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A healthy and safe travel experience is a shared responsibility. When businesses, residents and travelers all do their parts, Americans can Travel Confidently.

You can be confident that throughout every part of your travel journey, the travel industry is committed to enhanced health practices to help keep you safe. A common set of enhanced health and cleanliness measures has been widely implemented, not only to protect your safety, but also to ensure your trip is as enjoyable and worry-free as possible.

Recent studies show that travel on an aircraft is safer than a trip to the grocery store.

New findings from a recent report from the Aviation Public Health Initiative—a project of the Harvard School of Public Health is analyzing strategies and practices around the risks of flying and the results were extremely positive:

Through a layered approach to risk mitigation, the scientific evidence shows a low risk of transmission on aircrafts
The layered measures reduce the risk of COVID transmission below that of other routine activities such as grocery shopping

In a separate study by the Department of Defense, findings showed that a person would have to be sitting next to an infectious passenger for at least 54 hours to receive a dangerous dose of the virus through on a packed flight.

The following guidance has been adopted by businesses industry-wide.

View Industry Guidance.

Promote Health Screening Measures

for employees, isolate workers with possible COVID-19 symptoms and provide health resources to customers.

Create Transmission Barriers

by adapting operations, modifying employee practices and/or redesigning public spaces to help protect employees and customers.

Implement Touchless Solutions

where practical to limit the opportunity for virus transmission while also enabling a positive travel experience.

Establish A Set of Procedures Aligned With CDC Guidance

should an employee test positive for COVID-19

Adopt Enhanced Sanitation Procedures

specifically designed to combat the transmission of COVID-19

Follow Best Practices in Food and Beverage Service

to promote the health of employees and customers.

The above guidance was endorsed by more than 30 trade associations representing every sector of the travel industry and validated by public health and medical experts, in alignment with health and safety practices put forth by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

9 in 10 travelers want details on health and cleanliness before booking their next trip.

Before you get on the road or take to the skies, learn more about the programs travel companies have put in place to prioritize your health and safety.

A healthy travel experience is a shared responsibility.

Before you travel, review the state guidance for the destination you are visiting to ensure you are up to date on the state's latest policies. And please don't travel if you are experiencing any symptoms.

When you arrive, make sure you practice the following three health and safety measures, among others outlined by the CDC and any required protocols of the business or community you are visiting, to ensure your safety and the safety of your fellow travelers and residents:

Wash Hands Regularly

Wear a Mask

Maintain Physical Distancing

When you return home: If you visited a state with a travel quarantine, maintain the required at-home mandate.

Together, if we all do our part, we can travel safely and fulfill the sense of wanderlust, connection, adventure and joy we all need back in our lives.