Travel Stories – Mark Stachiew Travels

September 21, 2021

Daily travel news for 2021-09-20; Canadians are ready to travel, Interviewing Rick Steves and Bidding for upgrades

Barbados Pebbles beach

- After being cooped up for so long, Canadians appear eager to #travel to sun destinations this winter despite ongoing restrictions… https://t.co/YOSuWF1p9U

- Fans of Europe #travel guru @RickSteves will enjoy this New Yorker interview with the man who says calling in life is to get Americans to travel somewhere that isn’t just Orlando… https://t.co/4ClNOn5Jxk

- SeatBoost is a fun-looking #app that turns bidding for airline seat upgrades into a game… https://t.co/h0gC77omA8

- is airline elite status even worth it right now, asks @thepointsguy. https://t.co/OybD7lgQON

- A new study of PCR testing on airline passengers showed that almost 10,000 tested negative before flying and just one tested positive after landing… https://t.co/bfX2Ce6xlz

- Canadians can still fly in to the U.S. with ease, but there’s still no word on when they’ll be able to drive across the border… https://t.co/vI371306AK

September 18, 2021

Daily travel news for 2021-09-17: Canadian vaccine passports, The Grim Sleeper and Sudden travel bans

Canadian provincial flags

- Various Canadian premiers vowed that they wouldn’t require proof of vaccination, but here we are. With no common system between them, here’s how to travel between provinces… https://t.co/fbt47qI2Cu

- Is #vanlife the right hashtag to be using if you take road trips in a converted hearse nicknamed ‘The Grim Sleeper?… https://t.co/Miqad9pMYY

- Here’s what to do if a sudden #travel ban is enacted while you are travelling to another country.… https://t.co/F4BAfqBvDl

- The Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada is predicting that its members won’t fully recover from the pandemic for many years… https://t.co/EWiGsfIEzd

- Which is more likely to be adopted first for #travel, airships or hyperloop trains? https://t.co/I4bjGzdsNw

September 17, 2021

Daily travel news for 2021-09-16: Air travel recovery by 2024, Destinations for Canadians and Montreal wax museum closes

- Boeing predicts that air #travel will return to pre-pandemic levels by 2024. https://t.co/oIANBx8uSO

- If you’re Canadian and looking to #travel abroad during this COVID-19 era, here are some of the places you are allowed to visit… https://t.co/W5HSdndyH3

- Sorry to hear that Grévin Montréal, a wax museum and under-rated #Montreal tourist attraction, has closed its doors for good… https://t.co/rooBPqAMUd

September 16, 2021

Daily travel news for 2021-09-15: Tourist pledges, Private pet jets and Be prepared if you catch COVID on the road

- More #travel destinations are asking tourists to make public pledges to behave responsibly, but will it work?… https://t.co/JPSSrlxoWV

- Even if you’re not flying by private jet, more people’s pets are flying that way. https://t.co/Lj5O2wuLNz

- Instead of asking ‘where can I #travel‘, you should be asking ‘what do I do if I can’t come home?’… https://t.co/F41DhceZeh

- Anyone who grew up on the Winnie the Pooh stories will love this adorable woodland house now available on Airbnb.… https://t.co/beuc2vQH3u

- Will COVID-related places ever become “dark tourism” destinations? https://t.co/cH7CEDdlTp

- One of the best places in Canada to observe the monarch #butterfly migration is in New Brunswick.… https://t.co/6Jl4E9S7JE

September 14, 2021

Daily travel news for 2021-09-13: Ethics of vaccinated travel, Avoiding kids on flights and When will travel really return?

Pfizer COVID vaccine

- Is it ethical to #travel from a highly vaccinated country to one that’s not so fortunate during the Delta wave of the pandemic… https://t.co/G5GzqRa5xo

- When will international air #travel soar again after COVID-19? It seems like we’ve never stopped asking that question … https://t.co/Sxa9O9d61b

- If you hate sitting next to kids when you fly, one #airline displays on their online booking site which seats are occupied by children… https://t.co/jKw41bdYnO

- How to actually make your #travel better for the planet. https://t.co/twZdunc4wp

- You can find #pizza in just about every country In the world when you #travel, but it’s sometimes a lot different than what you get back home… https://t.co/aeCT1Eq6M1