The sounds of courting barred owls, big shed antlers, overwintering sandhill cranes and a short Black Lake sturgeon season are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors.
When the pandemic closed travel world-wide in March of 2020, one might have supposed that a tourism company like Access 2 Tanzania would be negatively impacted long-term. On the contrary, what resulted was an unexpected opportunity to reinvest energy into the fast-growing work of their associated nonprofit, Project Zawadi. The mission of Project Zawad is to ensure Tanzanian children and youth have access to a quality education. After two decades, Project Zawadi has reached a new stage in growth and is poised to have national impact on education in Tanzania.
Farrell says top destinations include Hawaii, Montana, Greece, Croatia and Mexico.
Much of the surge comes as vaccinated travelers begin to “return to normal” or catch up on travel plans canceled in 2020.
In fact, demand for travel is so high that many destinations are reporting a rental car shortage. If you can find a rental car, be prepared to shell out more money than expected.
“They have over 4,000 people arriving in Maui on a daily basis. There’s not that many cars,” Farrell said.
Sunset Travel and Cruise agency, located in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood, still cautions travelers to purchase insurance for their trips.