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 […]
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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 […]
Zachary’s Notes, March 2020; Corona Virus Update
I’ll keep my notes short this month… I’ve got tulips popping up in my front yard …and it’s starting to look like spring! It seems early, but…whatever, I’ll take it. I’m getting very excited for the springtime weather. With the warm weather comes biking season, whitewater rafting season and sunbathing! As I started considering which […]
9 Recent Innovations that have Made Airline Travel Easier
I recently watched the 1967 classic movie Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner. As a travel person, one scene that really stood out was when Sidney Poitier and his fiancé stood at the San Francisco Airport gate to greet his parents who flew up from Los Angeles. In that simpler era, they had no security check but just walked to the gate […]
Zachary’s Notes: February 2020 – Extending the Love
It’s been a busy month Trisha and I promoted HE Travel at the New York Times Travel Show in Manhattan. We participated in an LGBTQ+ travel pavilion, which was huge this year! The pavilion covered 2900 sq. ft. and we even had our own stage! My biggest surprise takeaway from the event was noticing the […]