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The coronavirus pandemic has lead to a lot of changes. Kids are learning virtually. People are working from home. And here’s another cool one: hotels are being asked to become…

Four months after beginning to reopen passport processing centers, the U.S. State Department has announced they are again offering passport services for those who plan to travel within 72 hours.…

If you follow the science, you know that wearing a face mask is one of the best ways to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. That’s especially true if there’s…

In a crush to the morale of Disneyland fans everywhere, to say nothing of the loss of money and jobs, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced this week that the state…

The no sail order for cruise ships, which expired on September 30, has again been extended but this extension is much shorter than what CDC director Dr. Robert Redfield recommended.…

When the U.S. State Department announced in June that they were going to begin processing passports again, they had a huge task ahead of them. Since being shut down in…

Along with almost everything else around the world, the White House stopped offering public tours in March, due to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus. However, they’ve just announced they are going…

The cruising industry has been put on hold since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic. There were some early-COVID-times cruises that managed to end without anyone catching the virus…

The last time the FAA updated its plane evacuation assessment standards was in 1990. Since then, airplane seats have gotten narrower and their pitch (the space spacing between rows) has…

Hello, travel friends, happy Saturday! Here’s a recap of what’s gone on at YMMV this week. From what we’ve written to what others wrote that we really liked and wanted…