We all know that hotels are hurting. It’s challenging to plan a hotel stay, especially overseas, when so much else about travel is still up in the air. So the …
Coronavirus
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On the heels of Booking.com reporting they will probably have massive layoffs, TripAdvisor has announced they are going to have to cut 25% of its workforce and force 20% pay …
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Weekly Recap
Rise & Fall Of Disney’s 3rd USA Theme Park That Never Was, Florida Is Re-Opening!, Wildlife Photos So Bad They’re Funny, & More!
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegHey travel friends, happy Saturday! Here’s a recap of what’s gone on at YMMV this week. From what we’ve written to what others wrote that we really liked and wanted …
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Travel
Hotels Closed By COVID-19 May Risk Legionnaires’ Disease When Reopened
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegI guess it wasn’t bad enough that hotels and other buildings closed because of a virus that could settle in peoples’ lungs and kill them. When they reopen, there’s a …
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Cruises
Thousands Of Crew Members Still Stuck On Cruise Ships But An End Is In Sight
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegAfter weeks of travel, negotiations, closed ports, and starting all over again, the final 4,000 cruise ship passengers, some of them at sea since January, finally disembarked on April 20th …
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Travel
Argentina Mandates Longest Air Travel Ban In Americas, Causes Outcry
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegOn Monday, April 27, Argentina began banning all ticket sales for commercial flights until September. It’s the strictest coronavirus-based travel ban in the Americas and, to date, is possibly one …
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Discounts & Sales
Sicily’s Way To Increase Tourism? Pay People To Come
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegFor better or for worse, some countries are starting to let down their guard and allowing their citizens some more freedom. Without a vaccination available or even proper testing in …
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced today that, with the exception of a handful of counties in the southeast portion of the state, the state of Florida will begin its reopening …
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Travel
Violators Of Indonesia Quarantine Mandate Get Locked Up In Haunted Houses
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegIndonesia is NOT playing around, y’all! If you enter the country and don’t immediately self-quarantine for a full 14 days, it could land you in a haunted house.
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Hotels
Major Hotel Group Got Gov’t Money Earmarked For Small Businesses; Says Won’t Return It
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegThe Paycheck Protection Program was intended to infuse small businesses with cash while the coronavirus pandemic kept them closed. This way business owners could keep paying their bills and giving …