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 […]
Philip Sheldon
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 […]
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 […]
Gratitude 2020
As we conclude the season of giving and thanks and begin a new year, I feel particularly blessed by the gift of travel. I also feel blessed for being able to offer that gift to so many others. I am especially grateful to our enthusiastic clients, our conscientious tour directors, our worldwide partners, and my […]
A Lifetime of Pride
A Lifetime of Pride 50 years ago, in July 1969, I sat with thousands of other Boy Scouts at our National Jamboree in northern Idaho watching on a massive TV screen as Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon. We were proud to be Boy Scouts, proud to be Americans – and proud to be included in the “One giant […]
Message from HE Travel President Phil Sheldon
By Phillip Sheldon Greetings to our past travelers, future travelers and friends! In January I started my 19th year as owner of HE Travel, and it has been an amazing journey. Every day I find inspiration from conversations with clients about recent tours and from hearing our travelers’ dreams for future travel. The enthusiasm that […]