Passport Agencies around the country closed up shop when COVID-19 first broke out in the States in March and April. This has caused a backlog in new passport applications and renewals way beyond the standard wait time of 6 to 8 weeks. Now travelers are looking at wait times of 15 to 20 weeks for the […]
International Travel and The Dominoes That Must Fall
We know for a fact that domestic travel, as discussed in our article When Can We Travel Again?, will be the first to open, especially those destinations within driving distance: now is a great time to start thinking of and planning your closer-to-home getaways, which our Epperly Travel team is more than happy to assist with. We’re […]
Choosing Gratitude in the Face of Fear
Dear Travelers, What unprecedented territory we are charting at this moment: a day in time when the entire world has a Level 4 Travel Warning across it. I write this not from a business perspective, but with humility as a fellow traveler, a fellow human, in hopes that we could come together in our united […]
Best Practices for Working From Home
Epperly Travel is a remote Travel Agency where the majority of our team works from home on a regular basis. With the new social distancing mandates due to Covid-19 many everyday office workers are getting their first-hand look at a work from home schedule. While for many people this sounds like a dream come true, […]
When You Should (and Shouldn’t) Use a Travel Agent
The number one question we as advisors are asked in social settings is, “Wait – travel advisors still exist?!” The answer, of course, on a travel agency’s website is a resounding YES! The follow-up questions are typically in how we work but, really, what people want to ask us is: “When will your services benefit […]
4 Must-Have Tips when Road Tripping with an Infant
A 12-hour road trip with an infant. Sounds like a nightmare, right? When my husband and I told our family and friends we were driving from Atlanta to Pennsylvania in the middle of summer, you should have seen the looks flying back at us. But it was my husband’s first Father’s Day and as a […]
