The United States Government has dropped its travel advisory for Guatemala and Nicaragua from a level 4 ‘do not travel’ to a level 3 ‘reconsider travel’. Both countries were issued the level 4 advisory by the U.S. State Department back on August 10th citing high transmission levels of COVID-19. Now the United States government has …

Breaking News: According to reports, The Trump administration plans to extend the no-sail order for cruise ships until October 31. (That matches the endpoint of the cruise industry’s self-imposed ban.) According to a news reports By Axios, claims that CDC Director Robert Redfield, “was overruled when he pushed to extend a “no-sail order” on passenger cruises into …

A second cruise line will resume operations in Australia on October 14th as the industry looks to recover after the global shutdown of cruising back in March.  The first cruise ship to resume operations was the 36 passenger True North in July. The small yacht like ship began doing sailings to the Kimberly coast from …

Russia has reopened its borders to nationals and residents of many countries, allowing tourists to visit for non-essential purposes. Russia grounded most international flights on March 27, with only a handful of special repatriation flights and other government-approved flights bringing passengers to and from Russia over the past few months. With updates happening every several …

Morocco reopened its borders in September 2020 to 67 countries including the United States and Canada. 2021 Updates on Morocco’s Temporary Restrictions The Government of Morocco has extended the country’s “Health State of Emergency” until April 10, 2021. A nationwide curfew between the hours of 9:00 PM and 6:00 AM is in place until March 30, 2021. Restaurants, stores, …

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 …

Georgia, a nation smack-dab between Europe and Asia, has announced the official launch of their much-anticipated Digital Nomad Visa program, called “Remotely From Georgia.” If 2020 brought us anything beneficial, I would have to say it’s the new global excitement of being able to work remotely, and not necessarily having to be chained to one …

Home office blues? Popular hotel chain, Royalton Luxury Resorts, wants to cure that. Imagine this – instead of being stuck in your home office, you can swap the view for a luxurious setting in Cancun, Negril, or Punta Cana. Royalton is offering 2-week “Upgrade Your Office” packages starting at an insane $900 per person, that …

Travel rules in the UK are getting stricter by the day and Brits are seeing their quarantine-free options shrinking by the minute.  The government just announced that as of August 15th, 6 more countries will be removed from the travel corridor list, effectively reinstating the requirement to quarantine when coming from those nations. On July …

Mexico officially began reopening its vacation destinations for tourism as of June 8th, 2020. The resort destinations of Cancun, Playa Del Carmen, Puerto Vallarta, Los Cabos Tulum, Oaxaca and Mazatlan have all reopened their hotels and beaches for tourists. Entering Mexico: Mexico is among a few select nations that have very few health protocols for …

The Cayman Islands will not reopen its borders for international tourism on September 1st as planned.  The country has delayed its reopening for international tourism until at least October 1st citing a rise in Covid-19 cases in other countries including the United States.  The reopening will be evaluated again prior to October 1st and a …

Panama has taken its first step towards reopening the Tocumen International Airport which is a major hub for Latin America and was the busiest airport in Central America prior to the pandemic.  Through an executive decree signed by Panamanian President Laurentino Cortizo on July 31, the Tocumen Airport will open for international transiting passengers and …