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re: Future Travel Plans with a COVID-19 Vaccine

Posted on 12/11/20 at 1:09 pm to
Posted by PrettyBird
Aspen
Member since Feb 2010
10423 posts
Posted on 12/11/20 at 1:09 pm to
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I have 0 plans to get the vaccine. I’ve never taken the flu vaccine and wouldn’t get this either. That may change eventually, but I’ll be avoiding places requiring proof of vaccine. Now a negative test, I’m ok with


I have this mindset, however I realize that eventually I will have to make the decision on the vaccine if I want to resume all normal things pre-COVID-19.

I can wait though. Our plans have also shifted to traveling within the US and knocking out some places we have never been (Grand Canyon, Moab, Glacier Nat'l Park, Yellowstone - to name a few on my list for 2021). I can resume international travel maybe in 2022 or even 2023, and hope the vaccine has been proven by then. My kids will also be older and in a better place to take that overseas flight anyway.

Road trips and flying locally for now.
Posted by PrettyBird
Aspen
Member since Feb 2010
10423 posts
Posted on 12/11/20 at 1:15 pm to
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Have flown about 40 times since July, all domestically, and zero concerns.


On this note, I was curious so I went through and put all my travel into a tracking program. Since March 2020:

25 flights (20 with my kids)
11 different airports
4 airlines
17 routes
3 countries

Zero concerns for me either, and if anything we have enjoyed the empty parking garages, airports, short lines and space on the plane. It's been a nice year of travel! If COVID-19 had not happened, all of the above would be about double (minus the # of airlines). I did contract COVID-19, 100% due to traveling and leaving the house. But quarantined, didn't spread it to my knowledge, no one else in my family got it, and I was totally fine.
Posted by SpartyGator
Detroit Lions fan
Member since Oct 2011
82674 posts
Posted on 12/12/20 at 5:03 am to
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I have zero problem getting a vaccinaction, and zero problem showing documentation of such a thing. My employer is on record as requiring everyone to get it once it’s available


Pretty much this.

I am hoping to do a mega trip to Asia in May if things are getting better. I've had it cancelled twice this year :(
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
79417 posts
Posted on 12/12/20 at 10:40 am to
Sounds like 2022 is the consensus for international travel on this board. Is this mostly European Union countries? Wonder how South American, Africa and Asian nations are going to rollout their reopening plans?

Caribbean islands and cruising you would think would be 2022 before it’s back to normal levels of tourism.
Posted by kciDAtaE
Member since Apr 2017
17905 posts
Posted on 12/12/20 at 2:52 pm to
I’ll do whatever it takes to travel again
Posted by lynxcat
Member since Jan 2008
25412 posts
Posted on 12/13/20 at 12:35 pm to
I’m getting married in August 2021 and was planning an Oceania trip for the honeymoon...but that region is as closed down as anywhere in the globe.

I don’t desire to get the vaccine but I’ll do it if required to get some normalcy.
Posted by PrettyBird
Aspen
Member since Feb 2010
10423 posts
Posted on 12/14/20 at 10:59 am to
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Sounds like 2022 is the consensus for international travel on this board. Is this mostly European Union countries?


I would hope so, assuming those nations have a solid vaccine rollout plan, and are able to get it to their general public throughout 2021.

I can easily see Asian countries requiring vaccine proof to enter. Unsure how they control border crossings, but I see them being the most strict. Which sucks because I have southeast Asia on my list, and it was going to be a 2020 destination. Likely pushing that to 2022 and not even attempting anything prior.
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