First of all, it is important to keep repeating that vaccine is, for the time being, a wish. It may happen soon, but it also may not happen in our lifetime. People need to remember that, there seems to be a significant part of population that takes it for granted that vaccine is a matter of few months and I think it leads to all the wrong decisions. We must accept that Covid-19 is here to stay for a while.

Now to your question: Depends on what you mean by global travel and what nuissances are you willing to accept. If you want to be able to easilly travel virtually everywhere, that will take some time. If you want to travel "somewhere" but don't mind having a limited choice of countries, that's possible even today. The list of countries changes depending on what you're willing to do to get there. For example, if you want to go to Iceland, that will be possible as early as in 10 days but you must get tested (on arrival or prior to travel). For me personally, the biggest limitation is a face mask requirement on all kinds of public transportation, so I'm currently sticking with places I can drive to. But if I accepted masks, I could visit a lot of European countries this summer and probably some non-EU places as well.

Another matter is the experience at destination. Among other places, I was considering Netherlands and Greece for this summer, but I dropped both when I realised the rules in those countires are too strict and the experience wouldn't be fun. So for the time being, I stick to travel within my region (base in SK, destinations in AT, CZ, HU and hopefully PL soon as well), where it's quite relaxed and it's almost a normal life.

Speaking of that, I just came back from 2-night stay in Budapest and we've had a blast. It was very much business as usual, except there were almost no tourists. We've encountered several very busy restaurants and pubs and no one cared about physical distancing. The only time we encountered some kind of table rearangment was in Hard Rock Cafe (guilty as charged!), where some tables inside were out of use (while terrace had as many tables squeezed as possible) - I suppose this was a corporate rule made somewhere in the west, not adjusted for local situation. Deak Ference Ter was buzzing with people even when we returned to our hotel well past the midnight. Main differences on this stay were:

• Masks are worn in shops and public transportation. We don't care about shops (I can wear it for couple of minutes while I grab a water), but public transportation is the biggest obstacle during our trips. Basically, we only go as far as we can walk, which is a pity.
• At other businesses, staff usually wears masks (maybe 80 percent of them), but customers don't. In our hotel, one of receptionists had a mask, so I wore mine too when dealing with him. The other two I encountered didn't wear it, so I didn't either. In restaurants, waiters usually have them, but customers don't at any point.
• Some shops have queues in front of them due to social distancing rules.
• Our hotel didn't offer breakfast, but this seemed to have been a comercial decission (not enough guests) - breakfast was offered at a nearby partner hotel. The way I understand it, it wasn't a buffet but a la carte.
• Some businesses have gone bankrupt. Tourist traps offered up to 50 percent discounts (makes you wonder what their normal profit margin is). Good restaurants and bars were quite busy, some even required a reservation.

It was a very pleasant trip, the only thing that ruined it was weather and inaccesibility of public transportation to us. When mask requirement gets lifted, it will be a perfect place to be at.