Welcome back to two wants to know
Jenny Mirror from cruise planners
is taking all your questions that
are travel related and so we have
a few questions here. Jenny.
So this person wants to know when is
travel from Italy going to resume?
It is actually open now,
so everyone who's been
waiting to go to Italy can go.
There are testing procedures that you
have to go through and everyone who,
if you don't want to quarantine you,
do have to have a what they
call a green pass.
So again you can reach out to
professional to help you navigate that,
but it's open now,
right? This person is asking
how do cruise lines know if a
passenger is vaccinated or not?
Anyone can say it one way or another?
Are they making you prove it with a card?
Yes, you actually have to have the
card in hand and it has to be done
at least two weeks prior to sailing.
They will also for example,
each cruise lines a little bit different.
Some are wearing different colored
bands or whatever, but they must
see that before you get on board.
OK, good
to know and this person is saying how can
you be sure if a hotel or motel is safe.
Well, really the best way now
in more so than ever again is to
reach out to a professional who can
help you navigate that because we
work only with that its suppliers.
So when we know the safety standards are
also depending on where you're going,
you know we've visited most of the
you know most of the major hotels and
things like that or have contacts
there to be able to give you the
correct guidance on that.
So
this is kind of a follow up question
to the cruise lines they're asking.
Do you have to show your
original or is it a copy?
OK, it has to be the original.
It has to be the original copy.
It cannot be a
photocopy and it cannot be a
picture and it cannot be a picture
on your phone. OK, so you actually
have to bring it with you.
Yes, that is correct.
OK, so let's talk about some
travel trends like what some
of the things are that people
are booking most right now,
and maybe maybe some things that
people should be looking at instead.
So what I'm really seeing now
is people have been, you know,
that pent up demand is still out there,
and people are doing bucket list items,
things that they've wanted to do forever.
They have now gotten pushed to the top,
so I'm seeing a lot of Italy.
Iceland. Alaska is always huge,
and even African safari,
so those are some of the top ones.
The other thing that I see right now
is people wanting to get together
with their friends and their families.
So larger groups looking at reunions,
extended families spending time together.
You know we're still looking at huge demand.
One thing that is a little bit
different is you know normally this
is your prime season right now.
People don't seem to care.
They're going to go when it's available,
and that's anytime a year so.
Gotcha, so I think a lot of
people were probably surprised
how many people were traveling,
especially the friends that I've
traveled other places they're like.
I couldn't believe that there
were that many people there,
so are you telling people,
hey, you know,
maybe you skip the summer travel
and you book out a little bit farther?
But how far are we talking?
So depending on where you're going,
we could even book out into 2024.
Now availability is out there and
you know we just booked with that.
What I call an exit strategy 'cause
nobody knows what's going to happen,
but we need to get those
event that availability 2024.
All right, this person says,
what if someone is vaccinated?
Do they need a test before they
fly in the United States? If
you are flying domestically,
you do not need a vaccination or a
test. OK, and then somebody is asking
do you have to show your real ID on
cruises in the next few months? You're
a real ID. You're going to have to
have either a birth certificate and
original birth certificate that had this
state issued has a raised seal on it,
or a passport OK, and that is another big
deal. Again, it is the original
so many people think that they
can take a copy of something
and they cannot do that.
It must be the original.
That is correct.
OK, any last minute things that
you want to let travelers know?
Please do not trust what's out there online.
You know, I just want to say it's you
never know what you can find if that's a
great source to look and search and hunt.
But reach out to someone who knows and
can guide you through these changes
that are happening every single day.
Get the support behind you.
OK, yeah, maybe that $400 for
the entire week at a top line
resort is not actually real.
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