https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/05/travel/covid-vaccinated-travel-reality.html
https://www.forbes.com/sites/geoffwhitmore/2021/06/18/summer-travel-restrictions-update-for-june-2021/?sh=574aba0f4024
If you live in the USA and read the blog, you will know that I am
an advocate of traveling
well for less $$$.
In the
USA, it seems that higher prices for hotels and air travel here in the states
are accepted. The accepted travel
experts maintain that occupancy rates are rising in hotels and airlines are
showing an increase in passenger levels.
Airports are crowded and long lines are evidenced by the videos played in
the mainstream visual media legacy and cable channels.
When it
comes to international travel, I refer to the mainstream media, like The New York Times AND a recognized
travel organization, FORBES, to tell me whether I am going to have to adhere to
a mix of "many" "rules" and "regulations" with
regard to my post-pandemic travel.
I can give you my personal opinion,
insofar as I have been in the travel business wearing many hats for over 3
decades, i. e.:
CTC (Certified Travel Counselor by the
prestigious Travel Institute)
Hotel Industry executive marketing for
various franchise hotel chains
International airline district Supervisor
Although I prefer to relate what I
remember as a absolute necessity for any International travel during those 3
decades I was employed in the travel industry:
Every time I traveled internationally I was vaccinated with a variety of preventative shots, I had to carry
my stamped by a health professional "yellow" card wherever I traveled. Most often, if I needed
a Visa, I had to send a copy of the original yellow card to that country for a
specified period of stay.
All the
readers of this blog know I have been warning about the possibility of much
more $$$ for travel domestic or international, because the standard of living
for the middle class worker is in the process of change.
Here's
how:
1.
For
the ordinary worker toiling at a specific wage the onset of higher taxes and
inflation will take its toll.
2.
For
the middle class, or what some may still prefer to refer to as the bourgeoisie,
working for state or country where you reside keeps you in the "middle
class" and you will have the money to continue your travel oriented
lifestyle IF you are on pension payouts.
Here are
some predictions:
1.
Those long summer paid for vacation times for teachers
who are members of the Teachers Union in the USA will continue plump up the
travel industry because their wages for the most part are indexed to rates of
inflation.
2. For the next 4 years prices are going up and up
to travel anywhere, NO MORE "comfort for less $$.
* PLEASE NOTE:
Let I be considered an insurrectionist or a domestic
terrorist. In this post and succeeding
posts in this era of crimes against the state, I am asking questions.
I have no opinions.
It is my understanding that the host of this blog, Google, has announced a ban on YouTube for speech
that would create a conflict. I am not certain about what Google feels is
not in the best interest of their policy and the public policy.
I do hope that Google launches a "badge" program to show
that published blogspot posts have been approved, then like a Good Housekeeping
Seal I can proudly display it.