By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | If you’re feeling stir crazy because of months of pandemic-related confinement to your home or hometown, there will be a day soon when travel will feel safe and comfortable again.
For most of us, it can’t come soon enough. For many, it may not matter exactly where the destination is. It’s just important that it not be at home.
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COMMENTARY, Brack: Scratch your itch to travel in South Carolina
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By Bill Thompson, special to Charleston Currents | Feeling claustrophobic? After a year of social distancing and, for many, relative isolation, you could be excused for feeling the walls are closing in.
Thompson
Though the progress of distributing and administering COVID-19 vaccinations has been spotty, those receiving them finally have a chance to take a deep breath and have a glimpse of what life may be like not too far down the road. But no matter how well-appointed our homes or numerous our diversions, the avid travelers among us are bound to be getting itchy.
Count me among them. It’s been a long, if sometimes productive, wait.
I have traveled and written about travel for 40 years. And while I daily count my blessings and good fortune, it does not diminish my eagerness to be on the road or in the skies again, to set foot on another land, in another city, or hike the wilderness.
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By Ben Fanning, contributing columnist | I recently returned from a trip to Berlin, Germany, and learned several life lessons you can apply to your next trip.
ONE: You can do a lot in the freezing rain
We visited Berlin during the off-season to take advantage of the low rates for airfare and hotels. Also, many of the sites were less crowded than usual. Of course, this meant we faced freezing rain and wind every day, but we came prepared with heavy jackets and multiple layers.
I had an old band director who repeatedly said, “never wait on rain;” While freezing rain in Berlin might be a deterrent to some, it didn’t slow us down one bit.
Staff reports | As many as 100,000 people are expected to fly into or out of Charleston International Airport over the Thanksgiving holiday making it the busiest time of the year for the facility.
Last year, just over 95,000 passengers came through the airport during Thanksgiving. And so far this year, passenger counts are up over last year, which airport Executive Director and CEO Paul G. Campbell Jr. said he expected to continue through the end of the year.
“We are having a great year and we will reach, and possibly top, 4 million passengers in 2017,” Campbell said in a press release. “This next week we expect to be very busy with Thanksgiving travelers so we encourage everyone to plan ahead and arrive at the airport early.”
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