When it became apparent that I would not be making my trip to the USA in April 2020 I kind of resigned myself to the fact that it wouldn't happen, worked on cancelling bookings and getting refunds where possible and knuckled down to work, dealing with all the Covid-19 processes and being here when I wasn't planning to be.
However when yesterday came around and I realised that I wasn't going to be getting on a plane and then spending 3 weeks doing what I'd been planning over the past few months, it hit home. I felt sad that I wouldn't be catching up with friends and work colleagues and disappointed that I was now going to miss out on all the things that we travellers love about travelling - airports, lounges, planes, seats, food, transits, hotels and every other thing we experience on our trips.
Sadly it is also highly unlikely that the travel experiences we have all become used to will be available to us for quite some time as the world comes to grips with all the changes and restrictions applied to travel in all countries of the world. One major thing will be whether half the Airlines we're used to travelling with will still be in existence. I'm staying positive and hopeful that I'll be able to take this trip in 2021 but I also have to be realistic in wondering if I'll get the chance again or if I do, how different will it be.
So... I'm going to create a Trip Report for this "Trip That Never Was". This report will consist of all the things I was planning to do. Following that, some things will be based on previous experiences and the rest will be totally made up. It will be fun to think up what I might have done and I encourge comments, suggestions of what I should do, places I should go and anything else that the greater Frequent Flyer community would like to contribute.
However when yesterday came around and I realised that I wasn't going to be getting on a plane and then spending 3 weeks doing what I'd been planning over the past few months, it hit home. I felt sad that I wouldn't be catching up with friends and work colleagues and disappointed that I was now going to miss out on all the things that we travellers love about travelling - airports, lounges, planes, seats, food, transits, hotels and every other thing we experience on our trips.
Sadly it is also highly unlikely that the travel experiences we have all become used to will be available to us for quite some time as the world comes to grips with all the changes and restrictions applied to travel in all countries of the world. One major thing will be whether half the Airlines we're used to travelling with will still be in existence. I'm staying positive and hopeful that I'll be able to take this trip in 2021 but I also have to be realistic in wondering if I'll get the chance again or if I do, how different will it be.
So... I'm going to create a Trip Report for this "Trip That Never Was". This report will consist of all the things I was planning to do. Following that, some things will be based on previous experiences and the rest will be totally made up. It will be fun to think up what I might have done and I encourge comments, suggestions of what I should do, places I should go and anything else that the greater Frequent Flyer community would like to contribute.