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Upscale motels are the perfect prescriptions for a pandemic vacation

Barista-brewed coffee and Traeger grills weren't the amenities Rosie Reynolds and her husband were expecting from a motel. "There are a lot of dubious qualities associated with motels," says Joe Reynolds, a Los Angeles-based brand strategist.
Vacationers take to the water at a safe distance aboard rented houseboats

If you're a would-be vacationer looking to spend some time on the water and maintain your social distance, you just don't have a lot of options in this Pandemic Summer - which is why it's time to take another look at houseboat rentals. On lakes and waterways across the United States, houseboat rentals - we're referring to self-piloted boats, rather than moored vacation rentals - are a way to get far from the crowds and enjoy the water in the company of a group of family or friends.
2nd wave of virus could stall travel recovery, Ryanair warns

Ryanair Holdings issued a stark assessment of the threat to airlines as they seek to rebound from the coronavirus crisis, saying it's concerned that a series of local lockdowns followed by a second wave of infection will hold back the recovery from the pandemic.
At botanical gardens, let serenity bloom

One minute I was smack in the middle of the real world, standing in a nondescript parking lot during a global pandemic, hot and sweaty under the mask I wore to fend off the deadly virus.
Amsterdam wants nothing to do with Europe's tourism revival

Europeans are free to travel again, but Amsterdam's mayor is anxiously telling visitors to stay away.

Upscale motels are the perfect prescriptions for a pandemic vacation

The upper deck of an Excursion houseboat on Lake Powell in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, which spans northern Arizona and southern Utah. MUST CREDIT: Aramark

Vacationers take to the water at a safe distance aboard rented houseboats

2nd wave of virus could stall travel recovery, Ryanair warns

A fountain within a walled garden at the Stevens-Coolidge Place in North Andover, Mass. MUST CREDIT: Photo for The Washington Post by Alexandra Pecci

At botanical gardens, let serenity bloom

Femke Halsema, mayor of Amsterdam, in her office on Nov. 30, 2018. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Jasper Juinens.

Amsterdam wants nothing to do with Europe's tourism revival

Southwest announces it will no longer allow customers without masks to fly

William Torres, president of DC Trails, on his lot Wednesday in Lorton, Va., where many of his 70 motor coaches have been parked. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Marvin Joseph

America's 3,000 bus companies make appeal for economic relief amid pandemic

With only one entrance open to Glacier National Park, outdoors-eager visitors have faced long lines to get to the wilderness in this corner of northwestern Montana. MUST CREDIT: Glacier National Park webcam.

Logjam of tourists at Glacier National Park

Disney World set to reopen despite severe outbreak unfolding in Florida

A cyclist passes the Merlion Statue in a near-empty Merlion Park during the lockdown in Singapore on May 20, 2020. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Lauryn Ishak

Singapore's staycations can't fill $20 billion tourism gap

People watch the sunrise from Cadillac Mountain at Acadia National Park in 2014. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Matt McClain

Maine's Vacationland hot spots are ghost towns as tourism struggles amid coronavirus

Airplane of Southwest Airlines/File photo

U.S. airlines will ask travelers to take covid- 19 health questionnaires at check-in

The first tour bus arrived in San Fele this past week. MUST CREDIT: Photo by Federica Valabrega for The Washington Post.

This Italian hilltown is covid-free. But as it reopens to visitors, will it lose that status?

Europe prepares to reopen to foreign travelers, but Americans don't even figure into the discussion

Customers shop for gelato at Giolitti in Rome on June 6, 2020. MUST CREDIT: Photo for The Washington Post by Ginevra Sammartino

Rome is ready for visitors again, but its restaurants and cafes look a little different

Photo credit: www.mprabin.com

Universal Studios Japan sets measures for reopening

Staff in protective face shields prepare the pool area for guests on May 30,2020, at Falling Rock, one of several hotels at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort in Wharton, Pa. MUST CREDIT: Photo for The Washington Post by Jeff Swensen

Vacationing - with caveats

Visitors stroll under the

Moomin Valley Park reopens

Six countries cautiously reopening for summer travel

Italy announces plans to ease travel restrictions starting June 3

A visualization from Purdue University shows how the tiny invisible droplets from a single cough flow through the cabin of a Boeing 767 passenger jet. MUST CREDIT: Qingyan Chen/Purdue University School of Mechanical Engineering handout

Scientists think they know ways to combat viruses on airplanes. They're too late for this pandemic.

Sun loungers sit on the beach at San Foca, Italy, on May 22, 2018. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Giulio Napolitano.

How to plan your first post-pandemic trip

Artist’s impression of plexiglass panels creating protective pods on a beach. Source: Nuova Neon Group Due Srl

Sun-starved, locked down Italians ask if summer can be saved

A team of 150 linguists and teachers created the content for Babbel, a language-learning app with more than a dozen options. MUST CREDIT: Babbel handout

During self-quarantine, learn a foreign language without leaving the house

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