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Finding Off-Beat Destinations
Most of us are canceling trips right now rather than planning them. Travel uncertainty is likely to last into 2021 (I don’t plan on going back to Europe until it’s safe to visit my parents and that means a vaccine or a good treatment or me knowing for sure I have had COVID and have good immunity).
This can leave us feeling very trapped. (I still have a trip planned for September, which I haven’t finished the final details of, and which I think is about 50/50 to happen because I have to fly). For people for whom travel is a major mood lifter, the feeling that you may never get to go on that vacation just adds to all the pandemic-related stress.
But this will be over and we will be able to travel again. So I’m doing a series of posts on things we can do in terms of planning and research. This first one is on finding off-beat and unusual destinations.
Avoiding Those Sticky Tourist Traps
Look, there is nothing wrong with wanting to go to Paris, or Rome (Rome is on my list), or Prague. Or, you know, a major U.S. National Park.
But.
They’re sticky traps that catch a lot of people in their net. People are already flocking back to Yellowstone, ignoring social distancing and all I can hope is that outdoor transmission rates are low.