Members tassojunior Posted May 17, 2020 Members Share Posted May 17, 2020 Came down to Sarasota and Clearwater for a week. Some observations: TSA now allows you to bring in carryon 1 bottle hand sanitizer up to 12 oz and 1 pack of wipes. Bring them. The airlines are "requiring" masks to board but not on the plane. Bring a good mask. Flights are few so planes are no longer mostly empty. Don't expect maid service at hotels. At ours they leave clean linens by the door in a plastic bag. At least here few people wear masks in stores and sit down restaurants and barbers are open. The 25% rule moved to 50% in a week. Beach towns are very crowded. Look for more remote resorts than before. numerito 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members flguy Posted May 18, 2020 Members Share Posted May 18, 2020 The west coast is certainly safer than the Palm Beach to Miami corridor however not sure this was the time for a trip but whatever floats your boat. One thing I notice as I watch the numbers for Tampa to Naples is the death rate in ration to positive cases is extremely high for sarasota and charlotte counties, over 10 percent. Possibly because of the average age of our residents. I have no plans to do much of anything but stay at home, its safer that way. EZEtoGRU 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Buddy2 Posted May 18, 2020 Members Share Posted May 18, 2020 2 hours ago, flguy said: The west coast is certainly safer than the Palm Beach to Miami corridor however not sure this was the time for a trip but whatever floats your boat. One thing I notice as I watch the numbers for Tampa to Naples is the death rate in ration to positive cases is extremely high for sarasota and charlotte counties, over 10 percent. Possibly because of the average age of our residents. I have no plans to do much of anything but stay at home, its safer that way. I agree about "not sure this was the time for a trip," but it seems to have gone well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tassojunior Posted June 5, 2020 Author Members Share Posted June 5, 2020 numerito 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TotallyOz Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 I have friends in multiple cities in Thailand this week on holiday and they are doing fine and say the hotel service is good. Some had hotels cancel but they rebooked. Buffet breakfast is social distancing as well as pools. But, for expats that live here, travel is easy and safe. tassojunior 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
