EVERYONE.
EVERYONE. IT IS EIGHT FORTY SEVEN ON OUR THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTER A YEAR OF STAYING
HOME I KNOW MANY OF YOU AT HOME
ARE READY TO GET OUT AND DO
SOME TRAVELING BUT IS IT
POSSIBLE? IS IT SAFE? THOSE ARE
THE BIG QUESTIONS. SHOULD WE BE
GEARING UP FOR ANOTHER SPRING
BREAK IN THE BACKYARD? I DID
THAT LAST YEAR WAS VERY FUN
STILL NONETHELESS TRAVEL
JOURNALIST ANGEL CASTELLANOS
JOINS US THIS MORNING TO SHARE
SOME OF THE LATEST ADVENTURES
THAT HE'S BEEN ANGEL, I IMAGINE
THAT THIS LAST YEAR HAS BEEN
TOUGH FOR YOU ALONG WITH MANY
PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO
DO MUCH TRAVELING RIGHT? OH,
DEFINITELY. I'M JUST ONE OF THE
MANY, MANY PEOPLE THAT WORK IN
THE TRAVEL HISTORY AND IT'S
CERTAINLY BEEN BEEN A TOUGH
YEAR PERSONALLY AND
PROFESSIONALLY BUT IT SEEMS
LIKE THINGS ARE STARTING TO
LOOK UP RIGHT. WE'RE STARTING
TO SEE CASES DECLINE, MORE
PEOPLE GETTING VACCINATED. WHAT
DO YOU THINK THIS NEXT YEAR IS
GOING TO LOOK LIKE GOING
FORWARD? WELL, WE CERTAINLY SEE
A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE
TUNNEL AND MY RECENT TRIP TO
COSTA RICA CERTAINLY GAVE ME
PERSPECTIVE ON THAT. THE
COUNTRY STILL DOESN'T HAVE MANY
TOURISTS TRAVELING THERE BUT
PEOPLE ARE MANAGING TO GET OUT
AND TRAVEL RESPONSIBLY AND
SAFELY AND TRAVEL IS DEFINITELY
A PERSONAL RISK ASSESSMENT AT
THE MOMENT. I'M YOUNG AND
HEALTHY AND IT'S MY JOB TO
TRAVEL. SO I WENT OUT THERE AND
I DO FEEL THAT WE ARE HEADED
BACK IN THAT DIRECTION. PEOPLE
ARE STARTING TO PLAN TRAVEL NOW
AND HOW DO PEOPLE PREPARE FOR
POTENTIAL TRAVEL? AND I KNOW
THAT THEY'RE STARTING TO BOOK
THOSE TRIPS. WHAT DO PEOPLE
NEED TO KNOW BEFORE THEY LEAVE
?YEAH, THERE'S ABOUT 70
COUNTRIES THAT ARE ACCEPTING US
TRAVELERS. FIVE OF THEM DON'T
REQUIRE QUARANTINE OR A
NEGATIVE TEST TO ENTER. SO
THAT'S THE DIRECTION I'VE BEEN
GOING INTO AND I'VE REALLY
THOUGHT ABOUT DESTINATIONS KIND
OF LIKE COSTA RICA WHERE SOCIAL
DISTANCE DO OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.
THE HOTELS ARE TAKING PROPER
CARE OF THEIR GUESTS AND DOING
EVERYTHING RIGHT. SO I'M STILL
DOING ALL THE THINGS I'M DOING
AT HOME. BUT JUST ON THE ROAD
AND AS FAR AS I MEAN THE IMPACT
THAT THIS COULD HAVE LONG TERM,
DO YOU THINK THAT THERE ARE
CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE NOW
THAT WILL POSSIBLY AFFECT
FUTURE TRAVEL FOREVER? OH, I
THINK SO. I THINK THE USE
OF TECHNOLOGY HAS RAMPED UP NOW
FOR EXAMPLE, I HAD TO PRESENT A
QR CODE IN ORDER TO BOARD MY
PLANE TO COSTA RICA. I SEE THE
WAY THE HOTELS ARE SOCIAL
DISTANCING. I HAD TO MAKE A
RESERVATION EVERY MORNING FOR
BREAKFAST AND FOR DINNER AND
ALSO NEW THINGS LIKE HAVING
YOUR HOTEL PROVIDE A
COVETED COVID RELATED AMENITIES
ARE NOW THE NEW AMENITY
HOSPITALITY AND AS FAR AS
PEOPLE WHO MAYBE WANT TO STAY A
LITTLE CLOSER TO HOME STAYING
IN THE US, WHAT ARE THE BEST
PLACES TO GO MAYBE STAYING
LIGHTER IN TERMS OF LIKE YOU
SAID, HAVING PLACES WHERE YOU
CAN SOCIAL DISTANCE AND BE AWAY
FROM OTHERS? WHAT ARE THE
DOMESTIC LOCATIONS THAT PEOPLE
ARE HITTING? WELL, WE'RE LUCKY
THAT IN THIS COUNTRY WE HAVE
AMAZING NATIONAL PARKS AND
STATE PARKS TO THE CROWN JEWEL
IS RIGHT HERE IN OUR STATE IN
YOSEMITE. BUT I THINK THE BIG
SPRING BREAK TREND FOR DOMESTIC
TRAVEL IS JUST GETTING IN THE
CAR RENTING YOUR OWN HOUSE OR
AIRBNB AND HAVING YOUR OWN
PRIVATE KOBAN BUBBLE SO THAT
WAY YOU'RE SAFE. SO SO A LOT
OF WAYS THAT PEOPLE CAN GET
TRAVELING SHOULD BE DO YOU
THINK PEOPLE SHOULD FEEL SAFE
STARTING TO TRAVEL AGAIN? DID
YOU FEEL SAFE ON YOUR TRIP,
AISSATA DID FEEL SAFE BECAUSE I
WAS FOLLOWING ALL OF THE LOCAL
PROTOCOLS AND ALL OF THE
NEGATIVE COVID TESTS THAT I'VE
TAKEN TO KIND OF PROVE THAT
WEARING A MASK, SOCIAL
DISTANCING, WASHING HANDS
DEFINITELY DOES MATTER. BUT IN
THE PROPERTIES THAT I STAYED AT
I KNEW I WAS IN VERY, VERY GOOD
HANDS WITH THE CARE THAT THEY
TOOK IN THEIR CLEANING
PROCEDURES, MASTERING AND
ARRANGING THAT TEST WAS
ABSOLUTELY CLUTCH THIS LAST
TIME. ALL RIGHT. WELL A LOT
OF GOOD INFORMATION FOR PEOPLE
WHO ARE PLANNING TRAVEL OVER
THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS OR
MONTHS. ANGEL CASTELLANOS,
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
WHERE CAN PEOPLE GO FOR MORE
INFORMATION? THEY CAN GO TO
ANGELS TRAVEL LOUNGE DOT COM