are you antsy to get out of lockdown but kinda hesitant about starting to travel
again I totally feel you on that after seven years of non-stop traveling this
is the longest I've ever been in one place so I decided I was going to bust
outta Dodge and I researched the heck out of my trip but there are still some
things that totally caught me by surprise and so in this week's video I'm
gonna talking to you about four tips that will really help you to plan your
travel so that you can stay safe but still have a really great time and if
you're new here welcome my name is Christine with Where in the World is cL
and I make travel videos every week to help you get up get out and go travel
and this week's topic is super important to me because I want you to get out
there and travel again the first tip I have for you is to consider local travel
and travel by car and there are two reasons why I suggest this the first one
is because we kind of want to be comfortable right let's say you're not
feeling well you'll be able to scoot home really quickly or if you aren't
feeling comfortable being out you can also go home really quickly foreign
travel right now countries are starting to open up but there are
requirements like going into self quarantine for a few weeks getting
tested upon arrival at the airport those are just a couple examples so I think
local travel and by car might be your best bet at the beginning the second
reason why I suggest this is because I couldn't imagine navigating a new and
foreign place while getting used to these new social distancing practices so
for example on my trip I went down to west palm beach which is somewhere
that's super familiar to me I actually used to live down there and I stayed at
the Hilton Hotel and when you get in the elevator for example there are
four squares and you're supposed to stand on one of the four squares which
means it's kind of awkward when a fifth person is like do I get in or do I not
get in or at the restaurants it's 50% capacity with the phase two that we're
on and so it's just a totally different vibe when you're going out so if you're
on a road trip you can quickly get out of there if you ain't really feeling
it which by the way if you're feeling this video and getting some value out of
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subscribing let's dive into tip number two which is planning ahead I highly
suggest checking the local city's website or the local tourism boards
website to see what the latest restrictions are if any for example in
West Palm Beach Florida I thought that the beaches were open and that you could
lay out bring your umbrella and chair because I also like to look at social
media real time to see what people are posting about and it just turns out that
everybody is breaking the rules and I love breaking the rules but now is not
the time to break the rules so I put everything back in the car and just had
a wonderful two and a half mile beach walk and a swim in the ocean which are
the things you were allowed to do the next thing I recommend is to make a
reservation for everything if you're a traveler that loves to play it by ear
now ain't the time for that reserve everything here's some examples of what
happened to me in West Palm Beach the first is reservations for
restaurants I wasn't able to get into one of my favorite restaurants because
they're operating at 50% capacity and you have to make reservations really far
in advance so I didn't make it in but I was able to do the social distancing
activity of riding a bike and we reserving the bike in advance and I was
still able to do and my favorite things which was going dancing at the nightclub
but I had to reserve my tickets in advance let's dive into tip number three
which is about accommodations and actually tell me in the comments below
where would you feel comfortable staying right now would be a hotel a motel or
just write in the comments the Holidaaaaaaaay Inn
on a serious note I think it's
actually really important that you're choosing a place that fits your comfort
level Airbnb for example has published cleaning guides for its hosts or I
decided to stay at the Hilton Hotel because they have very strict cleaning
policies but it's different and I was actually really fascinated by what it
was like staying in a hotel let me give you a few examples I had called ahead to
understand the situation so I knew things like the pool was open but the
pool bar was not and they were allowing you to BYO drinks score but I didn't
expect things like when you checked in it was this really awkward roped-off
area and every time you to interact with the front desk person
it was really uncomfortable and weird and I knew that not a lot of people are
traveling right now but it makes sense that given the hotel is not at full
capacity that things would be closed for example they're not operating their
coffee shop but they're instead offering free coffee or the breakfast spot isn't
open but they're allowing you to do breakfast to go and are providing
limited seating areas for people to sit down or I knew that maid service would
be limited and for my stay I didn't even get maid service at all and opted
out of it the tip number four is about travel and do you even remember how to
do it I'm such a seasoned traveler that I have pack list for beach travel like
this one to foreign travel to skiing travel and if you want any of those pack
lists for free check the description below but I still forgot something and
needed to MacGyver a contacts case while I was at the hotel but also plan ahead
with the types of items you pack do you need to pack extra hand sanitizer a lot
of the places I went to were no mask no entry so make sure you're planning ahead
and you have all those right items and sunscreen don't forget to pack sunscreen
no matter where you're traveling to I'm done nagging you bring sunscreen all
right what did we talk about in this video
local travel consider traveling by car plan ahead make reservations make sure
you get to do things that you really want to do consider where you're staying
make sure you're comfortable in that kind of a place with your accommodations
and lastly make sure you travel and pack everything that you need I'm Christine
I'm here every week with new travel videos if you enjoyed it CHEERS that
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I'll see you in the next adventure CIAO!