It was, perhaps, a bit reckless to travel abroad during a COVID pandemic. Cases across Europe have been climbing and yet, off we went on our adventure. Allow me to start by saying that if you are an anti-vaxxer or believe COVID is a hoax or you think masks don’t work, this blog is not for you. All right then, I’m assuming my readers are science-based folks who are genuinely interested in my experience traveling…
Should You Travel With Tauck? No, I recommend against giving them your business. This is the final chapter of the debacle because none of the agencies I’ve contacted for help are interested in doing more than shuffling messages between me and Tauck. That is not really helpful. To read about the beginning of the mess, please click here. Part II outlines the remediation I have pursued. Click here for that story. An Abbreviated…
Why are some travel companies, like Tauck, ruining travel during the pandemic? Here is my story. Please feel free to copy it or repost it. Stories, a small wooden black and red train with a cotton ball smokestack, and a crystal heart on a blue velvet ribbon. These are all my daughter has left of her father, aside from the flag that draped his coffin. Eric was a US Air Force F-15 fighter pilot and…
Like most Americans, I want to see fairness in our country—in the courts, in hiring, in job pay, in access to affordable housing, in higher education . . . I could go on and on. Injustice is a difficult thing to watch without becoming disillusioned, bitter, and angry. I’m seeing a lot of unfairness with the vaccine rollout. Let’s start with communities of color and underprivileged neighborhoods. Have they been given access to the vaccine?…