No matter where you go -- whether across the globe or across your state/province -- you need to keep eyes open & wits about you. We discuss destinations, measures, techniques -- anything that will help you get back home safe & sound!
Most of Europe safe to travel despite the conflict in Ukraine
Whenever a situation like the horrific Russian invasion of Ukraine arises, some folks - and this is true especially in the USA - get skittish about travel anywhere within a thousand miles of the trouble. And in fact flight bookings have plummeted especially to surrounding countries such as Bulgaria, Hungary, and Poland, by 30 to 50 percent. But the website SchengenVisaInfo.com recently published a reminder that most of Europe - with the obvious exception of the countries involved - Russia and…
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I've kept my shoes on plenty of times, too, but I've never flown anywhere within the U.S. or even Europe without going through some kind of security. Is it possible that they didn't check your ID because you were wearing that red dive suit?
Ed,
We don't take off our shoes in Canada, unless we're flying to the US. And I haven't had to take off my shoes in Europe. Interestingly, last October I flew JFK to the DR and didn't have to produce any photo ID. I've flown Denver to Chicago, Chicago to Washington and a couple of times through JFK and Newark and never had to produce a photo ID. I could never get on a plane in Canada without a photo ID, even when flying domestically.
I'm fascinated by the security rules in New Zealand: No need to take off your shoes or show your ID. In fact, flying from Auckland to Wellington, there was no security gate at all. Is this a lack of hysteria or a surfeit of complacency?
On the same page Travel Weekly said that ARC reported a 39% increase in ticket refunds.
http://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Airline-News/Air-ticket-ref...
It appears bin Laden's death is not affecting travel as much as some feared. Here's a note from Travel Weekly this week:
"A nervous travel industry this week reflected on how the death of Osama bin Laden might affect consumers' attitudes toward traveling abroad, nearly 10 years after the Sept. 11 attacks he masterminded changed the industry forever.
For the most part, agents, operators, hoteliers and security experts alike appeared to believe that the greatest disruption in travel had occurred a decade ago; everything since has been par for the course.
If anything, they reported finding themselves reassured by the reaction — non-reaction, actually — of the traveling public. "
Unfortunately there are too many cities on the list that Robert is seeking. Crime has destroyed tourism cities at different times in recent history. From Mexico's having cruise lines cancel to the major problems in the Caribbean to numerous cities in both Latin America (think of Rio for example) to Russia. That is why for the last 19 years I have have worked with the LVCVA (Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority to produce a world tourism security conference that attracts people from around the world and established the TOPPs program to train police in tourism security. I hope that this helps, Peter Tarlow
Ciudad Juarez comes to mind.
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