While the post-pandemic world continues to grapple with whether to require customers to be vaccinated or not, the Globus family of brands – consisting of Globus, Cosmos, Avalon Waterways and Monograms – has announced emphatically that it will require passengers on its upcoming international tours, river cruises, and independent vacation packages to provide proof of vaccination to participate.

“As part of our commitment to provide sustainable, responsible travel across the globe – while keeping in line with current and anticipated destination policies – we are instituting a new requirement for travellers embarking on international vacations: They will now need to provide proof of full COVID-19 vaccination for international vacations,” says Stéphanie Bishop, managing director for the Globus family of brands in Canada.

With this new policy in place, travellers ages 12 and older must provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination, completed at least 14-days prior to embarkation. Only vaccines authorized or approved by the World Health Organization (WHO), Centers for Disease Control (CDC), European Centre for Disease Prevention (ECDC), Health Canada, or an official government body will be accepted.

The new health and safety protocol will take effect for international departures starting July 15 through Oct. 31, 2021., after which the company plans to revert back to its policy of proof of vaccination, negative COVID-19 test, or immunity for travel.

“While we do not anticipate that Canadians will have the opportunity to travel internationally with us for most of the summer, we’re ready and providing ample time to prepare for their next, best vacation,” says Bishop. “This international travel policy provides our guests the safest return to travel, follows the latest requirements of many countries, and ensures more seamless movement between destinations.”

The Globus family of brands also provides travellers a complimentary ‘Peace of Mind Travel Plan,’ whereby if guests are unable to travel due to COVID-19 restrictions, they have the flexibility to move their plans to any other 2021 or 2022 date, destination, itinerary or even, another brand in our vast travel portfolio, without penalty.