Covid-19

Airlines and hotels are hurting for business during this pandemic—and it’s likely not just for the next few weeks. But to encourage travelers to keep planning future trips for as early as this spring and summer, many are offering to waive cancellation and/or change penalties. And they’re typically waiving them even on what are usually …

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If you booked a trip between the mid-March start of the epidemic (now pandemic) and sometime later this spring, current travel bans and shutdowns mean you face the requirement to reschedule or cancel your trips. And future trips later in the year still might meet the same fate of a COVID-19 cancellation. Red More 14 …

Read moreThe Dos and Don’ts of Canceling a Trip Due to COVID-19

How to reassure passengers The duration of the COVID-19 global pandemic and associated travel lock downs remains unknown. For aviation, a key challenge will be countries removing restrictions at a different pace according to national circumstances. That poses a question for establishing connectivity. It may have to be done on a case-by-case basis. How to …

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