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sn’t it time your church group began traveling again? After more than a year of pandemic conditions that kept the majority of travel organizations off the road, it is now safe for groups to venture out again. Even the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has acknowledged that people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 can safely travel without worrying about contracting or spreading the virus. At the beginning of the pandemic, many people believed that group travel and any travel involving older people would be the last segment of the tourism industry to recover. But the reverse has turned out to be true: Because older Americans were among the first to be vaccinated, they were also among the first to begin traveling again, launching what some experts have called a “silver wave” of senior travelers. The silver wave represents a great opportunity for you to get your church group traveling again. But making the most of it will take a bit of bravery, flexibility and creativity.
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going on faith [ summer 2021 ]
