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Delta variant derailing travel plans

Delta variant derailing travel plans

08/30/21
(This is a slightly different version of a story we wrote for NBC News) Summer travel was the big bounce-back story for 2021, with Covid-weary American travelers spending $6 billion on domestic flights in June alone. The delta variant of the coronavirus rapidly changed all that. Domestic online flight bookings in July fell to $5.26 […]
Time to hit the road

Time to hit the road

05/12/21
Overnight car trips. Visits to roadside attractions. Airport hang-out time. It all seems possible now that the weather is getting nice and so many people are vaccinated and honoring all the stay-healthy rules. When we go. We won’t be out there alone. Our email is filled with studies, surveys, and proclamations about the travel rebound […]
Hughes H-4 Hercules ("Spruce Goose”) model. Courtesy SFO Museum

Ready for a ‘vaxication’?

03/21/21
(This is a story we wrote for NBC News) Ready to Travel? A growing wave of relaxed restrictions, along with an increasing number of vaccinated Americans, is leading to a surge in “vaxications” and other trips, after a year of pandemic-induced lockdowns. Mothballed restaurants, hotels and attractions, canceled cruise seasons, and record low airline passenger […]
Face masks required at more airports in the US & Canada

Face masks required at more airports in the US & Canada

04/21/20
In trying to keep people safe during the current COVID-19 pandemic, an increasing number of government entities around the country now require people to wear non-medical masks or face coverings when out in public. In many cities, those rules now apply to airports. Two examples: San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS). […]