How to Think About Traveling Now That Covid Vaccines Are Out

Ready for a vacation? So are we. Here’s the real talk on what to expect, even after your second shot. 

Copenhagen in February 2020.

Photographer: NurPhoto/NurPhoto

Vaccines are rolling out, slowly but surely, across the world. Does that mean it’s time to think about traveling yet?

The tourism industry would like to say yes. According to the most recent data from the World Travel and Tourism Council, published in early November, the restrictions on travel caused by the coronavirus pandemic were projected to take $4.7 trillion out of global gross domestic product in 2020 alone.