Holiday travel
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson receives his second jab of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine from James Black, at the Francis Crick Institute in London, Thursday, June 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, Pool)
Holiday chaos as UK removes Portugal from travel green list

By Jill Lawless Jun. 03, 2021 12:02 PM EDT

People arrive and depart from the airport ahead of Memorial Day weekend Friday, May 28, 2021, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Travel numbers climb as Americans hit the road for holiday

By David Koenig May. 28, 2021 11:53 AM EDT

People wait in long lines to rent a vehicle at Miami International Airport, Friday, May 28, 2021, in Miami. The Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau is anticipating hotel occupancy levels to surge above pre-pandemic levels. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
Memorial Day: Expect crowded airports, packed Florida hotels

May. 28, 2021 07:54 AM EDT

In this March 16, 2021 photo, a gas pump displays gas and diesel prices in Richmond, Va. Gasoline prices are at a seven-year high, Thursday, May 27, ahead of one of America’s busiest holiday travel weekends. But experts don’t expect steep prices to keep eager motorists off the road. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
High gasoline prices unlikely to deter holiday travelers

By Cathy Bussewitz May. 27, 2021 02:08 PM EDT

A couple enjoys the beach while sitting on a sandbar, Wednesday, May 26, 2021, in Miami Beach, Fla. The nation's tourist destinations are facing a severe worker shortage just as they try to rebound from a year lost to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
Summer travel forecast calls for longer waits, fewer choices

By John Seewer May. 27, 2021 11:47 AM EDT

FILE - In this Saturday, May 1, 2021 file photo, people in the reopened Szechenyi bath in Budapest, Hungary. The European Union on Wednesday, May 19, 2021 took a step toward relaxing tourism travel for visitors from outside the bloc, with EU ambassadors agreeing on measures to allow fully vaccinated visitors in. They also agreed on easing the criteria for nations to be considered a safe country, from which all tourists can travel. Up to now, that list included only seven nations. (AP Photo/Laszlo Balogh, File)
EU lawmakers and nations reach compromise on COVID-19 passes

By Samuel Petrequin May. 20, 2021 01:54 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 31, 2021 file photo, traffic moves along the Interstate 76 highway in Philadelphia. If you're traveling over the Memorial Day weekend, expect lots of company. The AAA auto club said Tuesday, May 11, that more than 37 million Americans plan to travel at least 50 miles from home over the holiday weekend. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
AAA sees a huge jump in travel over Memorial Day weekend

By The Associated Press May. 11, 2021 11:31 AM EDT

FILE - In this file photo dated Thursday, March 18, 2021, a pharmacy technician draws a does of the AstraZeneca vaccine ready for use at the Wheatfield surgery in Luton, England. People under 40 in Britain will not be given the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine if another shot is available because of a link to extremely rare blood clots, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunization said Friday May 7, 2021.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant, FILE)
UK to ease holiday travel ban yet keeps most quarantines

By Jill Lawless May. 07, 2021 07:54 AM EDT

A person getting a Johnson & Johnson vaccine by a health care worker at the one-time pop-up vaccination site located 16th Street beach on the sand on Sunday, May 2, 2021 in Miami Beach. The one-time vaccination site made possible by Miami Beach Commissioner David Richardson and the Florida Division of Emergency Management will administer up to 250 Johnson & Johnson vaccines. (David Santiago/Miami Herald via AP)
The Latest: Colo. governor extends statewide mask mandate

By The Associated Press May. 02, 2021 10:46 AM EDT

Visitors wearing face masks gather at a viewing area overlooking the Forbidden City at a public park in Beijing, Saturday, May 1, 2021. Chinese tourists are expected to make a total of 18.3 million railway passenger trips on the first day of the country's five-day holiday for international labor day, according to an estimate by the state railway group, as tourists rush to travel domestically after the coronavirus has been brought under control in China.(AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Chinese tourists to take 18 million rail trips on May Day

May. 01, 2021 06:15 AM EDT

A demonstrator with the Brazilian flag painted on his face, shouts slogans during a caravan backing President Jair Bolsonaro’s anti-coronavirus-lockdown stance, marking May Day, or International Workers' Day, in Brasilia, Brazil, Saturday, May 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
The Latest: 10% of Washington town positive for COVID-19

By The Associated Press May. 01, 2021 05:42 AM EDT

Two men sit at the beach of Alimos, a seaside suburb of Athens, on Friday April 23, 2021. Easter holidays are often celebrated with relatives outside Athens and other cities, but the government has said COVID-19 infection levels remain too high to allow free travel.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Greek police set up checkpoints, turn back Easter travelers

Apr. 23, 2021 01:12 PM EDT

Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Seiko Hashimoto, center gestures as she observes Japan women's national team candidates staging a match in the operational test event of Rugby in preparation for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Tokyo Stadium Thursday, April 22, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Tokyo under 'emergency orders' with Olympics 3 months away

By Stephen Wade And Mari Yamaguchi Apr. 23, 2021 07:21 AM EDT

People wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walk towards a train station in Tokyo on Friday, April 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
EXPLAINER: What does Japan's virus state of emergency mean

By Mari Yamaguchi Apr. 23, 2021 05:59 AM EDT

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks in front of the 94-foot-long, 21,000-pound model of a blue whale, wearing a bandage, at the COVID-19 vaccination site, in the Milstein Family Hall of Ocean Life, at the American Museum of Natural History, in New York, Friday, April 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
The Latest: Health panel urges restarting J&J vaccinations

By The Associated Press Apr. 23, 2021 12:51 AM EDT

Two men wearing protective face masks play chess in Alimos, a seaside suburb of Athens, on Tuesday, April 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Greek Church to allow worshippers at Easter Week services

By Nicholas Paphitis Apr. 20, 2021 11:31 AM EDT

Wearing protective face masks to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, a man rides his bicycle and a woman crosses a street in downtown Tehran, Iran, Monday, April 5, 2021. Iran's capital is once again under a code red status, the highest level of restrictions imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus as the country struggles with a new surge in daily deaths. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iran sees highest daily death toll in months as virus surges

Apr. 18, 2021 08:31 AM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 21, 2019 file photo, an easyJet airplane approaches Lisbon airport for landing. Leaders from Britain's aviation industry joined forces Wednesday April 14, 2021, to urge the British government to ensure that popular European destinations face the least onerous coronavirus travel restrictions when holidays are allowed again. (AP Photo/Armando Franca, File)
We need to plan: UK travel urges clarity from government

By Pan Pylas Apr. 14, 2021 09:34 AM EDT

Health workers prepare equipments for nasal swab tests for workers in a local entertainment venue area where a new cluster of COVID-19 infections were found in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, April 8, 2021. Thailand has confirmed its first local cases of the coronavirus variant first detected in the U.K., raising the likelihood that it is facing a new wave of the pandemic, a senior doctor said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Thailand faces growing outbreak ahead of New Year travel

By Busaba Sivasomboon Apr. 09, 2021 03:41 AM EDT

People wearing protective face masks to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus walk on a sidewalk in downtown Tehran, Iran, Monday, April 5, 2021. Iran shattered its daily record for new coronavirus infections Wednesday for the second consecutive day, with recorded cases soaring to 20,954. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iran sets new record for virus infections amid holiday surge

By Amir Vahdat Apr. 07, 2021 06:00 AM EDT