I have this bag and it's fine. One benefit is that empty, it's pretty light. So you're not stressing your back lifting it up here and there and I used it for 6 day trips without any issues.

What’s the story with ICN and HND right now? No leaving the room still? If so, are there any reports of this changing in the near future?

In ICN you have to stay on hotel grounds. In HND it’s a little better. Says you have to stay in hotel but you can put down going to grocery store or going out for a run/exercise. In ICN you get a stipend from Delta of 60,500 WON and in HND it was 95/98,000 yen (I think) for food. Just charge to your room and it’s accounted for on checkout. That is per day (I think it’s each 24 hour period).

Denny

All correct. HND is an order of magnitude better than ICN right now. Just write what you’re going to do on the Covid form and your covered and not locked in a building like a modern day leper. The only counter-point is that there’s a happy hour with unlimited beer included that counts toward your stipend in ICN.:D

Also thanks for the ride back from ICN Denny! Slept the whole way.

Paris restaurants are open for outside dining only and the curfew is 9pm now. A lot of the "outside dining" is in a big tent like structure, so not sure how that's better than inside. Lots of open air sidewalk tables also tho.
The Canadian Embassy pub next to hotel has reopened.

Anytime...........At least for the next 3 1/2 months!!! :D

Denny

How is AMS? Haven’t been since Nov.

Last month you could walk around but restaurants only open for takeout. Hotel bar closed and room service only. Grocery stores open.

Denny

About the same then only the bar is closed.

I want to revive this thread and get some more tips for managing European layovers. I finally have my first TOE scheduled for next week with 48 hours in AMS. From reading back through this tread I see 2 schools of thought, 3-4 hour nap once you get to the hotel or just hit the ground running and wait to sleep that night. What’s everyone’s strategy for managing sleep/fatigue and still having time to enjoy the layovers?