When you receive this issue, we may or may not have the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, but we feel we are progressing toward re-opening with full force. Travelers can only stand so much confinement before they figure out a way to spread their wings.

Over the past nine months I connected often with our subscribers and travel clients. Many readers are planning trips for 2021 and are leapfrogging out of the COVID world and back to the real world. Our friends at GOWAY Travel report most of the trips planned for this year have been rescheduled for 2021, thus making Europe crowded and difficult to book.

In this issue I am proposing a trip to Portugal that was in the planning stages for 2020. Reality means this trip might not make the 2021 schedule due to all those postponed bookings. If this trip holds interest, please email me directly — see the details in the Golf article on page 32. If we see enough interest and availability for fall 2021, we might get lucky and secure this trip.

For now, please enjoy our North America Issue. I know from our conversations you have taken many domestic trips and road trips. Some of you have been creative and held face-to-face meetings (requiring a negative COVID test). I joined you — through many trips to North Carolina (driving) and to Florida (flying three times).

Our next issue will feature the results of all the FXExpress-branded awards. As I write this letter, I am looking forward to attending the Wines on the Wing survey and after-party. Your votes counted, even during these less-traveled days — who better to select the best of the best than you?

Thanks for reading, and keep traveling!