Tag: COVID-19

it’s important to consider some key health, wellness, and safety issues so that you can best prepare for your trip. Read on for our guide to spring break travel during COVID-19: 8 Things to know before you go.

With COVID-19 and other prevalent global viruses on travellers’ minds, the need for an understanding of proper travel protection has also grown. These and other general health and safety concerns related to travelling might have you wondering, “When is the right time to buy travel insurance?” As you’ll read with one essential worker’s experience with COVID-19 below, the answer might be sooner than you think!

As resilient as the travel industry has proven to be throughout the ongoing pandemic, travelling anywhere these days comes with a set of unprecedented risks that, as a traveller, require you to stay more aware of your travel protection. Read on about one traveller’s experience with COVID-19—and how TuGo helped protect him, when he was most vulnerable.

Whether you’re thinking of flying to a destination within Canada or planning on venturing further out, taking a flight looks a little different these days. Travelling abroad during a pandemic isn’t ideal, but if you’re planning on jet-setting, it’s important to protect yourself with these helpful tips before you fly.

While most people’s travel plans for the year have been greatly affected by the pandemic, as travellers, we’re all learning to adapt to the ever-changing travel norms as we go along. After all, travelling today—especially for families with children under 12—has its own set of risks, as outlined by the Government of Canada’s travel advisories.

At the height of the pandemic, we asked travellers to share their travel experiences, ideas and opinions about travelling in 2020 in a series of inspiring and emotional video interviews. Watch the first video here!

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, staying in a hotel room may not sound as comfortable or carefree as it once did, but that doesn’t mean they’re not safe. If you’re planning on travelling soon, a hotel room may be in your future.

With uncertain times ahead, it’s important to know your rights as travellers, especially if you had upcoming trip plans that were affected. Lucky for you, both the US Dept of Transportation and the European Commission have guidelines in place for airlines to follow, which might just work in your favour.

These are challenging times for all of us, as we’re seeing unprecedented measures enacted by governments and the travel industry. This includes TuGo too; so we’re doing our part to help curb the effects of COVID-19—most importantly making sure Canadian travellers return home safely.