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Originally Posted by Topspinmo
I agree, if you’re careful and have quality mask ( n95) flying would be safer, providing you washed you’re hands immediately when debarked form plane. Long trip is vehicle with all the stops and motel IMO would be more risky do to all the contact with people through several states.
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We have the opposite opinion on the safest way to travel. Reduced flights from the airport we travel from up north has cut out direct flights to Orlando. That would require us to have to navigate through three airports and two flights, with no way of knowing how full our flights would be. To make matters worse with flying, we fly to Orlando. For obvious reasons, planes to/from Orlando are filled with many children. I have nothing against kids, but with Covid I view kids as asymptomatic petri dishes of Covid-19 walking around without regard for other people and rarely follow mask wearing rules. There is no way we are getting on a plane with a bunch of kids on it until this pandemic is safely under control.
Driving on the other hand is something we find to be very safe. We pack all of our food so we never have to stop to eat. We used to drive for three days, but now do it in two so we only have to stop one night (driving for two days each way also extends our time in the Villages by two days each trip). We prefer to stay in a motel, not a hotel. That way we can back right up to the door of our room and don't have to go through a lobby or up and down stairs, and most importantly, we have our own window HVAC unit so we do not share air with anyone else (no public places with central air for us). My wife goes into our room with gloves and a mask and sanitizes everything to within an inch of it's life and we bring all our own bedding and towels. We even put the TV clicker in a plastic bag so we don't have to worry about touching it when changing channels. I wear gloves and a mask when pumping gas and sanitize my hands when done. And we have both male and female travel urinals, which actually works very well, so we don't have to go into any public restrooms. My wife packs lots of great music and fun games to pass the time during the drive.
Our trip to the Villages pile is all ready to go, need to change the oil in the truck and we will be off for another trip shortly. Can't wait : )