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Summary List PlacementBermuda has teamed up with Costco to distribute COVID-19 tests to people in the US looking to travel to the island. Like other tourism hotspots around the world, Bermuda has recently seen a surge in coronavirus cases, and currently has a total of 624 confirmed cases, according to data from the World Health Organization. As a result, on December 21, the US...

Summary List PlacementDr. Anthony Fauci warned of a surge in coronavirus cases following the high amount of travel over the holidays.  "We very well might see a post-seasonal — in the sense of Christmas, New Year's — surge, and as I've described it a surge upon a surge," the nation's leading infectious disease expert said on CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday.  Fauci...

Summary List PlacementThe day before Christmas eve saw the largest number of travelers passed by the airports since March. A total of over 1.19 million travelers passed through checkpoints at airports across the country on Wednesday, according to the Transportation and Security Administration. This is the largest number of travelers since March, topping 1.17 million travelers who passed through airports on the weekend after...

Summary List PlacementThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that travelers flying to the US from the United Kingdom will have to test negative for COVID-19 within three days of their flight.  "This new order is consistent with the measures that have been taken so far to increase our ability to detect and contain COVID-19 proactively and aggressively," the CDC said.  The measure...

Summary List PlacementAmid a surge in coronavirus cases following the Thanksgiving holiday, over 2 million people have passed through airports in the US between Friday and Saturday, according to the Transportation Security Administration. A record number of US travelers passed through the airports over the Thanksgiving holiday, with the Sunday following Thanksgiving recording around 1.17 million travelers — the highest since March.  The Center...

 Summary List Placement While the pandemic is ongoing, some Americans are returning to travel, with safety a top priority. Travelers are increasingly turning to domestic, regional trips close to home that are accessible by car, as opposed to journeys requiring close contact in airplane cabins. We talked to several experts, including an infectious disease specialist, about whether rental cars are safe to rent and...

Summary List Placement The travel industry has been battered by the coronavirus pandemic. Even as stay-at-home orders are lifted, travel activity remains at depressed levels with people continuing to worry about safety and opting to stay put. In August, Booking Holdings — which owns Kayak, Booking.com, Priceline, Rentalcars.com, OpenTable, and Agoda — reported that gross bookings fell by 91% in the second quarter. Revenue...

When the COVID-19 pandemic derailed travel plans, Marc Shoffman and his family traded in kids' clubs and breakfast buffets in Menorca for a summer staycation in Norfolk  The outdoor getaway was a more comfortable option than flying — but there were still plenty of rules and social-distancing guidelines to maintain a safe bubble around guests. Shoffman, his wife, and their two little girls wore...

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky told employees that the company is resuming preparations for an IPO, The New York Times first reported Wednesday and Business Insider confirmed. The company has said that it intends to go public sometime this year, but Bloomberg reported that the timeline could be pushed to 2021 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Airbnb, which was reportedly losing money even...

  Despite the ongoing pandemic, summer is in full swing and many US travelers are eager to get out of their homes and hit the road, but safely. If you want to take a safer vacation during COVID, whether in summer or later this year, we've compiled several ideas based on expert advice, meticulous research, and highly-curated lodging choices that might make it easier...

Tourism along the Gulf of Mexico came to a screeching halt in 2010 after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill covered Texas, Lousiana, Alabama, and Florida resort towns' once-pristine beaches with tar. Tourism eventually recovered and exceeded its pre-spill levels, thanks in part to BP's aggressive cleanup program and national advertising scheme. Almost exactly a decade later, the area's hotels and condos face another existential...

The coronavirus pandemic has halted global travel, hammering tourism around the world. Some countries rely heavily on tourism for their economies. They will most likely be the worst affected as borders stay closed and people fear traveling. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Global travel has been devastated by the coronavirus pandemic, which has reached almost every country and prompted lockdowns and border...

Hotels, motels, and resorts will be forever changed by the coronavirus pandemic. Business Insider spoke to top travel CEOs from companies like Hilton, Club Med, and Aman Resorts about how the coronavirus will change the experience of staying in a hotel. Hoteliers predict that travelers will prefer smaller, less dense hotels and outdoor amenities. Breakfast buffets could become a thing of the past, and...

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham closed all roads leading in and out of the city of Gallup to help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.  Gallup's McKinley County has a little under a third of all COVID-19 cases in the state.  Lujan Grisham closed Gallup's roads nightly from 5 p.m. to 8 a.m., and limited vehicle capacities to two people per car. ...

The wealthy have fled big cities for vacation homes in smaller towns to ride out the coronavirus pandemic. They're taking refuge everywhere from coastal New England and western ski resorts in the US to the countryside in England. Local residents are concerned the influx of visitors will stretch their supplies and hospital systems thinner than they already are. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more...

The $1 billion in cash Airbnb announced Monday that it has raised likely won't last the company very long. Even before the coronavirus epidemic hit, the travel startup was losing money; thanks to the crisis, its losses and cash burn have likely exploded. In a worst-case scenario, it might not have enough cash to last a year, despite the new funding. More likely, thanks...

Property managers who list accommodations on Airbnb weren't overly impressed with the plan the company announced Monday to help them out. The $250 million fund the company set up to reimburse hosts for cancelled reservations will only cover a portion of lost revenue, and some property managers may see no benefit at all. The separate $10 million pot that Airbnb set aside for its...

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky on Monday promised hosts that the company's business will bounce back following the coronavirus pandemic, saying that it has weathered crises before. He pointed to what happened after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico; thousands more property managers are offering accommodations via Airbnb now than they were before. The comparison could be considered to be in poor taste; Puerto Rico as...