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[geekette]

I agree and have decided to cut short and fly home tomorrow to Canada. No guarantee I'll make it as the closing of all airports and hotels in USA is imminent. The thing that finally scared me is being a tourist and having nowhere to stay except the street.

All flights to Eastern Canada were full this morning so i've booked flight to Vancouver. I booked timeshares in Whistler for my 14 day isolation so hoping they stay open and that after i can fly east.

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Whistler! That's my kind of isolation!!!

Good luck on flights and hassles.

I don't actually think airports and hotels will close. Well, not all of them. Major cities still have commerce happening and movers and shakers moving and shaking. But, I can't blame you. Tuck in at least in home country, hard to know what whack rules are coming.

 

[Luanne]

Whistler! That's my kind of isolation!!!

Good luck on flights and hassles.

I don't actually think airports and hotels will close. Well, not all of them. Major cities still have commerce happening and movers and shakers moving and shaking. But, I can't blame you. Tuck in at least in home country, hard to know what whack rules are coming.

Hotels are already closing. Here in Santa Fe several have already announced their closure. One of the Hiltons in NYC is closing. I'm sure there are more I'm not aware of.

 

[goaliedave]

Whistler! That's my kind of isolation!!!

Good luck on flights and hassles.

I don't actually think airports and hotels will close. Well, not all of them. Major cities still have commerce happening and movers and shakers moving and shaking. But, I can't blame you. Tuck in at least in home country, hard to know what whack rules are coming.

Thanks Spain has closed all hotels, merging people so that no one is on the street, and allowing the empty ones to be used as emergency hospitals. The USA also has a hospital bed shortfall and will have to do the same. Dire times!

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[geekette]

Ah, I had not heard of hotel shut downs, just layoffs. Mine is a convention city, the sports shutdown hammered us, so maybe ours are staying open in hopes of rescuing themselves.

I had thought of hotels as shelter for quarantines or, for ones near hospitals, for health care staff. they are working crazy hours and some may be infected and not want to take that home.

It seems to me that soft goods in the rooms would dq as patient beds, tho.

We do have a lot of hospitals, too, it would not surprise me if we take in patients from other states. The hotels right by the hospitals usually have a special rate for patient families, I'd like to see donated rooms instead, but, not my space, not my call.

the only local shutdown I know of that's major is Simon, the big mall property owners. Probably the end of malls. empty those, massive space for patients.

 

[goaliedave]

Ah, I had not heard of hotel shut downs, just layoffs. Mine is a convention city, the sports shutdown hammered us, so maybe ours are staying open in hopes of rescuing themselves.

I had thought of hotels as shelter for quarantines or, for ones near hospitals, for health care staff. they are working crazy hours and some may be infected and not want to take that home.

It seems to me that soft goods in the rooms would dq as patient beds, tho.

We do have a lot of hospitals, too, it would not surprise me if we take in patients from other states. The hotels right by the hospitals usually have a special rate for patient families, I'd like to see donated rooms instead, but, not my space, not my call.

the only local shutdown I know of that's major is Simon, the big mall property owners. Probably the end of malls. empty those, massive space for patients.

Canadian Govt just sent a long email advising us to plan for, among other things, airport closures and flight suspension. Flights to Canada filled up today. So interesting to watch the USA folk counting the trees and missing the forest.

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[Luanne]

As I keep saying things change day to day. One of our favorite local restaurants just closed completely. Yesterday they posted on the their FB page saying they were open for dine in and take out. Today they posted that they just can't afford to stay open at all.

 

[stevenh21]

Still plan driving to Welk Escondido in a week.

Cancelled trip after all restaurants were closed except for takeout. Got TPUs credit from RCI and 3 month credit of exchange fee. Had to pay to extend usage for a year. I was surprised RCI made the concessions. We have too many TPUs in the account now.

 

[Kozman]

Traveling as I type. In TN headed for SW Florida.

 

[MommaBear]

A friend and I made the decision to go to Cancun, we had a great time at Westin Lagunamar from March 10 to March 16. There were less than 20 cases in all of Mexico when we arrived and less than 100 when we left. Flying was the biggest concern, but those who would travel were unlikely to have been from high risk areas, as we did not connect through any hard hit areas. Now we are in self inflicted quarantine, and so far, so good.

 

[valenta]

Nope. Had reservation at Newport Coast for March 31. But since California is shut down we canceled yesterday.

 

[dmurray007]

The only place we'll be travelling to is home from our winter in Belize -hopefully! There are no confirmed cases here yet but I wouldn't be surprised to see that change by our departure date, March.29th. We are taking a taxi up to Chetumal Mexico and flying from there via Mexico City to Toronto. We will self quarantine at home due to the multiple airports we will travel through. Our DD will stock up our fridge with fresh fruit, vegies and milk and make sure we have enough canned and frozen food to do us for 2 weeks before we arrive home. Of course now our 3 kids are really arguing over who has to go to the airport and pick us up. We don't want to take public transit home which would take about 3 or 4 hours and expose us to many people, and them to us, assuming its still running.


~Diane

Hope you have already left Belize If Mexico closes its border with Belize you are stuck unless you can get a direct flight from Belize to YYZ. Airlines are starting to cancel international flights.
Transportation from the airport could be tricky as anyone who picks you up will also have to self isolate. Good luck.

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[DonnaJ123]

The only place we'll be travelling to is home from our winter in Belize -hopefully! There are no confirmed cases here yet but I wouldn't be surprised to see that change by our departure date, March.29th. We are taking a taxi up to Chetumal Mexico and flying from there via Mexico City to Toronto. We will self quarantine at home due to the multiple airports we will travel through. Our DD will stock up our fridge with fresh fruit, vegies and milk and make sure we have enough canned and frozen food to do us for 2 weeks before we arrive home. Of course now our 3 kids are really arguing over who has to go to the airport and pick us up. We don't want to take public transit home which would take about 3 or 4 hours and expose us to many people, and them to us, assuming its still running.


~Diane

Hi, I wish you a safe journey home. In regards to getting home from the airport...one of your kids should drive your vehicle and the other should go along in his/her vehicl. At the airport you should take your own vehicle and your kids should carpool in the other vehicle so you have zero chance of exposing any of your family for 14 days. We need everyone to be sure to take every precaution so that our loved ones are safe. If you can depart sooner...I would recccomend doing so...you definitely do not want to get stuck in Mexico (I never thought I would say that )

 

[love2go]

Yup. In the middle of my 5 month trip in my timeshares. Leaving Kauai tomorrow for Phoenix.

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We are planning to timeshare hop for an extended period of time starting this fall. How is it working out for you? It would be great to hear about your adventure.

 

[MLR]

Armchair travel only.............. Governor of IL put clamps on unnecessary travel. Just have to wait things out. Hoping things get back to their 'new normal' soon. Take care everyone.

 

[MLR]

Hi, I wish you a safe journey home. In regards to getting home from the airport...one of your kids should drive your vehicle and the other should go along in his/her vehicl. At the airport you should take your own vehicle and your kids should carpool in the other vehicle so you have zero chance of exposing any of your family for 14 days. We need everyone to be sure to take every precaution so that our loved ones are safe. If you can depart sooner...I would recccomend doing so...you definitely do not want to get stuck in Mexico (I never thought I would say that )

Be careful. Airlines may come to a halt and you could be 'stuck' - hope you make it home safely. Hello from Illinois

 

[HeidiMOM]

I killed travel to Palm Springs the first week of April

We did too. It was extra sad because, with the other cancellations ahead of us, we had gotten an upgrade to Presidential. That will never happen again!

 

[traveller1]

Not quite March but headed to Park City in early April.

Be sure and contact the resort in Park City before you go! Right now they are pretty much shut down, i.e., restaurants and ski resorts. Curbside service from restaurants is all that is available!! :-(.

 

[Diamond in the Rough]

The only place we'll be travelling to is home from our winter in Belize -hopefully! There are no confirmed cases here yet but I wouldn't be surprised to see that change by our departure date, March.29th. We are taking a taxi up to Chetumal Mexico and flying from there via Mexico City to Toronto. We will self quarantine at home due to the multiple airports we will travel through. Our DD will stock up our fridge with fresh fruit, vegies and milk and make sure we have enough canned and frozen food to do us for 2 weeks before we arrive home. Of course now our 3 kids are really arguing over who has to go to the airport and pick us up. We don't want to take public transit home which would take about 3 or 4 hours and expose us to many people, and them to us, assuming its still running.


~Diane

Here's an idea that I have heard. Bring 2 cars to the airport and give one to you to drive home. Kids don't need to argue : )))

 

[goaliedave]

We are planning to timeshare hop for an extended period of time starting this fall. How is it working out for you? It would be great to hear about your adventure.

Left Kauai after 3 perfect weeks, Scottsdale resort everything was open and no issues but we Canadians were told to come home so I changed bookings to Whistler BC. Much better situation in Canada of course. Haven't been to Canadian Rockies in 35 years so looking forward to hiking around for a while. As a traveller I haven't experienced any issues thus far. I golf and hike so those are activities still open and can be done within social distancing rules.

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[traveller1]

RE: Park City, Utah travel:

You might want to check with the resort in Park City to see what may be open! Right now restaurants are only offering curbside service and the ski resorts are all officially closed for the season. It's like a ghost town! But still beautiful as always.

 

[Talent312]

Delta extended fee waivers with full travel credit thru May.
I submitted a cancellation request online, but the system balked.
Maybe it freaked due to the return flight from a different city in June.
Anyway, the form took my info and said they'd get back to me.
-- I won't hold my breath.

 

[moonstone]

Hope you have already left Belize If Mexico closes its border with Belize you are stuck unless you can get a direct flight from Belize to YYZ. Airlines are starting to cancel international flights.
Transportation from the airport could be tricky as anyone who picks you up will also have to self isolate. Good luck.

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Yes, we are now in Mexico awaiting our flight tomorrow. As soon as we got wind ( thanks to a friend who works in customs at the northern border) that the border was going to close we started packing. When we got to the border this afternoon there were many more people leaving than entering Belize.

-Diane

 

[moonstone]

Hi, I wish you a safe journey home. In regards to getting home from the airport...one of your kids should drive your vehicle and the other should go along in his/her vehicl. At the airport you should take your own vehicle and your kids should carpool in the other vehicle so you have zero chance of exposing any of your family for 14 days. We need everyone to be sure to take every precaution so that our loved ones are safe. If you can depart sooner...I would recccomend doing so...you definitely do not want to get stuck in Mexico (I never thought I would say that )

That is exactly what our kids have arranged. Our DD will go and get our van out of storage tomorrow and drive it to the airport with our DD following in her car. We have made arrangements at the Park NFly to leave it there & DS has a copy of DH's driver's license and passport so the staff know who will be picking up the vehicle. Our DS will then take a photo of the parking receipt and email it to us so we can claim the van. This method was recommended by the staff there and they said they do it all the time.
DS & DD are not to worried about social distancing on the trip home together as DS said he'll likely ride in the back seat if his sister is driving! Lol.

We will self quarantine for a minimum 14 days upon our arrival home.


-Diane

 

[ruhskis9713]

Our extended family of nine was supposed to leave for Marriott's Ko Olina on March 19. We cancelled that and booked at Marriott's Shadow Ridge in Palm Desert beginning the same day. Saw my doctor on Tuesday for a CT scan and he found shadows and scars on my lungs from a recent bout with bronchitis. I am forbidden to go anywhere until the situation resolves itself. So must cancel Palm Desert and our Kauai Beach Club reservation beginning March 29.

HERE IS THE PROBLEM--MARRIOTT CATCH-22 with their travel insurance:
We have the travel insurance, but can't file a claim if we cancel. If we decide to cancel, we have to use the cancelled points in 2020 and can only book 120 days out. The problem is if we wait to see if our claim is honored, it will be too late to cancel, but if we cancel then we can't continue with our insurance claim. I have a doctor's letter, but knowing how insurance companies are, I'm not confident that my claim will be honored. I don't need more points that have to be used or forfeited in 2020 and would rather have my maintenance fees refunded. Look like I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place. MORAL OF THE STORY: DON'T BUY TRAVEL INSURANCE FROM MARRIOTT!!!!!

 

[moonstone]

Here's an idea that I have heard. Bring 2 cars to the airport and give one to you to drive home. Kids don't need to argue : )))

Yup, that's what is happening now.

-Diane