VIP transfers

The conference I am at had arranged for VIP transfers for all the delegates, I disembarked from the aircraft to find someone with a board with my name on it, ey escorted me directly to the front of the covid test check queue, a cursory glance by the document checker and we were on our way to  VIP channel with no queue, I had no baggage so it was straight through customs and in the back of the Lexus on the way to the Hotel in 14 minutes. The Traffic was light and I was in the room in the hotel 45 minutes after leaving the aircraft.  I followed the same process as I would have done if I was a “normal” passenger but without the queuing, that sort of luxury is very welcome after a long flight and lifts the spirits…. I can understand why private jet transport is so popular with people who can afford it. 

Welcome back

 

 

I have been very quiet on here for the last couple of years, the inspiration left me partly because I god fixed into the same close loop of destinations and not a lot was standing out to me and partly because covid stopped the world. Enough has been written about covid and how it affected the world and I cant add anything that has not already been said much more eloquently by others.

 

This post is about my first long haul trip since 18 months ago, I have made a few European trips and what I have found is that every country is in roughly the same position and domestically fairly relaxed. There is, however, still a fear that travellers will bring the disease across borders and there is a reasonably tight regime of paperwork and testing in place at all borders. What this means is that I am in fact more relaxed around other travellers as I know they have been tested whereas I am much more cautious about locals who don’t have the same restrictions.

Traveling outside of Europe heightened all my senses, the flight was just like a normal flight apart from the masks we arrived in the evening just after dark in Dubai and it was great to hear the noises of the aircraft as the flaps came down and see all the different nationalities as we walked through the terminal, the drive to the hotel will all the lights of the city … its great to be back.   

there is a bot of me that does like a luxury hotel as well .... and they do those very well in Dubai.