All of my meetings and conferences all over the country have been canceled. I would say the odds of your convention happening in November are about 2%.
Anything I have seen meeting/conference wise for the fall has gone virtual. My organizations national leadership meeting/conference in May 2021 was announced this week to be virtual.
I have to agree with the 2%.
My husband is on a small board that provides a retreat each year for the members and spouses. These retreats are always within a 6 hour drive and we stay at high end hotels with meals provided; dinners are with the entire group. This years trip is the second week of November in Charleston. I am really hoping we are still able to go; it would be wonderful to get away.
Too bad we aren’t going to our first choice location, which was in the mountains and less exposure.
Even outdoor events in the fall I know of have been canceled left and right. I would sit tight and not make any travel plans yet.
No plans made for the November conference. I have also seen a lot cancelled for the late summer and fall. DH does three century bike rides every summer. All three have been cancelled this year. No trips to those either (a car ride away).
Got off the waitlist last week for a 12-person quilting retreat in early December. Work areas and eating areas are socially distanced, everyone attending must agree to social isolation for the two weeks prior. I’ve been wrestling with it. When I realized that there are three people per bedroom (it’s an old Victorian house), I knew it was a no-go. Hope I get off the waitlist next year.
Well, I asked my lung doc about making reservations for a medical conference in November and he was VERY discouraging about the idea. It would have involved a long plane flight (or several, depending on routing) and hotels and some ground transportation. I’m thinking the conference will likely be canceled. The lung docs that are supposed to be attending are VERY busy being inundated with patients and air travel looks like it will be pretty risky for some time.
3 strangers to a bedroom???♀️ Curious what state would think this kind of travel is a good idea.
@HImom with your health issues (that you’ve mentioned often on CC) I can’t imagine you expected any other response from your doc re: you traveling.
At the very least I would imagine any conference that would even consider an in-person event the rest of 2020 would also consider offering a virtual option.
One of our clients suggested we attend a national convention in late September with him. Out of curiosity, I went to the organization’s website and it says, “ATTENDEE REGISTRATION (Information Coming Soon!).” Two months out and they don’t have information up? This is going to be a no-go.
My husband’s conference for January '21 has already been cancelled.
I’m trying to figure out how I’m going to clean out my parents’ condo and how long I can reasonably delay going down there. I’ve had mail forwarded to my house so I can pay the bills, my aunt and a neighbor cleaned out all the perishables in the fridge. I’ve been told I can’t really do anything with bank/cars/etc… until I have the death certificates and that will be at least another two weeks because the funeral homes are overwhelmed. Can’t imagine much will change in FL in 14 days. Hoping to do as much as I can from here and when I can’t delay anymore, we will drive down.
The website of the conference Mr. planned to attend still says that the registration will open July 15. The conference is in Honolulu… I am not holding my breath that it will happen.
I suppose it depends on where you are going and how you are planning to get there, but travel, in general, seems like something that should only be done in emergency situations now if we ever hope to control this virus. I know people think they can do it safely but it’s the mass movement of people that is an issue. Yes, some of you have traveled and not gotten sick, but if everyone is traveling it’s a problem. I was interested in these health experts takes on travel/visiting with family. Much more cautious than many folks on this thread
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/how-fauci-5-other-health-specialists-deal-with-covid-19-risks-in-their-everyday-lives/2020/07/02/d4665ed6-b6fb-11ea-a510-55bf26485c93_story.html
I would love to visit my mother and grandchildren, but traveling to southern California doesn’t make any sense right now. Or going anywhere that has rising cases. In the Northeast YMMV.
I agree about travel. Can’t imagine it’s a good idea for a national organization to continue to plan for a conference in November where they expect 15,000 or so people.
So too bad, as we were going to stay with my sister in law and husband. But it is what it is.
How about this - I just got a jury summons. Crazy IMO
I agree that travel is on the less-safe side of the spectrum, but I’m doing it anyway. Or, maybe I am, depending on what the VI Governor decides in the next couple of weeks about restrictions, quarantine etc. It’s a choice we’ve made after weighing the risks and the consequences of not taking the trip.
Travel is not the worst transmitter according to this article. I have another air travel planned for next week.
Can I ask what people’s opinions are about what constitutes a reasonable reason to travel? My mother passed away in Tennessee last October and both my sister and I (her sole heirs) live in California. We are planning to sell the house, but before we can do that we need to go through decades of possessions that are still there, deciding what to throw out, what to keep and what to leave for an estate sale. We had been traveling there about once a month since she passed away (and even before that, while she was ill). The last time we were both there was early March, just before everything started locking down. We cancelled planned trips there in both April and May. We were both planning to go a couple of weeks ago, but my sister wasn’t feeling well, so she cancelled at the last minute. I ended up going on my own, but wasn’t all that comfortable traveling and wasn’t able to accomplish as much without my sister there with me. We have another trip planned there in a couple of weeks, but now I’m wondering if we should just hold off some more. On the one hand, it doesn’t really constitute an emergency, but on the other hand, it’s an uncomfortable feeling for my mother’s house to remain vacant and everything with her estate to be in limbo, especially since we’re so far away. It’s a dilemma.
I don’t think someone else can tell you what is a reasonable reason to travel. That is up to you. As a Tennessee resident, I will say that parts of our state are not doing well right now with the virus, so it would depend on where you are going. If I were you, I would have come in early May. Now I might wait until I see which way the cases trend.
I think it is a personal choice what is reasonable or not. To me, that is a reasonable reason to travel. While there’s a risk in air travel, passengers are not talking or partying. It may not be urgent but it is a necessary trip. How long can you wait? Do we know travel will become safe soon enough for you? Can you wait until a vaccine becomes available?