SamirD

Someone in another thread posted a screenshot showing 65 minutes, but I only waited about 15 minutes about 2 weeks ago when we used it at ~3pm UTC -10.

nk15

Greece is also 110 by 11am and stays there the whole day, until midnight where it drops to 80-90s…For at least a week, maybe two. And fires everywhere, the whole Med is on fire, about 800 hundred fires in Greece, Italy, and Turkey in the last few days…

SusanDK

Yes, saw a news story this morning from Rhodes, so sad to see.

IKDR

Sorry - I know this will have been answered before, but in the heat of the moment I'm too stressed to trawl through 96 pages! I'm from the UK (but a dual UK/US citizen). Was heading off to Mexico with my husband for the first 3 weeks of September, but the UK has just now announced that Mexico has moved to the 'red list' meaning compulsory hotel quarantine on return, so we'll have to cancel our trip. Thinking about coming out to the States instead (which we normally do regularly to visit family and friends but haven't done obviously for the last 16 months) and visiting some National Parks etc...we'll be heading down to Texas/Arizona (probably flying via LAX)...We're both double vaccinated but I know that doesn't mean anything with regards to travel as it's the AstraZeneca jab which I don't think is 'approved' in the States?

As a dual citizen with a US passport I know I can get into the States, and that my husband (UK) can travel too (but good idea to take our marriage certificate). I know we also need to get a test within 3 days of travel in order to enter the States (haven't yet checked whether it's PCR or antigen). Is there anything else I ought to be aware of, or should put me off coming over/stick with Europe instead? Trying to make the best of 3 weeks vacation time...

EmailKid

It can be either.

And September is still rather toasty in Texas and especially Arizona.

Unless that is where family resides, I'd visit a cooler place. NE or PNW should be very lovely .... except for the smoke from wildfires

36902BRF

No directly COVID but indirectly related you might want to check out rental car prices and hotel availability before going too far down the planning. Both can be in short supply these days. Hotels are probably not a problem in urban areas about around National Parks they very well could be. You might be ok in September though since the peak summer season will have passed. PCR an antigen test are both ok for US entry.

SamirD

CA is starting to lock down again. Our apartment complex went to mandatory mask mandates as per the county directive as of 3pm yesterday. And I think in the next few weeks things will lock down further, which means that your trip may not be fun and you could run into more hassles/headaches--especially if flight routes start getting restricted.

LETTERBOY

Newsom can't afford to do anything on a statewide level until after the recall election. Even if he survives, he may not be able to. And I'd be very surprised if any place in the US went to a full-blown lockdown again.

invisible

I think people in US don’t really understand what ‘lockdown’ means and put different meanings in it. Question - was there any time during last 1.5 years at any state that you need to get police/state permission to leave your home? Or any policeman on streets/road can stop you when walking/driving and ask to provide reasons/justification why you are not home, or issue fines if you are in the group of 1/2/3/whatever?

Because that was lockdown in most places implementing it.

SamirD

I wish I would have been that way here--many more people would have been safe with the restricted spread if that was the implementation.

Travelomania

For what it's worth ..... my advise as someone in the reverse situation and being in Europe at this time: I would stick with the better of both worlds - Europe.
I.e. someone mentioned in an earlier reply the PNW (The Pacific Northwest: Oregon and Washington State): forget about that part of the country, unless you like it hot - very hot. It never rains for months on end (I left when temperatures soared to 47°C and will not return until cooler weather arrives.) With wildfire smoke choking your lungs for weeks on end and visibility of only an orange haze around you all day, it is most unpleasant and unhealthy to be outside.
The same temperatures you'll possibly find in Arizona and Texas - even in September.
National Parks need to have crowd controls. Rental cars are prohibitively expensive and scarce. Hotels mostly are overpriced with very limited service - especially near National Parks. In many places authorities are unsure whether to restrict people crowds, limit restaurant-diners and other people-gatherings.
Furthermore, testing in Europe is readily available anywhere and a bargain, as compared to the USA.
Border crossings in Europe are wide open. Even the Brits are able to come over and if vaccinated, face no restrictions with proof of the accepted vaccine.
Perhaps consider Canada as an alternative to the US.
Just my two cents.

allset2travel

My Bold.

Absolutely. My personal experience in June this year at Moab (think Arches, Canyonlands etc) was that my hotel price went up more than double from the time I booked to 5 weeks later (on my arrival date). I thought it was high at the time I booked.
In addition, NPs were also filled to capacity. So book early and go in early.

saaveraward

This isn't good...

https://viewfromthewing.com/warning-...ly-to-the-u-s/

and there's a popup at eMed that says "wait times are more than three hours"

gudugan

Come on, the source of this article is literally a Flyertalk thread in this sub forum.

GUWonder

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