Tag Archives: Italy

February, 2020

• 27 February

  COVID-19 and Italy (defer travel to Northern Italy)

  

  UPDATE 01 March 2020 - The CDC recommends that travelers avoid nonessential travel to Italy at this time, as the CDC assigned their Level-3 Alert warning. The Department of State has issued a Level-3 Warning for all of Italy and a Level-4 - Do Not Travel for Northern Italy. Many …

November, 2019

• 15 November

  Securely Travel Alert - 15 November 2019

  

  Sections: • Crisis • Health • Weather • Government Travel Alerts, Advisories and Warnings Hong Kong - Chinese President Xi laid down a subtle point re Hong Kong demonstrations which continue to be violent, spontaneous and widespread, that Beijing’s patience is wearing thin. Travel to Hong Kong at this time …
• 14 November

  Securely Travel Alert - 14 November 2019

  

  Sections: • Crisis • Health • Weather • Government Travel Alerts, Advisories and Warnings Hong Kong - Another day of protests with protesters falling into two groups - peaceful and violent - both are feeling the pressure from the Hong Kong government. Overnight riot police were attacked with protesters armed …

October, 2019

• 24 October

  Securely Travel Alert - 24 October 2019

  

  Summary - Crisis - United States (California), Uruguay, Lebanon, Chile, Bolivia, Turkey - Health - Ebola, Measles, MERS- Weather - United States (Hawaii), Spain, France, Italy - Government Travel Alerts - Global Crisis United States - California - The Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) has announced that as many as …
• 4 October

  Caveat Emptor - Rome restaurant’s $500 spaghetti

  

  The classic Italian restaurant, Antico Caffè di Marte, located near Castel Sant’Angelo in Rome, hit a pair of Japanese tourists up for a dinner bill of nearly $500. While we all know that eating out can be spendy, in this instance many have opined that they believe the restaurant took …

December, 2018

• 30 December

  Travel to where you can live forever

  

  While living forever may be a slight stretch, living into your 90s seems to be the norm for those living in what is affectionately known as the “blue zones” of the world. These are communities which seemingly have broken the mysterious code to longlife. They are also located in locales …

June, 2018

• 8 June

  Securely Travel Brief - 08 June 2018

  

  SUMMARY: U.S. - Hawaii - Hazardous plumes of “laze” Italy - Air Traffic disrupted Israel - Kite bombs from Gaza & West Bank China - Beijing - US diplomats under acoustic attack? Securely Travel Brief – 08 June 2018 Today’s brief is culled from global travel warnings and alerts. U.S. - Hawaii …
• 2 June

  Weekly Securely Travel Brief - 28 May - 01 June 2018

  

  Weekly Securely Travel Brief – 28 May - 01 June 2018 This week’s Securely Travel brief was culled from the travel warnings and travel alerts found via news media, government and social networks. Please click on the area of the interactive map for the area of interest. The links in …
• 1 June

  Securely Travel Brief - 01 June 2018

  

  Securely Travel Brief – 01 June 2018 Today’s Securely Travel Brief is culled from global travel warnings and travel alerts. SUMMARY: U.S. - Hawaii - Kilauea isolating some residents U.S. - Oregon - Salem water advisory Italy - Demonstrations 01 & 02 June Nicaragua - Widespread & unpredictable violence

May, 2018

• 2 May

  Sorry we’re full - Venice closed to tourists

  

  As odd as it may sound, Venice, Italy recently announced that they have reached capacity when it comes to accommodating the influx of tourists, and quite literally closed their gates to tourists. The city installed temporary gates at the end of two of the city’s bridges in order to turn …