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First Time Traveling In The Post Covid Era Evan Walker ASU HST. 643

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First Time Traveling In The Post Covid Era Evan Walker ASU HST. 643

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The first trip I took when travel restrictions were beginning to ease was a trip to Las Vegas in June 2021. Every year, my family visits Vegas to visit my mom's niece, who lives in Nevada. At first, we were very hesitant to travel because, though we were vaccinated, we were still uncertain what post-COVID travel would be like, so we juggled the decision. Finally, we decided to bite the bullet and go. We decided to drive to avoid air travel as we weren't ready to make that big of a jump. Everything was very cheap, including the rental car and the hotel. We stayed for 5 days at Treasure Island for only 100 dollars per night, and that hotel was right on the strip. When we arrived, the strip was pretty empty, which was surprising considering it was the middle of June. Most hotels still had safety protocols, which we didn't mind. We still did not want to get COVID-19 even when vaccinated because we still had jobs and school to attend when we returned. Compared to Las Vegas pre-COVID COVID-19, it was a lot different as many attractions were permanently closed, buffets were gone, and the overall atmosphere was slower than usual. Overall, we had a good trip, but I can't lie and say it wasn't scary to travel to another state after being in the house for an entire year.

Date (Dublin Core)

June 15, 2021

Creator (Dublin Core)

*Self*

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Evan Walker

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST643

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

Text Story

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Travel
English Consumer Culture (shopping, dining...)
English Business & Industry

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

Las Vegas
Nevada
vaccination
hotel
driving

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

Spring A Session 2025
Las Vegas
Post covid travel

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

Tourism story for the COVID-19 Archive

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

01/30/2025

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

02/09/2025
03/03/2025

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Covid 19

This item was submitted on January 30, 2025 by Evan Walker using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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