ArVaGuy

Only about 390 days away!

This is the right call given the circumstances. It’s better we all be safe than run the risk of contracting this virus. Hopefully the event can happen next year.
 
Thank you for all your efforts organizing this year.

This is the right call given the circumstances. It’s better we all be safe than run the risk of contracting this virus. Hopefully the event can happen next year.
 
Thank you for all your efforts organizing this year.

This is the right call given the circumstances. It’s better we all be safe than run the risk of contracting this virus. Hopefully the event can happen next year.
 
Thank you for all your efforts organizing this year.

If you are cancelling a reservation at INNdulge the front desk does not have authority to offer any credit for future booking. You need to talk to the manager or email him at INNdulgeManager@gmail.com. Apparently credits are being handled on a case by case basis.

The unemployment rate could get as high as 20 percent, that’s a depression. Marriott is laying off “tens of thousands”.

Everyone having an issue with the cancellation policy should post their experience on Trip Advisor. I’m holding off on canceling in anticipation of a forced grounding of travel. Then there is a force Majeure without question.
 
I may also contact my credit card company and file a disputed charge claim. The issuer may still validate the charge but resort will have to spend time, effort, and money verifying the transaction.

Everyone having an issue with the cancellation policy should post their experience on Trip Advisor. I’m holding off on canceling in anticipation of a forced grounding of travel. Then there is a force Majeure without question.
 
I may also contact my credit card company and file a disputed charge claim. The issuer may still validate the charge but resort will have to spend time, effort, and money verifying the transaction.

No credit toward a future rebooking? That’s bad business and creates an unnecessary good will problem. I accept that it’s a small business and being hit very hard but being flexible with cancellation and rebooking is a way to alleviate issues for loyal guests and the resort.

Stephen,
 
Brevity is a Virtue.

Everyone having an issue with the cancellation policy should post their experience on Trip Advisor. I’m holding off on canceling in anticipation of a forced grounding of travel. Then there is a force Majeure without question.
 
I may also contact my credit card company and file a disputed charge claim. The issuer may still validate the charge but resort will have to spend time, effort, and money verifying the transaction.

Stephen,
 
Brevity is a Virtue.

Stephen,
 
Brevity is a Virtue.

Stephen,
 
Brevity is a Virtue.

Government is reactive it is not proactive. This applies to totalitarian dictatorships like China as well as Western democracies such as the United States or Europe. The leadership of these countries, regardless of political parties all encounter the same issues of authority, legality, and bureaucratic incompetence/inertia.
 
Anyone expecting that “government“ will save them from disaster is going to be a casualty.
 
This virus is going to spread, it’s what viruses do, nothing is going to prevent that from happening. The United States will become the epicenter of this outbreak in less than two weeks. We have the most mobile population on Earth. We are the third most populous country on Earth. Our citizens are not inclined to obey centralized authority. We will have more reported cases than any other country. Only China will lIkely have more cases but the Chinese Communist Party has lied from the beginning of this situation and will continue to lie for a long time about the extent of of infections and deaths.
 
Human nature doesn’t change. Look at history.

Government is reactive it is not proactive. This applies to totalitarian dictatorships like China as well as Western democracies such as the United States or Europe. The leadership of these countries, regardless of political parties all encounter the same issues of authority, legality, and bureaucratic incompetence/inertia.
 
Anyone expecting that “government“ will save them from disaster is going to be a casualty.
 
This virus is going to spread, it’s what viruses do, nothing is going to prevent that from happening. The United States will become the epicenter of this outbreak in less than two weeks. We have the most mobile population on Earth. We are the third most populous country on Earth. Our citizens are not inclined to obey centralized authority. We will have more reported cases than any other country. Only China will lIkely have more cases but the Chinese Communist Party has lied from the beginning of this situation and will continue to lie for a long time about the extent of of infections and deaths.
 
Human nature doesn’t change. Look at history.

Government is reactive it is not proactive. This applies to totalitarian dictatorships like China as well as Western democracies such as the United States or Europe. The leadership of these countries, regardless of political parties all encounter the same issues of authority, legality, and bureaucratic incompetence/inertia.
 
Anyone expecting that “government“ will save them from disaster is going to be a casualty.
 
This virus is going to spread, it’s what viruses do, nothing is going to prevent that from happening. The United States will become the epicenter of this outbreak in less than two weeks. We have the most mobile population on Earth. We are the third most populous country on Earth. Our citizens are not inclined to obey centralized authority. We will have more reported cases than any other country. Only China will lIkely have more cases but the Chinese Communist Party has lied from the beginning of this situation and will continue to lie for a long time about the extent of of infections and deaths.
 
Human nature doesn’t change. Look at history.

I suspect it's a combination of the CCP lying and not knowing what was happening. I'm not entirely sure that the US figures will be accurate either, although given time the correct US figures will most likely come out.

Government is reactive it is not proactive. This applies to totalitarian dictatorships like China as well as Western democracies such as the United States or Europe. The leadership of these countries, regardless of political parties all encounter the same issues of authority, legality, and bureaucratic incompetence/inertia.
 
Anyone expecting that “government“ will save them from disaster is going to be a casualty.
 
This virus is going to spread, it’s what viruses do, nothing is going to prevent that from happening. The United States will become the epicenter of this outbreak in less than two weeks. We have the most mobile population on Earth. We are the third most populous country on Earth. Our citizens are not inclined to obey centralized authority. We will have more reported cases than any other country. Only China will lIkely have more cases but the Chinese Communist Party has lied from the beginning of this situation and will continue to lie for a long time about the extent of of infections and deaths.
 
Human nature doesn’t change. Look at history.

Much of the Western world dropped the ball. Many Asian nations did all the right things and so did a few Western nations. China seriously under-reported for a long time. Was it intentional or incompetence? Probably a combination of both. Humans are great at hubris.

Government is reactive it is not proactive. This applies to totalitarian dictatorships like China as well as Western democracies such as the United States or Europe. The leadership of these countries, regardless of political parties all encounter the same issues of authority, legality, and bureaucratic incompetence/inertia.
 
Anyone expecting that “government“ will save them from disaster is going to be a casualty.
 
This virus is going to spread, it’s what viruses do, nothing is going to prevent that from happening. The United States will become the epicenter of this outbreak in less than two weeks. We have the most mobile population on Earth. We are the third most populous country on Earth. Our citizens are not inclined to obey centralized authority. We will have more reported cases than any other country. Only China will lIkely have more cases but the Chinese Communist Party has lied from the beginning of this situation and will continue to lie for a long time about the extent of of infections and deaths.
 
Human nature doesn’t change. Look at history.

Government is reactive it is not proactive. This applies to totalitarian dictatorships like China as well as Western democracies such as the United States or Europe. The leadership of these countries, regardless of political parties all encounter the same issues of authority, legality, and bureaucratic incompetence/inertia.
 
Anyone expecting that “government“ will save them from disaster is going to be a casualty.
 
This virus is going to spread, it’s what viruses do, nothing is going to prevent that from happening. The United States will become the epicenter of this outbreak in less than two weeks. We have the most mobile population on Earth. We are the third most populous country on Earth. Our citizens are not inclined to obey centralized authority. We will have more reported cases than any other country. Only China will lIkely have more cases but the Chinese Communist Party has lied from the beginning of this situation and will continue to lie for a long time about the extent of of infections and deaths.
 
Human nature doesn’t change. Look at history.

In Mexico now and that is pretty unlikely, though the irony is acute.
 
“If it were technically necessary to consider mechanisms of restriction or stronger surveillance we would have to take into account not that Mexico would bring the virus to the United States, rather that the United States could bring it here,” Deputy Health Minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell said.
 
That said, on the cusp of spring break, the economic hit would be devastating.
 
I zipped over to Cozumel yesterday and there were 5 cruise ships anchored offshore with a handful of people on them and the tourist area was nearly deserted. The locals I talked to tell me that there is much concern about loss of tourism revenue in the upcoming 60 days.
 
 
 
EDIT: Day+1 - immigration back into US was a piece of cake at ATL. Almost no lines (GOES and non-GOES) and lots of DHS and other workers.

I’m still planning to attend and will evaluate that in early April to make a final decision.

I’m still planning to attend and will evaluate that in early April to make a final decision.