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Travel agent associations in India and Thailand — both battling a surge in infections — have warned the public against operators advertising overseas tours to get vaccinated, saying there can be hidden costs. Advertisements for vaccine tours, mainly to the U.S., have popped up on social media in India, despite restrictions that make international travel almost impossible. In Thailand, too, there are an increasing number of tour packages offering the chance to join a vaccination queue abroad...

Vaccine tourists urged to read the fine print on trips overseas Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If youre not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/ People wait in line to receive a COVID-19 vaccination at the American Museum of Natural History, in Manhattan, New York, on May 14. | REUTERS BLOOMBERG May 22, 2021 Travel agent associations in India and Thailand — both battling a surge in infections — have...

Vaccine Tourists Urged to Read Fine Print on Trips Overseas May 22 2021, 4:49 PM May 22 2021, 3:30 AM May 22 2021, 4:49 PM (Bloomberg) -- (Bloomberg) -- Travel agent associations in India and Thailand -- both battling a surge in infections -- have warned the public against operators advertising overseas tours to get vaccinated, saying there can be hidden costs. Advertisements for vaccine tours, mainly to the U.S., have popped up on social media in India, despite restrictions that make interna...

Express News Service Vijayan Menon’s travel agent in Bengaluru got a surprising request from the IT specialist. Menon wanted to know whether he could pack his bags to take a flight to Russia. India and Russia have created an air bubble arrangement that allows travel between the two countries. Menon wants to spend 22 days soaking it up in a luxury spa in Russia, far away from the fast-mutating coronavirus. And not just to enjoy the steam and caviar, but also get a Sputnik V shot at the spa. Ye...

Vaccine tourism: Shot seekers from abroad jetting to America for a jab News 12 Staff Updated on:Apr 13, 2021, 10:47pm EDT Team 12 Investigates has discovered that foreign celebrities and even a presidential candidate from Peru have come in search of a vaccine. But its not just the rich and famous shelling out thousands on vaccine vacations to the U.S. A New Jersey man says he was so worried about keeping his mother alive, he flew her to the U.S. from Colombia. "Gustavo," of Palisades Park, says...

Published January 25, 2021 • Updated on January 26, 2021 at 11:06 pm NBCUniversal Media, LLC As new coronavirus cases and virus-related deaths drop across the United States, the nation is now facing another challenge in its battle against the pandemic: new virus variants. On Monday, Minnesota reported the first known case of the coronavirus Brazil P.1 variant in the U.S. Another variant first detected in the United Kingdom has been circulating in the U.S. for weeks, and Dr. Anthony Fauci,...

What We Know About “Vaccine Tourism” and How to Stop It There’s a new travel opportunity taking the world by storm. Wealthy individuals living outside the U.S. have been flying into the country to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Travel companies in India and other nations have set up exclusive packages that include a shot of the drug, as long as these “tourists” are willing to pay for it. This is what’s known as “vaccine tourism.” With little input from the federal government, states ac...

Hundreds in India Plan US Travel Tours to Get Best Quality Covid-19 Vaccine By Jyoti Shelar, Zenger News On 1/3/21 at 9:00 AM EST When Jignesh Kumar Patel came across a flyer about a COVID-19 vaccine tourism package to the United States early this month, he immediately signed on—joining hundreds of other fellow travelers from India. Patel, a businessman in the western state of Gujarat, has traveled to 14 countries, but the U.S. has been on his bucket list for a long time. "If I can combine...