Zachary’s Notes June 7th, 2020 I love the things I have accomplished during quarantine, Long overdue projects like finally painting our shed and building a new door to our cellar. I am now converting the cellar into my private home brewery for my cider, and experimenting with a mushroom/lettuce grow room, as the temperatures and […]
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Tracking Trends as the World Emerges from COVID-19 – Update 6/6/2020
Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday I update a chart with the total number of reported positive COVID-19 cases in every state and country where we offer tours, plus a few more. I then compare this total with the totals one week and two weeks before to see trendlines. I color code trends: Green: low rate […]
Tracking Trends as the World Emerges from COVID-19
The last three months have been challenging for HE Travel, as with all our peers in the travel industry. In mid-March, India had few known COVID-19 cases, but to be safe, we canceled the extensions for our Jewels of India tour. Our in-house flight specialists rerouted clients onto non-stop flights from Delhi to the US. This avoided the pandemonium in Europe the weekend that restrictions were applied to flights from Europe to the US. That same week we ended […]
Zachary’s Notes – May 2020 – Slowly Emerging From Quarantine
Freedom is coming! I am deciding whether to go out of my house….here in Utah, Governor Herbert has dropped us from RED ALERT to ORANGE ALERT. This new alert is an in-between, and hopefully a sign of progress. Our bars and restaurants are open again, but everyone is in masks and wearing gloves. There are […]
Preparing for Travel as the World Reopens after COVID-19 Outbreak
Since the first reports about a mysterious new virus emerged in Wuhan, China early this year, I have been following daily news reports about its gradual spread around China and the rest of the world. I lived in China for a year, I have led over 30 tours there, and I have been to Wuhan […]
Zachary’s Notes – April 2020 – Quarantine Update
Wow, 2020… …Kind of a rough relationship we’ve gotten off to. You started off with a bang, a real shooting star! All records broken! Now? Well…I’m tired of being in quarantine. So very tired of it. I could really use an actual vacation. HE Travel will be okay, but the world will look much different when […]