Is The Coronavirus Impacting Your Travel Decisions?

[Tik-Tok]

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Am I missing something?

You haven't missed anything, our decision makers are just idiots.

[89coupe]

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You haven't missed anything, our decision makers are just idiots.

I seriously question the mental capacity of the people making the calls. It’s completely fucked.

[flipstah]

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Probably already mentioned, but I don’t get the logic to our governments restrictions on flight. They ban all Canadian flights to the Caribbean & Mexico but allow flights to Europe, Asia & Africa.

Also all American Airlines still allowed to fly to sun destinations from Canada to Mexico & the Caribbean.

Am I missing something?

Making a guess: because flights to other destinations are more expensive and that + $2,000 quarantine is enough deterrent? :shrug:

I dont know about AA...

[Xtrema]

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Presumably it’s less than the cost of the hotel stay

Depends on pre-existing conditions.

[Xtrema]

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Probably already mentioned, but I don’t get the logic to our governments restrictions on flight. They ban all Canadian flights to the Caribbean & Mexico but allow flights to Europe, Asia & Africa.

Also all American Airlines still allowed to fly to sun destinations from Canada to Mexico & the Caribbean.

Am I missing something?

When the farms have crops to pick, Mexican flights will be open again.

This ban is all about getting rid of non-essential travel to non-essential destinations ahead of spring break.

Yes, you can bypass most of it if you are willing to jump thru hoops and pay extra. They are betting many won't.

[bjstare]

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I seriously question the mental capacity of the people making the calls. It’s completely fucked.

I thought it's been pretty well established that no one in their right mind would run for public office, leaving only pea-brained knuckleheads to run our city/province/country.

[nzwasp]

I’m in the airport right now(domestic terminal). The checkin area was dead, when you go to security you don’t walk past any shops or anything they just funnel you right into the B terminal for westjet C terminal for air Canada. Can’t walk between terminals at all. When you scan your phone initially at security they get you to stand in a specific place for the temp check which is a green laser beam at a distance of about 6 feet. I went through X-ray and something beeped. They used that bomb scanning thing to check my belt area and did not use the metal detector at all.

In the gates area there are approx 5 gates open and about 20 people waiting at each gate. Lots of people sitting next to each other. No real attempt to force people to skip seats.

There are red hand santizer stations everywhere.



Most people appear to be traveling for business.

Places to eat:

Canadian bagel
Jugo juice
And the convenience store.

No coffee places open. The main check in area had nothing open at all.

When you check in you have to remove your mask and show your ID.

Interesting tidbit:

I didn’t realize they were building overpasses for 19th street and Barlow trail (seems like a waste of $$$)

[cet]

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Interesting tidbit:

I didn’t realize they were building overpasses for 19th street and Barlow trail (seems like a waste of $$$)

The city had to get those two interchanges done before it could connect the tunnel to anything useful on the east side.

https://calgaryherald.com/news/traff...-after-opening

The east side remains undeveloped because of a strict deal the city agreed to with the Calgary Airport Authority that dictates the city must first commit to building two new interchanges (at 19th Street and at Barlow Trail) before Airport Trail can be extended east of 36th Street to connect to Metis Trail and, one day, Stoney Trail.

[ExtraSlow]

I think those interchanges will be pretty useful. Those roads are busy every day, and not just with people flying to mexico, there's a lot of industrial traffic up there too. Now make them diverging diamond interchanges as well and I'm really happy . . . .

[ExtraSlow]

Don't let restrictions stop ya from getting your beach time.
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5901753

[Disoblige]

Notice how they are all old and white too? Lol

[taemo]

with vaccine rollout there's a hope that they will ease travel restrictions and quarantine, has anyone booked any international travel for later this year?

was talking to a friend and they booked flights to Phoenix later this fall and wife and I are actually considering Hawaii in October.

we cancelled our Hawaii trip last year as we didn't like the idea of having to quarantine ourselves for 2 weeks once back in Canada so hopefully it will be less strict this year.

[Mitsu3000gt]

I think we're going to wait a little longer. I don't care if I have to quarantine for 2 weeks, but my wife works for AHS and they have ridiculous rules (you can come to work with symptoms, but not if you've travelled and have no symptoms). Plus she's fully vaccinated, and that doesn't currently matter either. So until she doesn't have to forfeit 2 weeks pay upon return, we aren't going anywhere internationally. Hopefully they start letting vaccinated people travel freely sooner rather than later - doesn't make much sense at the moment.

[FraserB]

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I think we're going to wait a little longer. I don't care if I have to quarantine for 2 weeks, but my wife works for AHS and they have ridiculous rules (you can come to work with symptoms, but not if you've travelled and have no symptoms). Plus she's fully vaccinated, and that doesn't currently matter either. So until she doesn't have to forfeit 2 weeks pay upon return, we aren't going anywhere internationally. Hopefully they start letting vaccinated people travel freely sooner rather than later - doesn't make much sense at the moment.

I would imagine they'll be in place until the political cost of them being in place exceeds that of keeping them, implementing these restrictions was primarily a political move, why would removing them be any different?

[Tik-Tok]

I booked Maui for February. Figured it should all be good by then.

[ExtraSlow]

I'm personally going to wait until things are wide open AND the early adopters have gotten thier trips out of the system. Figure the earliest I'll. Be ready to book is December for February travel.

[Mitsu3000gt]

Traveling the moment things open up will probably be the most pleasant, because everyone still scared or not up to date on the restrictions will be staying home so presumably everything will be less busy. That's what we're hoping for anyway.

[killramos]

I’d fly to Phoenix tomorrow if I “could”. October / November seems more realistic though.

[Euro_Trash]

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I booked Maui for February. Figured it should all be good by then.

We are about to pull the trigger on the same. Need something to look forward to.

[ThePenIsMightier]

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... I don't care if I have to quarantine for 2 weeks, but my wife works for AHS and they have ridiculous rules (you can come to work with symptoms, but not if you've travelled and have no symptoms). Plus she's fully vaccinated, and that doesn't currently matter either....

Something is being wildly misinterpreted.
No one, anywhere in Alberta can go to work showing symptoms.