After over a year of travel advisories, stay-at-home orders, and remote work, travel is finally making a newsworthy comeback. With around 2 million air travelers a day, it’s no secret that leisure travel is picking back up again after the pandemic. But what about business travel? As of June, business travel had reached 40% of…
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The time we’ve all been waiting for has finally come—the return of travel. However, over a year of travel restrictions and COVID precautions, travel will never be the same. While everyone anticipated that there would be new challenges as the world re-opened, most people did not anticipate that the demand would be greater than the travel industry could support. Between flight cancellations, sky-rocketing hotel prices, the…
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Americans have lost over $145 million to fraud linked to COVID and the travel industry is no exception. Fraud has tripled since the start of the pandemic. In credit card fraud alone, the US saw approximately $11 billion worth of losses. As many Americans await stimulus checks and economic relief from the government and refunds…
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General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, gives EU consumers the right to know, understand, and consent to the data companies that collect data about them was an EU legislative change that came into effect back in May 2018. GDPR aims to give control to citizens and residents by unifying the regulation within the EU. While GDPR pertains to EU…
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Fully vaccinated travelers are now able to safely travel within the United States without getting COVID tested or self-quarantining. Additionally, many countries have opened their borders to vaccinated international tourists. Vaccinated travelers should still wear masks as they are required for everyone on planes, buses, trains, and other public transit. However, aside from health care…
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The CDC requires all air travelers entering the US to provide a negative COVID test result within three days of their travel date or documentation of COVID recovery to board. American Airlines Change Fees and Flight Flexibility American Airlines has abolished change fees on all domestic international travel in Premium Cabin and Main Cabin areas…
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On Friday April 5, the CDC released new guidelines for travel. Fully vaccinated travelers are now able to safely travel within the United States without getting COVID tested or self-quarantining. Vaccinated travelers should still wear masks as they are required for everyone on planes, buses, trains, and other public transit, avoid crowds, stay six feet…
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It’s been a little over a year since the start of the COVID pandemic and while the travel industry has persevered after months and months of only-when-essential travel restrictions, it’s finally showing signs of bouncing back. Last summer we shared our experience of what it’s like to travel in global pandemic, but it’s been almost…
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The Real ID deadline has been extended to May 3, 2023. Previously, all adults were required to get a Real ID by October 1, 2021 to access federal facilities, nuclear powerplants, and federally regulated aircraft. Due to the COVID pandemic, many driver’s licensing agencies are still operating at limited capacity, making it challenging to issue…
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In 2020, the pandemic hit the rental car industry badly. Rental car companies sold approximately 30%-40% of their fleets to stay afloat with the lack of demand. However, now that people are getting vaccinated and travel restrictions are easing, the demand for rental cars has sky-rocketed. In fact, business has more than doubled since this…
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