Hello all! This is the official August 2020 contest thread! Read the [url=https://www.fodors.com/community/fodors-forums-photo-contests/rules-for-photos-contests-1680818/]RULES[/url] and [url=https://www.fodors.com/community/fodors-forums-photo-contests/how-to-post-photos-on-fodors-forums-1680819/]HOW-TO[/url] posts, stickied in this forum, and... Read More

We have a September trip already planned (although I need a new flight since our flight was canceled) Interesting article today. Would you risk it? I might.

"Tourists won't be able to roam freely -- they can only go to places which have high disease-control capabilities. This is the guideline for the reception of foreign tourists... I think it's safer and better than liberalised tourism," the prime minister said." Bkk post Visitors will undergo stricken screening... Read More

Next week? Next month? Next year? Do you think airlines are doing enough for safety? Share general thoughts please. Read More

This post is, I confess, born out of a little boredom but also some curiosity. While stuck at home (in Australia) I have been watching more trashy television than is probably good for me. In my viewing, there are programs showing many Americans moving to Europe and renting/buying property and I'm curious as to how they manage that. I don't mean... Read More

I am concerned about not being able to experience international travel this year. There are high hopes still, but how sure can we be? We were excited to travel with our daughter to Europe. however I am afraid we will have to postpone our dream trip to 2021 or 2022, who knows. We would love to travel somewhere warm and close to the sea, like Spain,... Read More

A Road Trip- DC to Upstate NY This trip fell into our lap. My nephew was leaving his house he had SiP for ~4 months and we could stay there before his summer rentals began. As much as I missed travel itself, I had found that I also missed the researching and planning so was very happ... Read More

Not the moment you stepped on to the North Pole. Or met the Pope. Travel memories that should have faded away but haven’t. Mine is cycling across the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge in NYC. I thought I would be paralyzed with fear. But our lanes were closed to traffic. The pavement was brand new. The weather was perfect. And the view ... Hearing Sw... Read More

For those of you that are happy with your luggage or have recently shopped and found something wonderful, will you please share your findings with me? My sweet husband has offered to "treat" me to a new carry on and also a extended trip size piece of luggage since mine gave out on my last trip ( just before the shutdown.) I want something relative... Read More

This time of year spouse and I would normally be getting ready for our annual winter pilgrimage to Switzerland. Our MO is to travel to Switzerland early in December to take full advantage of the calm before the holiday ski season storm. We then usually head to Germany for a dose of Christmas Markets before returning home. There's already a... Read More

Hi all. After two cancellations of my planned trip through Eastern Europe this year, (Prague, Budapest, Bosnia and Herzegovina and finally Croatia), I am taking Croatia up on its openness to hosting Americans and have made flight arrangements for 13 nights in September. My COVID test is booked for the day before so that I travel responsibly, both... Read More

When do you think Europe will be open to American travelers? Late 2021 or 22? Will travelers have to have the vaccine to enter a country? Im ready to travel again. As is a lot of people. Just curious . Read More

We're planning to drive from Dallas-Taos-Moab-Denver-Colorado Springs-and some other places before we come back to Dallas. We're staying in Hotels or Airbnb. Planning to visit National Parks. Not doing Museums, Malls or any indoor crowded places. We're either cooking or doing takeouts. I know all places I mentioned are exercising abundant cautio... Read More

Hi, With the European economy opening up and the great way they have dealt with this pandemic, we are considering travel to southern Italy (Calabria and Eastern Sicily) in mid to late August. What we are concerned about is travelling by plane. As we are from Canada, flying to Europe is not an issue, but some people are telling us that we should n... Read More

Hello all, My husband and I are starting to plan a March 2021 trip to Maui. I'm wondering if any of you experts could give me some feedback on this plan: - West Maui / 5 nights - Pa'ia / 2 nights - Hana / 2 nights - Wailea / 5 nights I know a lot of people would probably skip the 2 nights in Pa'ia and Hana. Pa'ia got our attention bot... Read More

A sad day at the Casa de Mai Tai. We have officially canceled our trip to Portugal. Hotels have been notified. As Helena said on the other thread, "Portugal will be here next year." Hopefully, so will I. Read More

River reflection of historic hotel where Croat SS recruits launched a heroic, but doomed, revolt against their SS masters in 1943.

In the near future once I am done with school, I plan on backpacking around Europe. I'm planning that this would be somewhere in April-May. I came up with an outline/itinerary that I like but I fear that it is too long, however I did cut off some places that I can see another time. However, I am going back and forth with Bologna. I really want to d... Read More

How are the restaurants and cafes coping with Covid? Anyone have any photos of outside cafes and social distancing? Read More

So I know I am very lucky. I am from the UK and now many other countries are open for us to travel in again. I've been travelling in Italy for almost 3 weeks now and it has been wonderful. I started in Cinque Terre and what a priviledge to be able to hike the trails with so few tourists. I completed the 2 hour trek from Riomaggiore to Telgrafo w... Read More

I'm looking to book a 3 week (at least) trip to Italy for September if all gets better with the virus, fingers crossed. We've been to Capri, Positano, Florence, Tuscany, and Rome. We loved Tuscany so much, Positano and Capri as well! Though of course Rome and Florence were amazing, we like the smaller, more quaint, laid back feel type of travel. Th... Read More

Hope everyone is well, and for Aussies here, I hope you aren’t to despondent about when we will be able to travel again. Today we received a partial refund from our unexpected return to Australia in March. We had top cover, and cancel for any reason. Of course we dint have cover for a pandemic. The one way airfares from Paris to Sydney was over... Read More

Hi Fodors, A friend and I are traveling to Key West for the first time. We are planning on spending 3 nights there. Is that enough time? What are some of the main sights we should see? We plan to get an airbnb - any suggestions on where? Advice or tips are welcome! Thank you! Read More

OK, I KNOW this will be expensive, so hold the snark, please. Here is the situation: Our 2-plus week-trip to Sicily was almost all booked (hotels and inns) for last May. I shifted all bookings to October. Have not yet bought air tix. Partner (who drives rental cars when we travel) is very leery of traveling in October so I think this would be a s... Read More