Those dark days began almost five years ago.
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a pandemic, and four days later, the US began ordering closures and travel restrictions.
By the end of the month, the European Union had banned essential travel from outside the bloc, and cruise ships had been ordered to sell in US waters. Non-essential trips will be frozen for several months.
After the Covid vaccine became widely available in the spring of 2021, face coverings are mandatory for planes and transport hubs, but travel has begun to recover. As the masks slowly came off and the borders reopened, travelers tried to make up for the lost time, a phenomenon known as “revenge travel.”
The freeze quickly turned into floods, as hot spots like Iceland in Venice, Barcelona, and Dubrovnik in Croatia were filled with visitors. The shortage of tourism suddenly began to overflow, and many destinations began to institute restrictions and billing fees to discourage the horde.
The past five years have been a very roller coaster. We would like to hear how those ups and downs have influenced your relationship with your trip.
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