Breaking Update September 16th,  Vietnam has postponed the re-opening of commercial international flights to an unconfirmed date as authorities finalize COVID-19 health protocols. Original Story now continues.  Vietnam is resuming international flights for up to 5000 travelers per week to 6 Asian cities, state media reported on Thursday. The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) …

The first cruise line will officially resume sailing in the Caribbean beginning on November 7th after the worldwide pandemic halted cruising back in March.  The SeaDream Yacht Club is the first cruise line to officially announce a date that they would resume sailings in the Caribbean. SeaDream announced the news on their website saying that …

Thailand’s new 90-day visa for long-stay tourists has just been announced by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, during a cabinet meeting on September 15. This new visa will be the first stage of general tourism reopening in Thailand, by first allowing long-stay tourists who agree to spend at least 90 days in the nation, jump-starting the …

Whether we like it or not, the COVID-19 vaccine is right around the corner and it’s going to have a big impact on the way we travel in 2021.  We’ve been following travel in the COVID-19 world since the very beginning. From the time countries first started shutting down, to the reopening of nations around …

Puerto Rico has once again reopened for tourism as of September 12th after a surge in COVID-19 cases caused a second shutdown. The reopening will allow for the Puerto Rico’s beaches, theaters, casinos and gyms to once again open.  Governor Wanda Vazquez issued the executive order after a drop of almost 4000 COVID-19 cases compared …

On August 31st, many South American countries, including Colombia, Argentina and Peru, had border closure regulations that were set to expire. No one knew if they were going to extend the border closures once again, or remove them, jump-starting the reopening of much of the continent. However, the expirations were met with many extensions, resulting …

The government of Uruguay has made the tough decision to keep international borders closed a little longer, until at least October 31, in part of because the extremely high rates in neighboring nations. Uruguay has been the most successful nation in all of Latin America to combat the spread and outbreak of Covid-19 within its …

The Bahamas is reopening once again for Phase 3 of general tourism on October 15th, but this time they have implemented new rules that will hopefully keep it open throughout the busy holiday season. The Bahamas has given us all whiplash by having the most controversial and confusing reopening in all of the Caribbean. Here’s …

Santorini, Mykonos, Crete and four other Greek islands have been removed from the UK corridor forcing mandatory quarantines starting Wednesday. The UK Government announced a new policy to travel corridors allowing them to remove certain islands from the safe corridor list rather than the entire country of Greece.  The small traditional village of Chora Sfakion …

Four public beaches in Cancun will be reopening for visitors starting on September 7th, 2020. When Cancun reopened for tourism back on June 8th, beaches were only open for guests staying in beachfront resorts and hotels.  For travelers staying in non beachfront resorts and vacation rentals, beach access was denied. Locals were also shut out …

EU travel has never been so confusing. Any traveler who has recently tried to plan a trip around Europe knows all too well the headaches and puzzlement that come along with the ever-changing entry requirements and border rules. During the pandemic, each EU nation has established their own set of entry rules and restrictions, often …

A second major cruise line will resume operations on September 6th in Italy after pausing global operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  Carnival corporation owned Costa Cruises will depart this Sunday from Trieste, Italy.  The first sailing will be on the Costa Deliziosa which has a maximum capacity of 2828 passengers.  Costa Cruises will launch …