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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Travel
Mary Forgione, Christopher Reynolds and Catharine Hamm

When can we travel again? Experts share their predictions

When can we travel again?

Maybe a summer road trip. Maybe Europe in fall. Maybe 2021.

Ask an expert when Americans are going to start hitting the road and flying freely again, and you'll get a spectrum of answers. The optimists lean toward summer. Others think it will be longer.

You also hear a lot of theories about how the recovery will happen _ road trips first, flights later _ and how this pandemic may change the world of travel in the long term _ lost little shops, high-priority hygiene.

But nobody really knows, because the virus is in charge.

Here, as the U.S. and Europe face some of the pandemic's darkest days so far, is what some industry leaders _ and one doctor _ say you can expect.

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