EUROPEAN
EUROPEAN VACATION. IT'S DEFINITELY OUT THIS SUMMER AND NOW THERE ARE FEWER PLACES
ACCEPTING US TRAVELERS IN AN
ATTEMPT TO SATISFY SATISFY HIS
WANDERLUST. TRAVEL EXPERT ANGEL
CASTELLANOS TOOK A TRIP ACROSS
THE BORDER RECENTLY. HE JOINS
US NOW TO SHARE HIS EXPERIENCE
.GOOD MORNING TO YOU. ANGEL
MISS SEEN AROUND HERE? YEAH,
I'M JUST BEING IN STUDIO GUY.
YEAH. YOU AND I HAVE HAD
THE CHANCE TO CHAT A COUPLE OF
TIMES OVER THE YEARS ON YOUR
WORLD TRAVELS AND EVERYTHING
HAS THIS PANDEMIC BEEN KIND OF
TOUGH? HAS IT TAKEN A TOLL ON
YOUR LOVE OF TRAVEL? OH,
ABSOLUTELY. JUST BEING AT HOME,
HAVING TRIPS CANCELED THE LOSS
OF INCOME HAS DEFINITELY BEEN
TOUGH. BUT I KNOW THAT EVERYONE
IS SUFFERING IN SOME WAY AT
THIS TIME. YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT
ABOUT THAT. I DO KNOW THAT YOU
WERE ABLE TO EVENTUALLY MAKE
THIS TRIP TO MEXICO. WHEN DID
YOU DECIDE THAT WAS THE RIGHT
OPPORTUNITY? WHERE DID YOU
TRAVEL AND KIND OF WALK US
THROUGH? WELL, YOU KNOW, MEXICO
IS ONE OF THE FEW DESTINATION
THAT IS ALLOWING US TRAVELERS
ALONG WITH A COUPLE OF OTHER
SPOTS IN THE CARIBBEAN AND ONCE
THE EUROPEAN BAND CAME DOWN I
KNEW MEXICO WAS THE WAS
THE OBVIOUS CHOICE FOR ME
BECAUSE I COULD EASILY TAKE A
NONSTOP FLIGHT FROM L.A. THAT'S
TWO HOURS LONG TO PUERTO
VALLARTA AND BE IN A COUNTRY
THAT IS PRACTICING SOCIAL
DISTANCE AND DISTANCING AND
HAVING PROTOCOLS IN PLACE. AND
THAT REALLY DIDN'T HAVE A LOT
OF REQUIREMENTS FOR AMERICANS
TO GET IN. SO WALK US THROUGH
YOU GET ON THE PLANE WAS ABOUT
HALF THE AMOUNT. I MEAN KIND OF
WALK US THROUGH WHAT IT LOOKED
LIKE IN THE COVE. SO MY
AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT TO
PUERTO VALLARTA WAS ABOUT 30
PERCENT FULL AND ONCE YOU
ARRIVE IN MEXICO THEY TAKE A
TEMPERATURE CHECK AND YOU HAVE
TO FILL OUT A HEALTH
DECLARATION. I DID THAT ONLINE
AND SHOWED THEM THE QR CODE AND
THEN IT WAS A REGULAR
IMMIGRATIONS CUSTOMS PROCESS
AND THEN I WAS IN. AND I ALSO
TOOK A COUPLE OF FLIGHTS WITHIN
MEXICO WHICH WERE COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT THAN MY AMERICAN
AIRLINES FLIGHT WAY THAT PLAYS
SO TO FLY WITHIN MEXICO. THEY
BOARD FROM BACK TO FRONT WHICH
I KNOW A LOT OF THE U.S.
AIRLINES ARE STARTING TO
IMPLEMENT. BUT THERE'S ALSO A
TEMPERATURE CHECK THEY
DISINFECT YOUR CARRY ON, YOU
GET A HAND SANITIZER AND THEN
DEPLANING IS ACTUALLY DONE BY
ROTE SO YOU CAN'T GET OUT OF
YOUR SEAT AS SOON AS THE BELL
RINGS. YOU HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL
YOUR ROW IS CALLED. SO MEXICO'S
IN OR IN A COURT IN A COUNTRY
TRAVEL IS ACTUALLY MORE STRICT
AND SAFER IN ESSENCE THAN WHAT
YOU FELT WAS IN THE UNITED
STATES. YEAH, I THINK SO AND IT
REALLY REFLECTED WHAT'S GOING
ON WITHIN THE COUNTRY. YOU
CAN'T GO IN TO ANY BUSINESS
WITHOUT A TEMPERATURE CHECK,
WITHOUT THE MASS REQUIREMENT,
WITHOUT HAND SANITIZER.
INTERESTING. SO I KNOW YOU
TESTED NEGATIVE BEFORE YOUR
TRIP. RIGHT. YOU WANTED TO GET
TESTED SO YOU WEREN'T
ABSOLUTELY PLAYING YOU WOULDN'T
I RECOMMEND POSSIBLE THING THAT
ALL TRAVELERS DEFINITELY GET
TESTED BEFORE THEY TRAVEL. AND
CERTAINLY AFTER THEY RETURN
HOME. AND GOOD NEWS FOR ME IS
THAT I AM NEGATIVE. I JUST GOT
MY RESULTS SO I AM NEGATIVE. SO
WHAT'S THE POINT TO PEOPLE? IS
IT THAT IF YOU DO IT RIGHT AND
YOU PLAN IT OUT AND YOU KNOW
HOW TO, YOU KNOW, DISTANCE
PROPERLY, WEAR YOUR MASK AND
EVERYTHING THAT YOU KNOW YOU
CAN STILL TRAVEL TO MEXICO IF
YOU'VE GOT THAT TRAVEL ITCH
LIKE YOU ALWAYS HAVE? YEAH. I
THINK EACH PERSON HAS TO REALLY
EVALUATE THEIR OWN HEALTH AND
WHETHER OR NOT IT'S WORTH IT
FOR THEM. FOR ME I DEFINITELY
NEEDED TO GET AWAY AND IT WAS
REALLY EASY TO SOCIAL DISTANCE
ONCE I WAS IN MEXICO. SO FOR ME
IT WAS DEFINITELY WELL WORTH
IT. ALL RIGHT. YOU HAVEN'T
TOUCHED ON THE HOTELS. HOW ARE
THEY DEALING WITH THIS IN
MEXICO? I MEAN EVERYTHING FROM
THE HEIGHT, THE CHECK IN
PROCESS, THE POOLS BEING OPEN.
I MEAN HOW DID YOU FEEL SAFETY
WISE THERE? SO I STAYED IN BOTH
AIRBNB AND BEES AND HOTELS AND
BOTH HAVE THEIR PROS AND CONS
HOTELS HAVE STANDARDIZED
CLEANING. AND ONE OF THE HOTELS
THAT I WAS STAYING IN IN
THE STATE OF CONTAINER ROO THEY
HAVE A FOG MACHINE THAT YOU
HAVE TO WALK INTO EVERY TIME
YOU ENTER EXIT THE HOTEL SOCIAL
DISTANCING. AND IN THE STATE OF
CONCERN A ROO. HOTELS CAN ONLY
BE 30 PERCENT FULL AT
THE MOMENT. INTERESTING. OK,
WELL I KNOW YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF
OTHER TIPS FOR TRAVELERS. WHERE
CAN PEOPLE GO TO LEARN MORE
ANGEL ANGELS TRAVEL LOUNGE DOT
COM. ALL RIGHT, ANGEL, THANKS
FOR YOUR TIME. REALLY