PSA: Government of Canada Official Global Travel Advisory

bylo wrote: ↑Likewise it's a renewed warning to anyone who may be thinking of making arrangements now for travel in the next few months.

bylo wrote: ↑ Perhaps not. But anyone whose flight or other travel arrangement recently got cancelled or will get cancelled in the short term can use this as additional ammunition in their battle to get restitution. Likewise it's a renewed warning to anyone who may be thinking of making arrangements now for travel in the next few months.

bylo wrote: ↑ Several issues with that:
1. Some of those countries, e.g. in EU, may impose 14 day quarantine. So even if you get in, the first couple of weeks may not be very pleasant.
2. Even if you're OK with 1., you'll have to do 14 day quarantine when you return to quarantine. Spending a month in quarantine is not my idea of a vacation.
3. C-19 status changes quickly. If newly opened countries see a spike in new infections or a second wave, then they'll impose new lock downs, travel restrictions, flight cancellations. That was unexpected in March. It's reckless not to expect it in the coming months.
4. As always, YMMV. Good luck.

bylo wrote: ↑ Several issues with that:
1. Some of those countries, e.g. in EU, may impose 14 day quarantine. So even if you get in, the first couple of weeks may not be very pleasant.
2. Even if you're OK with 1., you'll have to do 14 day quarantine when you return to quarantine. Spending a month in quarantine is not my idea of a vacation.
3. C-19 status changes quickly. If newly opened countries see a spike in new infections or a second wave, then they'll impose new lock downs, travel restrictions, flight cancellations. That was unexpected in March. It's reckless not to expect it in the coming months.
4. As always, YMMV. Good luck.

bylo wrote: ↑ Until the next spike or second wave. That could happen at any time. There's no way to predict it. (Even in ON the number of new cases has been higher every day than it was a week ago.)

Again you can't know for sure. This can change by the day and suddenly you're in lock down at your destination and then in quarantine when you get back here.

That's a luxury most people don't have. Most people go overseas on vacation for 2 to 4 weeks. There's a good chance they could end up spending most of that time in quarantine. That's not what most people would consider a vacation, let alone a good expenditure of their travel money.

Some countries that reopened too early because of economic pressures have already had to reimpose restrictions as the number of new infections spiked up.

The US and their buffoon-in-chief in particular are a poor example of how to respond to C-19 in any sort of rational manner. There are now some 100,000 dead as testament to Trump's insanity.

Every major pandemic has had a second (and more) wave. There's no reason to suppose this one is any different. Absent any evidence that this one is different it would be irrational to suppose that it is.