Winter Travel

Exploring the World

Returning to the travel experience we missed out on.

By Clarence Capunitan

In December,Junior Kellia Rivera will be travelling by plane to Maryland. This is the first time she is traveling since the pandemic began. She said she was excited to travel again, but also very nervous about traveling.It has been a long time since we were all able to travel.Rivera said she is partially excited to travel because we are still in a pandemic .

“I am excited to travel again because we haven’t traveled much since the pandemic started but there is this part of me that is not so excited because I feel like we are not fully prepared to stay safe from the virus and have fun at the same time.” Rivera said . Rivera is one of the many Americans who is returning to travel after avoiding it during the earlier phases of the pandemic.A New York Times article from March 2021 stated the global passenger traffic fell by 65.9 percent from 2019 to 2020. Rivera is joining many other AHS community members who are using the winter break to travel outside the Bay Area after avoiding leaving during 2020. Junior Deloris Allen Vaughn will be going skiing for winter break. Allen Vaughn is not sure where they are going but she has confirmed that they are going skiing. Allen Vaughn also feels quite nervous about traveling again.

“I feel excited but also nervous. I have not traveled much since the beginning of the pandemic because I feel like there is something that I am forgetting. I feel like we are partially prepared to travel again because my family might not have everything we need to travel and also stay safe from the pandemic.” Allen Vaughn said.

Junior Henry Xu on the other hand has traveled many times during the pandemic and has managed to stay safe and have fun.He feels prepared to travel again during the pandemic. Xu is not quite sure where he is going for the break.

“Me and my family traveled many times during the pandemic and I feel like that we are able to travel during the covid situation again.I feel like we are ready to travel during the pandemic once more.” Xu said An article from the New York Times published on November 2, the Biden Administration had approved traveling for vaccinated foreign travelers.Vaccinated foreigners have been allowed to travel as of November 8.People got so overjoyed to learn that the Biden Administration had allowed traveling once again .

“Skyscanner, a travel booking site,saw an 800 percent spike in bookings the day after the announcement.In the week after the administration confirmed the date the travelers could arrive,Expedia,the online booking site,saw a 28 percent increase in searches for U.S. hotels from Britain and a 24 percent increase from France.”the article states .

Xu, Rivera and Allen Vaughn said that they are all ready to travel again and ready to face the challenges of traveling by any type of transportation during the pandemic.They all feel prepared to travel again and have fun.Allen Vaughn gave a bold statement about facing the challenges of traveling again with the pandemic still going around .

“I think that my family is prepared to travel and we have all done what we could to prepare and stay safe from the pandemic while we are on vacation and we are all ready to face the challenge of traveling during a pandemic head on.” Allen Vaughn said .