Travel

Travel with family complicated by no COVID-19 vaccine for children

By Nicola Anelka 2 days ago

For most people, lockdown hasn’t been easy, but at least the choice to stay home was clear. As people start thinking ahead to traveling again, deciding when and how to go back out into the world is less clear.

For adults vaccinated against COVID-19 and unvaccinated kids, things can feel even more confusing. Will there be such a thing as a safe family vacation this summer?

“Even people with identical circumstances and risk tolerances can feel reasonable drawing different conclusions on how safe they might feel with various vacation scenarios,” says Dean Blumberg, chief of pediatric infectious diseases

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The Ultimate Travel Protection For Your Family (At An Incredibly Affordable Price)

By Nicola Anelka 3 days ago

Medjet offers two different types of membership, depending on coverage needs. If you are uncertain about which type of coverage is right for you, take their super simple quiz to be directed appropriately.

MedjetAssist

MedjetAssist is the basic air-medical transportation membership tier. If a MedjetAssist member is hospitalized while traveling more than 150 miles from home, Medjet will arrange all-expenses-paid plane transport for the member back to their home hospital of choice, regardless of medical necessity. This applies to both personal and business travel.

MedjetAssist membership is available for the low cost of only $295/year for an individual, or

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New York lifts quarantine on international travel. Steps you must take

By Nicola Anelka 3 days ago

ALBANY – New York has lifted its COVID-19 quarantine and testing requirements for international travelers.

The move, which was announced Saturday, follows New York’s decision April 1 to end its quarantine on visitors coming to the state from another state or U.S. territory.

“Asymptomatic travelers entering New York from another country, U.S. state, or territory are no longer required to test or quarantine as of April 10, 2021,” the state Department of Health announced on its website.

The state said that a quarantine, consistent with recommendations from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, is still recommended for all travelers who

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Russia Suspends Most Air Travel With Turkey Until June 1

By Nicola Anelka 3 days ago

People shop on a busy market street in Istanbul on April 9. 

Photographer: Chris McGrath/Getty Images

Photographer: Chris McGrath/Getty Images

Russia suspended most air travel with Turkey, citing rising coronavirus infections, cutting off a key source of tourism revenue to the country amid tensions over Ankara’s support for Ukraine.

Most charter and regular flights will be suspended between April 15 and June 1, but two flights a week will still run between Moscow and Istanbul, Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova said in a televised briefing Monday. Fully 80% of the cases of Covid-19 identified in Russians returning from abroad were

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How Do You Write an Anthony Bourdain Book Without Anthony Bourdain?

By Nicola Anelka 3 days ago

Over the course of the book, Ms. Woolever never makes the claim that the guide is comprehensive — and the end result does feel incomplete and unbalanced. The countries of Ghana, Ireland and Lebanon get three pages apiece; the United States gets nearly 100. There is a chapter on Macau, but nothing on Indonesia or Thailand. These are somewhat predictable shortcomings, dependent as the book is on voice-over transcripts spanning decades and the impossible task of stringing them together across time.

Some of the inclusions feel at odds with Mr. Bourdain’s avoid-the-tourists approach to travel, as well. In the

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Boeing sees uptick in airplane orders as travel picks up

By Nicola Anelka 4 days ago

Boeing orders picked up in March, fueled by a major deal with Southwest Airlines that helped to offset another round…

Boeing orders picked up in March, fueled by a major deal with Southwest Airlines that helped to offset another round of cancellations for its 737 Max airliner.

Boeing said Tuesday that it received 196 orders in March, including the previously announced 100 from Southwest, while losing 156 to cancellations. Turkish Airlines scrapped most of a commitment for 50 Max jets, replacing some with options.

The net gain of 40 orders raised Boeing’s first-quarter total to 76.

Boeing orders have plummeted

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