.

[chasingadeline]

Yeah I canceled a lot of my travel credit cards because we don’t plan for to travel anytime soon...good info...thanks for sharing

[AnneMB]

Daughter, husband and I have a US trip (from Australia) booked for December-January. Booked well before the current situation. We’ve decided to wait and see. I feel for all those whose travel plans have been affected. I’m going to stay hopeful for us seasoned travellers.

[SandraHof]

Thank you for your observations. I live in Poland and make yearly trips to the States to visit family and friends. I made my last trip in Nov-Dec 2019. I was hoping to move my trip up, to avoid the possible fall/winter expected surge of the virus. But now I do not know if it is reasonable to even plan a trip this year.

[classclown]

Back in February, I booked my airline ticket for March and COVID-19 forced me to cancel my ticket literally two days before departure. I was really looking forward to Florida 😤

[roburb]

I’ll get beat up for this, but I’ll travel as soon as I have the chance. I’m flying in August, unless the plane doesn’t go. I’ll take precautions, I.e., wear my 😷, etc. I am not concerned, call me naive or what you will. I look at CDC metrics, and it’s noticeably effecting a certain group. I feel people who don’t feel comfortable should stay inside. That’s their choice and one no one should question. But, the argument of health vs people has to be discussed. What toll has this had on mental health, I.e., suicide rates, etc? No, I’m not insensitive to the risk. But, people are losing their livelihood and that has to be discussed. Ok. I’m prepped for what comes from social media. 😷

[TheSloppySlip]

I was planning to travel to Brussels on August but I think it will have to be postponed and I really hate the uncertainty 2020 is the worst year I have ever seen smh

[SomethingSomethingg]

Travel is literally the only thing that brings me happiness in life. These last two years have been hell and I'm not looking forward to the future of travel where everything is so uncomfortable. However, the wanderlust is too strong. I'm hoping to travel to the Middle East spend some time and Dubai even if it means wearing a mask and then going to Egypt where I don't have to wear mask at all lol.

[hiitsme]

We don't wanna travel but can we just go home !

[ClassyWhale]

Cautiously optimistic outlook: Limited road tripping summer 2020, this ends in the fall with a second wave of the virus. By spring 2021, treatments open up domestic road, rail, and air travel, but it's still limited. This grows through to the end of 2021, when a vaccine becomes available. By mid-2022 life is mostly back to normal and international travel becomes possible.

[jorgeacevedo]

Ernest by December we will have forgotten all of this. We will party down on New Years! I am a germaphfob and people always thought I was nuts constantly washing my hands, this habit started in Iraq. If I was eating an MRE and a fly landed on the food I would stop and throw it out. I made it through a deployment without getting dysentery. Long story short this germ hasn’t changed my habits.