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DURING THE PANDEMIC by Jeannine Bottorff
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hen I was a kid living in the DC clients misunderstood the requirements for each area, I had no idea that other people country’s testing and no one contracted Covid. had to drive hours and hours to get Everyone had a wonderful time even though they to an airport. Living so close to two international had to test, wear masks, and provide proof of and one national airport, I naively believed that vaccination in most of the places they visited. everyone had the luxury of driving 20 minutes to I had the same experience with my personal their local airport. Once it sunk in that everyone travels over the past year whether here in the US has different realities, it gave me new perspective. or abroad. The biggest trip that This obviously applies to the current Covid situation. The Covid testing, and proof we (my husband and I) took was a whirlwind trip of Northern Italy Travelers have different realities of vaccine requirements including towns on Lakes Bellagio depending on where they are referred to in this article may and Garda, Milan, and Venice. going. They need practical change by publication dates. I have traveled to these places information to make their Always refer to official sources before, but I wanted to introduce journeys as simple as possible. of Covid information prior to them to my husband. We were so Over the past six months to a ready to enjoy Europe for the first travel to ensure compliance. year, I’ve had clients travel to time since the Pandemic started! many different places across We had to take a Covid test Europe, the Caribbean, Mexico, and Central according to the Italian government’s requirements, America. All have had to do Covid testing of fill out a special form and upload the information some sort, whether both ways or just when to our airline reservations. Upon arrival (after returning to the USA. With constantly changing 14 hours of wearing masks which proved to be rules, I am happy to say that not one of my effortless for us), we were whisked to our hotel. 34
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