https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-starting-to-travel-or-planning-any-trips Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 18 Apr 2026 18:56:23 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-starting-to-travel-or-planning-any-trips/page/2#post-2256311 Thu, 24 Mar 2022 16:10:39 +0000 Kotosulamun 2256311@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am planning to study in Czech Republic this September, so I recommend you to visit Czech, Germany and Sweden (most beautiful place I've ever seen) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-starting-to-travel-or-planning-any-trips/page/2#post-2254388 Wed, 09 Mar 2022 01:59:25 +0000 Jenn 2254388@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>We did a road trip up the coast last summer (pre-cancer), but I don't see any flights in our near future, and definitely not before cases drop quite a bit. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-starting-to-travel-or-planning-any-trips/page/2#post-2254277 Tue, 08 Mar 2022 11:51:00 +0000 Staysfit 2254277@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>In the past 6 months, I have been to Michigan (Metro Detroit and Ann Arbor), Portland Oregon, Naples Florida and I am about to head to Denver. &nbsp;My mother is heading to Costa Rica next week. &nbsp;I never really stopped traveling by car, although visiting my parents was tricky because they would not accept visitors until everyone had vaccines and boosters. I started flying again last year. In Naples, I met a lovely couple from Quebec who told me they needed to get an antigen test within 24 hours of return to Canada. &nbsp;They also told me that the regulations for travel had changed while they were in Florida and they were racing around to get tested. &nbsp; So make sure you have a plan for meeting Covid regulations and also a plan of what you might do should you become sick while out of town, etc. &nbsp;I carried one rapid test in my luggage since they were hard to obtain in my community, however they were easy to find in the places I visited. &nbsp;</p> <p> <div><br /></div><div>FWIW, there were no problems with mask wearing on my flights. However, two flights were delayed, one for weather and one for unclear reasons. &nbsp;DD and my mother have also encountered multiple changes to their flight itineraries and more delays than typical when they travel. Airlines and airports, like most businesses are short staffed. &nbsp;Flights seem to get cancelled and delayed more often, and it seems things run slower, so plan on delays so you aren’t disappointed. &nbsp;There is a large billboard advertising for TSA agents on our local highway, etc. &nbsp; </p> <p>Rental cars may also be an issue as they remain in short supply. Car rentals have been more expensive than my flights. The agencies have also been short staffed and lines long. &nbsp;Twice, the size of car I reserved was not available, and I had to take a smaller car. &nbsp;I found this frustrating for multiple tall adults and 80+ year olds with poor mobility. &nbsp; </p> <p> </div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-starting-to-travel-or-planning-any-trips/page/2#post-2253989 Fri, 04 Mar 2022 18:17:20 +0000 L'Abeille 2253989@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My daughter is planning to have her wedding just outside Cape Town, South Africa, in June of this year. (She grew up there, loves it, goes back any chance she gets.)</p> <p>I am planning to take 2 weeks and go (longer if I could find an office locum but seems very unlikely). But between COVID and the Ukraine situation, I do wonder how things will play out; definitely getting refundable airline tickets.</p> <p>Meanwhile, I have only travelled within the Atlantic bubble, last summer (PEI and Newfoundland). Since then I haven't even been over the border into Nova Scotia, to the town 15 minutes away that has bigger stores than my little burg. Being extra cautious because I live with my 90 year old mom.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-starting-to-travel-or-planning-any-trips/page/2#post-2253918 Fri, 04 Mar 2022 01:56:05 +0000 Helena 2253918@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Christina, thank you so much for the tips!!</p> <p>Donna, I feel this ... We still haven't been able to lay my Mom's ashes to rest properly, coming on 3 years later ... Hopefully this year sometime we'll make the trip to Ireland. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-starting-to-travel-or-planning-any-trips/page/2#post-2253535 Tue, 01 Mar 2022 07:46:45 +0000 Kate 2253535@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>SF, nope, but we love Iceland. Been going there every year, usually in winter, for the past 10 years, except for last year. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-starting-to-travel-or-planning-any-trips/page/2#post-2253511 Tue, 01 Mar 2022 02:24:46 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2253511@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nemosmom, so you’re taking a road trip with a cat and a very special frog? Now there’s something I never considered doing! </p> <p>Kate, are you Icelandic? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-starting-to-travel-or-planning-any-trips/page/2#post-2253402 Mon, 28 Feb 2022 01:25:11 +0000 Kate 2253402@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>We went back to Iceland in December. Tested coming, going, and once there as well (a requirement for going to Harpa, Reykjavik's beautiful concert and exhibition hall). The population was also 90% vaccinated and boosted at the time (now it's 94%!), so we felt very safe. Plus, we spent a fair amount of our time up in the far north, with very few people around. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-starting-to-travel-or-planning-any-trips#post-2253383 Sun, 27 Feb 2022 14:56:40 +0000 nemosmom 2253383@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>We are planning a week-long road trip to see my in-laws . Unfortunately, it’s scheduled during a critical product release at work that I really *should* be available for…. The travel dates aren’t flexible, we have no friends living near to help care for our cat and frog, and hubs doesn’t want anyone we don’t know coming over. </p> <p>So that, plus outstanding trip prep, covid/lack of masks where we are going, and the current state of the world, all has me super stressed out… but hey — we get to get away </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-starting-to-travel-or-planning-any-trips#post-2253131 Fri, 25 Feb 2022 00:59:51 +0000 DonnaF 2253131@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I forgot to mention that my aunts’ ashes still need to be scattered in the Puget Sound/beyond; at least one but maybe both died pre-Covid. The tide needs to be right plus my cousin in Canada, the family matriarch if there is one, needs to be able to cross the border both ways without quarantine. I also have a cousin whose memorial service I would like to attend; that would be in Seattle. It would be nice if I could do both on one trip, but since they are opposite sides of my family the best I can hope for is that they don’t conflict. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-starting-to-travel-or-planning-any-trips#post-2253125 Thu, 24 Feb 2022 23:35:01 +0000 Sal 2253125@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The last two years my only travel has been domestic.&nbsp; Whilst NZ has done a great job of minimising COVID sickness and deaths, we have had border restrictions that made travelling challenging (quarantine required at a cost and a shortage of spaces).</p> <p>We are now mid Omicron - and border restrictions are changing (everyone has an opinion on this of course)</p> <p>I have a couple of local trips planned and am hoping to get to the US and Canada soon-ish to see family and friends (and tick off my bucket list - New York).&nbsp; By soon-ish I mean within a year. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-starting-to-travel-or-planning-any-trips#post-2253097 Thu, 24 Feb 2022 15:21:12 +0000 JAileen 2253097@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>SF, Kkards, thank you. &nbsp;First, the taped-on number was on the phone, inside the cover. &nbsp;Second, I now realize that if I click on “my card” at the top of contacts, everything is available. &nbsp;On my old phone, my number was there, just under my name. &nbsp;I was already a contact, but no number was visible. &nbsp;So that’s where I put my number, in notes on my own contact. &nbsp;I never needed to tape my number at all.&nbsp;<div><br /></div><div><br /></div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-starting-to-travel-or-planning-any-trips#post-2253095 Thu, 24 Feb 2022 15:06:27 +0000 nuancedream 2253095@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>&nbsp;Mr. ND and I were in San Diego a few weeks ago for his 70th birthday. It was a marvelous, but all too short vacation. Our first pleasure trip since January 2020. Interestingly, it was also the first time I ever purchased trip insurance because I was so worried about the Omnicron variant and its potential impact. I didn't even do that on my 2010 trip to France when an active volcano in Iceland and a potential strike by British Airways employees could have completely sidetracked everything. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-starting-to-travel-or-planning-any-trips#post-2253092 Thu, 24 Feb 2022 14:36:40 +0000 Christina F. 2253092@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p> <div><b>Helena</b> - I went to the Riviera Maya in November and the protocols were pretty navigable. My only regret is that I wasted an hour waiting in line for testing to return home, rather than bringing the proctored rapid tests to return to the US (not sure what your options for Canada are). There was no masking inside for the most part. It was "enforced," but people inside in the common areas of the resort were mostly eating or drinking, so just keep that in mind if that will be a comfort issue. People like to pretend covid disappears while we are eating ;)<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I am resurrecting my Sept 2021 trip to Greece that was canceled due to life stuff. Our 10th anniversary is in May, so that seems a good time. We also will visit family in Maine next month, do our usual summer trip to the summer house in Michigan, and maybe do an amusement park trip (Dollywood) in Sept. If all goes well! I also have to go back home at least a couple of times for stuff related to my late mom, so that's less fun.<br /></div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-starting-to-travel-or-planning-any-trips#post-2253081 Thu, 24 Feb 2022 11:57:37 +0000 kkards 2253081@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>JAileen —my phone number is in my settings, listed in name,phone number, email (also have an iPhone). &nbsp;You can also set up a contact listing for yourself &nbsp;Please do not have your phone number externally visible, the number can be used to unlock a lot of info about you&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-starting-to-travel-or-planning-any-trips#post-2253065 Thu, 24 Feb 2022 06:48:06 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2253065@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>JAileen, we get temp SIM cards when we go to the US, and usually have new numbers. Idk if you have an iphone, but if you do, you can go to Settings and then the first entry is “Name, Phone numbers, Email”. Click on it to see any of that info. Storing your number in contacts is a good workaround.</p> <p>Carla, that second piece—what do you do in daily life—is important too. Once we get to wherever we are going, my son and I are very safe—no clubs, non-contact sports (lifting &amp; swimming, no basketball) only, no one is going to work, we don’t have people over. We go for walks and on bike rides, but not in congested areas. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-starting-to-travel-or-planning-any-trips#post-2253027 Wed, 23 Feb 2022 23:45:21 +0000 UmmLila (Lisa) 2253027@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Heading back to Spain in a couple of weeks :-)</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-starting-to-travel-or-planning-any-trips#post-2253023 Wed, 23 Feb 2022 23:25:15 +0000 JAileen 2253023@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>At my mother’s retirement home, everyone is required to be vaccinated they also check your temperature. &nbsp;They keep track of you in a machine by a cell phone number. &nbsp;I had given it to them in November. &nbsp;This time, I couldn’t remember it. &nbsp;There was a line of people forming behind me. &nbsp;I told them to go ahead while I texted my husband for my number. &nbsp;One kind man in line told me to call him and then he could tell me my number. Afterward I taped my number on the back of my phone. &nbsp;Just now, I’ve put it in notes in contacts. &nbsp;Please, dear tech people, Millenials, and Gen Xers: &nbsp;I can remember my childhood home phone number, but I cannot remember my cell phone number! &nbsp;:(</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-starting-to-travel-or-planning-any-trips#post-2253018 Wed, 23 Feb 2022 22:02:45 +0000 Carla 2253018@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The DS’s are in school - one in a hybrid program and working part time, and one in a full placement rotation living on campus and home on weekends. &nbsp;That, and bridge night once a week (masked and vaxed with other seniors) is the extent of my risk tolerance atm.</p> <p> <div> </p> <p>My mother just spent a week with us, and travelled 4 and 1/2 hours on a train wearing a mask. &nbsp;She had a (negative) Covid test the day before, from when she visited her 95 yo husband (not my father) in a care home. &nbsp;I think she enjoyed the train ride as much as the visit! &nbsp;She had to show proof of vaccination to get on the train. &nbsp;I’ll probably travel to check on her once the snow is done, ‘cause I don’t fancy winter driving. &nbsp;She is at the top of the list for the assisted living place she wants to go to, and should know the move in date sometime next month!</p> <p> </div></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-starting-to-travel-or-planning-any-trips#post-2253010 Wed, 23 Feb 2022 21:02:50 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2253010@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You people are giving me pause. The people we are most likely to travel to see do have delicate immune systems, whether due to age or to cancer. Trying to rethink the Mediterranean trips. Does it really matter, though, as long as there are a couple weeks between those trips and seeing those people? The other issue, of course, is that they are across the ocean, so there is no seeing them without travel. Of course everyone is masked when we travel, and we keep masks on in airports/train stations. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-starting-to-travel-or-planning-any-trips#post-2253008 Wed, 23 Feb 2022 20:12:55 +0000 The Cat 2253008@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No. The pandemic is still here--and in many other areas. I care (almost 24/7) for my old parents and try to protect them as much as possible, so I am very careful and don't meet friends in person, only online. I hope to be able to meet local friends later in 2022. However, no plans are made for travels to other parts of the country or to any other countries. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-starting-to-travel-or-planning-any-trips#post-2252993 Wed, 23 Feb 2022 18:32:46 +0000 Laurie 2252993@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It was so crushing to cancel our Israel trip for the 2nd time (should be there right now.... originally was scheduled for November - Delta killed that plan, and Omicron killed the Feb reschedule), after planning every one of the 14 days, that I've kind of lost my travel mojo. Nothing on the horizon except driving to Pittsburgh, Norfolk, and Boston from DC over the next months.</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-starting-to-travel-or-planning-any-trips#post-2252988 Wed, 23 Feb 2022 18:09:04 +0000 Sara L. 2252988@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>We're planning a Spring Break trip to Moab, Utah which we can drive to.&nbsp; There are two national parks and one state park close by so we'll be doing lots of outdoor activities like hiking.&nbsp; We have a family trip (grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins) scheduled for this summer in Puerto Penasco, Mexico.&nbsp; We always rent a big house on the beach.&nbsp; Since we drive we don't have to deal with Covid testing requirements.&nbsp; Just the usual masking and social distancing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-starting-to-travel-or-planning-any-trips#post-2252986 Wed, 23 Feb 2022 18:04:55 +0000 kkards 2252986@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>planning a number of trips to see my mom in Boston. and planning a trip to NYC for mother's day, including a Broadway show. not sure how i feel about that, but will see. have a trip planned to the Berkshires in western Mass for July. and a week at the beach in August.&nbsp;<br />i'm not ready to travel too far and i'm not ready to travel overseas, but i tend to be very pessemaic and always take the conservative route&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-starting-to-travel-or-planning-any-trips#post-2252960 Wed, 23 Feb 2022 16:37:26 +0000 slim cat 2252960@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Just came back from mini vacation at Oahu - 6 days. Masks were still the norm and vaccination cards ( or photos, plus ID cards ) were needed for restaurants' inside sitting. It was mostly botanical gardens, waterfalls with a bit of beach/swimming on the side. Perfect weather and less crowded places for February month.&nbsp;<br />I was planning the trip to Moscow, Russia to see my mom and brother before coronavirus started but that still not happening - waiting for the fall to see how things will be going ( still don't feel safe traveling there ). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-starting-to-travel-or-planning-any-trips#post-2252952 Wed, 23 Feb 2022 15:11:32 +0000 chewyspaghetti 2252952@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm definitely not there yet. COVID and other reasons. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-starting-to-travel-or-planning-any-trips#post-2252946 Wed, 23 Feb 2022 14:29:28 +0000 RobinF 2252946@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>We had planned a trip to London for fall of 2020, of course that didn't happen. So now we are hoping it is on for this fall. We have never been there so I am super excited.</p> <p>Hubby and I did take a cruise last month. We booked it when Covid was quiet and then Omicrom hit so we were worried. But everyone on board had to be vaccinated and test negative before boarding, so we decided to keep with the plans and go. It ended up feeling very safe. Masks were worn when walking around the ship and it was also only at about a third capacity so was never crowded. It was a fabulous break from our Michigan winter.<br />&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-starting-to-travel-or-planning-any-trips#post-2252927 Wed, 23 Feb 2022 12:35:38 +0000 Jules 2252927@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Only road trips to Quebec - just returned from a chalet in the Laurentians, considering a train trip to Montreal over March break as my daughter graduating HS next year is interested in McGill, and possibly a summer trip to Charlevoix as friends are renting a cottage there.<br /> I’m not quite ready for bigger plans. Our big Paris trip planned for summer 2020 can’t be rescheduled anyway as my oldest daughter will be working at her sleep away camp all summer this summer and next, which also means the end of our summer cottage family holidays. Of course I have mixed feelings about the end of an era, but accept that in future my role will be more to help finance her travel opportunities - and I hope there are some, to help make up for some of the school trips, school exchange opportunities etc that have been missed due to Covid. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-starting-to-travel-or-planning-any-trips#post-2252926 Wed, 23 Feb 2022 12:28:40 +0000 Aquamarine 2252926@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>We have two family weddings coming up this spring and summer, all within (reasonable driving distance). So mini-vacations? Not sure yet if we will go. One is in a state with strict vax rules and good compliance. The other is not :-(</p> <p>We will probably do a beach vacation again this year. It’s an easy trip for us and we navigated it successfully last year, so we know the potential pitfalls should COVID complicate things (outdoor dining vs. indoor, avoiding crowds).&nbsp;<div><br /></div><div>Can’t believe we are still having to be cautious two years later but here we are…</div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-starting-to-travel-or-planning-any-trips#post-2252915 Wed, 23 Feb 2022 09:34:22 +0000 Cardiff girl 2252915@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nothing abroad this year have booked self catering for later in the year in this country. </p>