New England Peas or Those who Travel - RE Stay at Home Order

Maine has imposed a 14-day quarantine on anyone visiting from out of state at least through the end of July at this point. It will kill their tourism season. It also applies to people visiting their own property from other states.

I live in western MA and we are generally day and weekend trippers, but honestly, we're not sure about any plans this summer. We're going to wait and see how things are turning out as they relax.

But yes, you're right. One of my favorite things about New England is it's proximity to so much. I live about a half an hour from the Vermont border and the New Hampshire border and not too long to the shore in any of the states.

I don’t live in New England, but my opinion, for what it’s worth, is that people all over the United States are going to take lots of road trips this summer. I think people are itching to go somewhere, the curves are flattening and road trips are very flexible. They can be changed or cancelled at a moment’s notice if need be.

With the 4th of July being on a Saturday, I think people are going to make a big weekend out of it. Hopefully, most people will use common sense and stay safe while getting out and enjoying themselves.

I am in Vermont and we, at this time, do have the 14 day quarantine.  I most probably will not be traveling to other New England states for at least summer and early fall.  We typically head to Maine for 3 or 4 days before Memorial Day and again in the late fall. So far no plans to do so.  We also go to NH frequently but more for just normal day errands.  

We have a family camp so that is probably what this summer will consist of, especially since music events and festivals are canceled. 

We went and opened it up last weekend.  It is about 1.5 hours from me in the north east part of Vermont and not far from the NH border.  I passed quite a few out of state cars, but there are also a lot in the Burlington area where I live.  We had take out at a popular seafood restaurant in St Johnsbury and there were a lot of out of state cars.  However being so close to the border it is not uncommon.  Also a lot of people work across borders and it is allowed that if people have normal daily business in Vermont they are allowed to come back for recreation without quarantining.

There a quite of few out-of-staters who have camps where we do, most from NH.  Some of those people were there this weekend.  I am not sure if they quarantine for the 14 days or not?  

Our state is really pushing for Vermonters to explore Vermont this year.   However they acknowledge that there are many people from neighboring states that have camps or campers in Vermont. They  are looking to change the directives where you can quarantine in Vermont and then get tested after 7 days and may be able to eliminate that last 7 days. 

It will be an interesting summer without a doubt.  I hope you find a lot to do and have a lot of fun in your little bubble.  😄👍

I live in Rochester NY, so nowhere near NYC. We are now in Phase 2 of reopening, numbers are going down thankfully around here. I booked an AirBNB way back before this all started for a place in Effingham NH in Aug. I would love any advice. I had also thought about how local folks would view our NY license plates. I may have to get a bumper sticker made - We're From Western NY! We are staying at a place that sits on 150 acres, so we will spend some of our time social distancing on purpose, but were hoping to go into towns. We will do whatever is safest of course, will bring our masks & so forth.

We had also hoped to spend a couple nights in ME. Again, likely at a place out in the middle of nowhere, but would like to get to the shore for a few hours & so forth. I planned to look into how things are going in each state, but would appreciate any advice or info on what the laws/guidelines are in these states for tourists. Thanks for starting this topic!

Thank you!

I live in CT. I think the touristy places will be busy this summer. I would be just as comfortable traveling within New England as I would staying in my home state.

We are choosing to wait and save our vacation money for a time when we can fully enjoy new places without masks and social distancing though.

We had a trip to an Airbnb in the white mountains booked for Easter week but cancelled because Connecticut was a hot spot and we didn’t want to park our out of state car and upset the locals.

This is the current information on the quarantine.

"Travel: Domestic restrictions are largely lifted. The 14-day quarantine is only in place for people returning to Rhode Island from an area still under stay-at-home order or another similar type of restriction."

Hope that helps.

At the lake we hung out on their 2 boats, kayaked, tried waterskiing, drank, drank and drank and ate. I even got to go shopping at a lovely little country store that sold neither groceries or alcohol! It was heaven!!!

I know where that is..way south of Buffalo!!

I miss New England. DH and I were planning our annual trip to Boston this fall and now all bets are off. I really love NE! I miss Cask n Flagon's pretzels, Italian from Strega, lobster roll from Neptune's and rice balls from Bova's Bakery!

It is the best pretzel I have eaten! Love them. My dh went to high school with the owner so we get special attention when we go.