ALWAYS
ALWAYS BEING MASKED. LET'S CHECK IN WITH EVET NOW WITH SOME MORE TRAVEL NEWS FOR US
HERE. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. WELL,
SPEAKING OF MEXICO, CANCUN
ISN'T THE ONLY AREA OFFERING
COVID TESTS. SENIOR EDITOR
OF TRAVELZOO GABE SADLIER JOINS
US THIS MORNING TO TALK A
LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT
RESORTS ARE OFFERING AND WHAT
TO EXPECT REALLY WITH THE
TRAVEL SEASON OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE OF MONTHS. SO GOOD
MORNING, GABE. THANKS FOR BEING
WITH US. HEY, GOOD MORNING.
GOOD GOOD TO BE WITH YOU. ALL
RIGHT. SO FOR STARTERS, I MEAN
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE
ARE JUST STARTING TO COME
AROUND TO AGAIN TRAVELING. SO
WHAT ARE RESORTS OFFERING TO
KEEP TRAVELERS SAFE AMID
CORONAVIRUS? IT'S KIND OF A TOP
CONCERN RIGHT NOW. YES. I MEAN
MEXICO HAS BEEN AN INTERESTING
STORY TO FOLLOW OVER THE LAST
MANY MONTHS BECAUSE IT'S
REMAINED ON THE CDC AND
DEPARTMENT OF STATE'S SORT
OF LEVEL FOUR LIST MEANING THEY
ARE CERTAINLY DISCOURAGING
NONESSENTIAL TRAVEL SOUTH
OF THE BORDER AND THAT'S BEEN
THE CASE FOR THE LAST SEVERAL
MONTHS NOW IT HAS THAT KEPT
PEOPLE AWAY FROM TRAVELING TO
MEXICO? NO, I THINK WE ALL
PROBABLY KNOW SOMEBODY WHO HAS
PROBABLY MADE IT OVER THE
BORDER WHETHER IT'S BY CAR,
ALTHOUGH THE BORDER IS
CURRENTLY CLOSED TO
NON-ESSENTIAL TRAVEL TO A
LITTLE BIT LATER THIS MONTH.
BUT FLIGHTS HAVE BEEN HAPPENING
TO PLACES LIKE CABO SAN LUCAS
TO CANCUN OVER THE LAST MANY
MONTHS. SO THERE IS DEFINITELY
ACTIVITY OUT THERE PART THE
REASON THE PART OF THE APPEAL
ASIDE FROM THE VALUE FACTOR IS
THE FACT THAT THE REGULATIONS
AND THE MANDATES ARE PRETTY
PRETTY EASY. THERE ARE NO COVID
REQUIREMENTS BUT ONCE YOU GET
TO YOUR RESORTS EACH RESORT
WILL HAVE ITS SET OF RULES LIKE
HAVING TO WEAR A MASK AND OPEN
PUBLIC SPACES A TEMPERATURE
CHECKS AT THE AIRPORTS AND AT
THE RESORTS AS WELL. WHAT'S
HAPPENED IN THE LAST COUPLE
OF WEEKS THAT A LOT OF THESE
RESORTS INCLUDING EVERY SINGLE
RESORT IN CABO SAN LUCAS FOR
EXAMPLE, IS OFFERING THESE FREE
QUICK TURNAROUND COVID TESTS
FOR AMERICAN TRAVELERS WHO
MAYBE ARE GETTING ON FLIGHT
TOMORROW TO HEAD BACK HOME.
THEY NEED THAT COVID TEST THAT
NEGATIVE TEST TO BE ABLE TO GET
BACK HOME WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS
THESE RESORTS ARE OFFERING THAT
NOW IS A AN EXTRA INCENTIVE TO
GET PEOPLE TRAVELING SOUTH
OF THE BORDER FOR SPRING BREAK
SUMMER AND BEYOND. SO IT SEEM
LIKE THESE BUSINESSES IN THESE
COMPANIES HOTELS, RESORTS ARE
MORE JUST DOING SO TOO
INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE WHO ARE
MAYBE CONCERNED ABOUT BEING
ABLE TO GET OVER THE BORDER.
THE REGULATIONS, ALL THAT KIND
OF STUFF IN PLACE. I MEAN AS
PEOPLE START TO FEEL MORE SAFE
TRAVELING, DOES IT SEEM LIKE
THIS IS THIS IS WORKING AND I
THINK IT IS WORKING. I MEAN
KEEP IN MIND MEXICO ON OUR
WEBSITE AT TRAVELZOO DOT COM
MEXICO IS THE NUMBER ONE TRAVEL
INTERNATIONAL DESTINATION FOR
TRAVELERS ARE SEARCHING ON OUR
SITE. FOURTH OVERALL ON THE
SITE AFTER FLORIDA, HAWAII AND
LAS VEGAS, MEXICO STILL
FEATURES VERY PROMINENTLY. SO I
THINK IT IS WORKING THE
MINDSHARE IS INCREASING IN THE
LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS WE HAVE
SEEN SORT OF A SURGE IN THE
COMFORT LEVEL REGARDING PEOPLE
HOPPING ON AIRPLANES AND
FEELING A LITTLE BIT SAFER
ABOUT TRAVELING MAYBE NOT
INTERNATIONALLY SAY AROUND THE
GLOBE BUT MAYBE TO OUR NEAREST
INTERNATIONAL NEIGHBOR JUST A
FEW MILES AWAY. SO I THINK IT
IS WORKING. WE ARE SEEING AN
UPTICK IN BOOKINGS AROUND
SPRING BREAK AND IN PARTICULAR
LATE SUMMER AND AND FALL TRAVEL
AS WELL. SO IF THE IDEA IS TO
SORT OF GET PEOPLE TO FEEL MORE
COMFORTABLE AND INCENTIVIZE
TRAVEL DESPITE SOME OF THE
WARNINGS WE'VE SEEN IN EFFECT
OVER THE LAST MANY MONTHS FROM
THE CDC, FROM THE US STATE
DEPARTMENT, THEN I THINK THAT
IT'S CERTAINLY WORKING OUT AND
IN ADDITION TO THESE RESORTS
OFFERING COVID TESTING, IT
SEEMS LIKE AIRPORTS ARE ALSO
KIND OF TRYING TO INCENTIVIZE
WHAT'S THAT PROCESS BEEN LIKE
WITH AIRPORTS OFFERING COVID
TESTS AND THAT KIND OF THING?
YEAH, SO CERTAINLY WHEN IT
COMES TO MEXICO PRETTY MUCH
EVERY MAJOR AIRPORT THERE IS
DOING THE TEMPERATURE CHECKS
WHEN YOU LAND AND FOR THE MOST
PART THEY'RE OFFERING THESE
SORT OF RAPID COVID TESTS IF
YOU'RE TAKING OFF AND THEY'RE
SUGGESTING YOU GET IN MAYBE AN
HOUR OR TWO BEFORE YOUR FLIGHT
TO GUARANTEE ACCESS TO THESE
SORT OF QUICK TURNAROUND COVID
TESTS IT'LL COST YOU AT THE
AIRPORTS VERSUS THE FACT THAT
THEY'RE BEING OFFERED FREE AT
THE AT THE RESORTS OVERALL THE
AIRLINE INDUSTRY THOUGH I THINK
HAS BEEN DOING A PRETTY NICE
JOB AT RAMPING UP
COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE
CONSUMERS AND IMPLEMENTING NOW
PROTOCOLS INCLUDING UNITED
WHICH LAUNCHED THEIR TRAVEL
READY CENTER EARLIER THIS WEEK
.IT'S AN ONLINE PLATFORM AS
YOU'RE SEARCHING FOR YOUR
DESTINATIONS AND BOOKING YOUR
FLIGHT, THEY'RE LETTING YOU
KNOW WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS
REGARDING ANTIGEN TESTS
NEGATIVE COVID TESTS MIGHT BE.
THEY ALLOW YOU TO SCHEDULE
THOSE TESTS IN SOME CASES LIKE
AT LAX SFO IN NEWARK UNITED IS
ACTUALLY ALLOWING FOR TEST
BOOKINGS AT THE AIRPORTS
THEMSELVES. YOU UPLOAD THOSE
RESULTS TO YOUR APP TO THE APP
THEY'RE THEY'RE LINKED TO YOUR
TO YOUR TICKET. SO NO MATTER
WHERE YOU'RE GOING, YOU HAVE
QUICK ACCESS TO HOPEFULLY
THEREFORE NEGATIVE COVID TEST.
SO I THINK THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY
AS IT STARTS TO FEEL NOW A RAMP
UP IN ACTIVITY, RAMP UP IN
BOOKINGS FOR BOTH SPRING BREAK
AND LATE SUMMER AND FALL, I
THINK I'VE STEPPED UP PRETTY
QUICKLY TO OFFER THE KINDS
OF TOOLS THAT JUST MAKE IT A
HECK OF A LOT EASIER TO
NAVIGATE WHAT IS A VERY
NON-LINEAR LANDSCAPE OUT THERE
REGARDING REQUIREMENTS, RULES
AND MANDATES THAT DIFFER FROM
DESTINATION THE DESTINATION.
ALL RIGHT. VERY INTERESTING
STUFF THERE, GABE. SADLY I
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS
MORNING. YOUR EXPERTIZE ARE
APPRECIATED ESPECIALLY FOR
THOSE PEOPLE MAKING THOSE