Welcome to this week's edition of the Friday Five, a quick collection of the most interesting travel headlines that I shared in the past week on Mark Stachiew Travels
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Mark Stachiew Travels Friday Five

Welcome to this week's edition of the Friday Five, a quick collection of the most interesting travel headlines that I shared in the past week on Mark Stachiew Travels. Unsuprisingly, Omicron dominated the news this week, but there are some more positive stories about how to properly write an OOO message and a link to my Montreal city guide.

Canadians continue to take off amid COVID-19 travel advisory

Many Canadians are not cancelling their travel plans despite a new travel advisory prompted by recent developments in the COVID-19 pandemic. (Global News)

EU leaders struggle to find common ground on COVID travel rules

Divisions within the European Union have deepened over travel rules to curb the spread of Omicron, after Italy and Greece followed Portugal and Ireland in announcing additional curbs on travellers from other EU states. (Reuters)

Faster trains and cheaper tickets to boost European rail travel in new strategy

The European Commission is proposing faster trains and cheaper tickets to boost European rail. (The Guardian)

Fall in love with Montreal

At long last, the Montreal city guide that I wrote for Destination Canada as part of an exciting interactive project published by the National Post has appeared online. Are you ready to fall in love with Canada again? Check it out. (National Post)

These 'I'm on vacation' auto-replies are true power moves

This is how to really word your out-of-office messages when you don't want to work during your time off. (Inc.com)

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Mark

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