Travel
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Maui Now Requires Visitors to Download Covid Exposure Notification App
Visitors to the Hawaiian island of Maui will now be required to download a mobile app to ensure they are notified if they come into contact with someone with COVID-19.
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CDC Issues Order Mandating Masks on Public Transportation
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an order late Friday that mandates the use of masks on airplanes, trains, buses and other public transportation as the U.S. seeks to contain the spread of COVID-19.
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Canada Wants to Work with U.S. to Close Travel ‘Loophole’
For now, anyone arriving in Canada must have proof of a negative Covid-19 test taken in the previous 72 hours and go into a 14-day quarantine. But the Canadian government is looking to find more ways to discourage international travel.
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New Executive Order Requires All Travelers to Wear Masks
The order is a directive to several agencies to take action to require masks be worn in compliance with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines.
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International Travelers Will Have to Quarantine Upon Arrival to US
The White House said the order backs up Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines. The executive order is in addition to the requirement for a negative COVID-19 test to get into the country.
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American Express Reportedly Adding a New Centurion Lounge
American Express has been slowly reopening its Centurion Lounges around the country after they were closed back in March of 2020 as the pandemic halted travel. American Express Card Members visiting any of Centurion Lounge locations will see new health-and-safety practices in place, as part of the “Centurion Lounge Commitment.”
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Traveling to Hawaii to Become Easier for Vaccinated Visitors
If you have been waiting to travel to Hawaii, it could soon get easier to get there, if you are vaccinated. Lt. Gov. Josh Green said travelers who get the COVID-19 vaccine will likely be exempted from quarantine and testing requirements as early as this spring.
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Order to Lift Travel Ban for Europe and Brazil Will Be Reversed
President Trump signed an order Monday lifting some travel restrictions imposed early last year in response to the pandemic. This decision, the White House said, came after winning support from coronavirus task force members and public health officials.
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New Administration to Remove Travel Ban for 13 Countries
Biden will sign about a dozen Executive Orders later in the afternoon following the inauguration, and one of them will lift the ban on immigration to the United States from 13 nations.
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Playa Hotels & Resorts Offer Complimentary COVID-19 Testing
Complimentary antigen tests are available to registered guests returning to the U.S. from any of its 17 resorts across Mexico and throughout the Caribbean.
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Negative Covid-19 Tests Now Required for Travelers Flying to U.S.
“Testing does not eliminate all risk,” says CDC Director Robert R. Redfield, MD, “but when combined with a period of staying at home and everyday precautions like wearing masks and social distancing, it can make travel safer, healthier, and more responsible by reducing spread on planes, in airports, and at destinations.”
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Kauai Is Reopening, Find Out How You Can Visit
“This proposal will allow Kauai to move forward with limited tourism in ‘resort bubbles’ while honoring the county’s request to opt-out of the Safe Travels pre-travel testing program,” said Gov. David Ige.
