{"id":387573,"date":"2021-12-30T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-30T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/we-fled-omicron-by-getting-the-hell-out-of-nyc\/"},"modified":"2021-12-30T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T10:00:00","slug":"we-fled-omicron-by-getting-the-hell-out-of-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/we-fled-omicron-by-getting-the-hell-out-of-nyc\/","title":{"rendered":"#We fled Omicron by getting the hell out of NYC!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3c330c3855d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3c330c3855d\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/we-fled-omicron-by-getting-the-hell-out-of-nyc\/#Hamptons_here_we_come\" >Hamptons here we come<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/we-fled-omicron-by-getting-the-hell-out-of-nyc\/#%E2%80%98We_may_extend_if_it_doesnt_feel_safe_to_return\" >\u2018We may extend if it doesn\u2019t feel safe to return\u2019<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/we-fled-omicron-by-getting-the-hell-out-of-nyc\/#Staying_put_in_Florida\" >Staying put in Florida<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#We fled Omicron by getting the hell out of NYC!<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>At the end of November, Kathy Corby, a retired ER doctor, was feeling uneasy. She had purchased a renovated 19th-century house near Woodstock, and was planning on renting it much of the time, but it was nearly Thanksgiving, and she had very few winter customers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was really worried because there were so few bookings for January and February, but suddenly things picked up, and now it\u2019s filled,\u2019\u2019 the Philadelphia resident told The Post. \u201cI actually wanted to go there at least one week a month, but it\u2019s so busy, I can\u2019t do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After the initial mass exodus of New Yorkers fleeing the city in 2020 due to COVID-19, many began returning this year, encouraged by diminished cases and emboldened by vaccines. East End hamlets along with upstate towns returned to their cold-weather quiet. Then came  the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, and the city was once again a disease epicenter. By Christmas weekend, daily positive tests in New York were <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cityandstateny.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/the-coronavirus-in-new-york-by-the-numbers\/176182\/\">climbing near 50,000<\/a>.  Holiday flights and vacations were cancelled, and people began to retreat to safer surroundings. \u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Kathy-Corby.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Kathy Corby, a Philadelphia resident, in front of her property in Saugerties, New York that she rents on AirBnB. \" class=\"wp-image-20652794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Kathy-Corby.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Kathy-Corby.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Kathy-Corby.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Kathy Corby, a Philadelphia resident, in front of her property in Saugerties, New York that she rents on AirBnB. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Stefano Giovannini<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hamptons_here_we_come\"><\/span>Hamptons here we come<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Hotels outside NYC, including the Hamptons, are now seeing an uptick in visitors. \u201cOur bookings increased 30 percent over pre-pandemic levels for this winter, and we have well over a million dollars in advance bookings for 2022,\u201d said Dede Gotthelf, owner of Southampton Inn. \u201cIn the last two weeks, we had a very steep pickup with guests booking more frequent and longer stays.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Capri hotel in Southampton had closed until spring, but now owner Michael Pitsinos has decided to adjust. \u201cBecause of Omicron, we are planning to reopen this winter,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Holly Corey, 53, a yoga teacher who lives on the Upper West Side, had been staying out East since the onset of the pandemic, but moved back to the city in the fall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had lunch with a friend, and she called a couple days later to say she tested positive,\u201d Corey said with a sigh. \u201cThen I went to yoga and got an e-mail that someone in class tested positive. At that point, I left and headed to a friend\u2019s house in Southampton.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Diego-Fernandes-Farias.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Mayra Lopes and Diego Fernandes Farias\" class=\"wp-image-20652936\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Diego-Fernandes-Farias.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Diego-Fernandes-Farias.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Diego-Fernandes-Farias.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Mayra Lopes and Diego Fernandes Farias went to the Catskills to escape Omicron.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Diego Fernandes Fari<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98We_may_extend_if_it_doesnt_feel_safe_to_return\"><\/span>\u2018We may extend if it doesn\u2019t feel safe to return\u2019<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Long Island City resident Diego Fernandes Farias and his wife, Mayra Lopes, who works for the United Nations, picked the Catskills as their destination to escape Omicron.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven though we want to be isolated, I have to walk our dog several times a day, and I will feel safer in the woods than in a crowded city park,\u2019\u2019 said Farias, a 35-year-old financier. \u201cWe booked a week, but we may extend if it doesn\u2019t feel safe to return.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The couple reserved their cabin through Red Cottage Inc., which operates retreats in the Catskills and Hudson Valley. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople\u2019s plans blew up all over the place and they had to pivot, so we\u2019ve gotten a wave of last-minute requests,\u2019\u2019 said Jennifer Grimes, the company\u2019s owner. \u201cEarly January would have been a dead time for us, but we now have a bunch of weeklong stays scheduled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ariella Duker, a 40-year-old interior designer who lives on the Upper East Side, was one of those pivoters.\u00a0She cancelled her <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> to Barbados in favor of a bunch of weekends at high-end hotels, including the Mayflower Inn &amp; Spa in Washington, Conn., and Troutbeck in Amenia, NY. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith everybody freaking out, I decided to lay low,\u2019\u2019 she said. \u201cMy friends and I are finding these places a nice way to get out of town without a lot of interaction.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/ariella-duker.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682\" alt=\"Ariella Duker at Troutbeck\" class=\"wp-image-20653091\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/ariella-duker.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1023 1023w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/ariella-duker.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/ariella-duker.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/ariella-duker.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>Ariella Duker, a 40-year-old interior designer who lives on the Upper East Side, cancelled her trip to Barbados and instead went to a Troutbeck in Amenia, New York.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Ariella Duker<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Staying_put_in_Florida\"><\/span>Staying put in Florida<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Many who did get on flights to Florida over the holidays have decided to stay put rather than return north. \u201cThis year, we saw 20 to 25 percent of the customers postpone their return to New York and stay in Palm Beach or Miami,\u201d said Melissa Tomkiel, president of Blade Urban Air Mobility, the private aircraft service.<\/p>\n<p>With many people scheduled to return after New Year\u2019s, Tomkiel expects another round of flight postponements this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Corby, too, had a New Year\u2019s cancellation, but it was due to a family emergency, and she im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely had requests for her house, which was rented in minutes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never booked so quickly,\u2019\u2019 she said. \u201cIt\u2019s weird to be making money off another COVID surge, but I\u2019m glad to be able to provide a safe haven.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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