Now that American’s Election Day is behind us, I would like to share some insights about the process. As I mentioned in last month’s newsletter, I am spending a couple of months working full time (including 16.5 hours on Election Day!) for the Election Division of the Salt Lake County Clerk’s office. This has been a fascinating year to have an inside look at the process that determines our national, state, and local leadership.
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Phil’s Notes – October 2020 – Voting
Vote! This is the bedrock of a democracy. The outcome of the upcoming American election, as well as other elections around the world, will help determine when we can again feel confident exploring new corners of the world.
An election is an odd amalgamation of the micro and the macro. Each individual vote is a minute contribution to the whole, but together these votes determine who will lead us into the future.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]