It's been rough, but 2020 is almost over. 🙏

We’re not out of the woods, but there’s lots to be optimistic about for next year:

Safely taking a flight, or grabbing a drink in a bar, may even be possible! 🤞

Travel

• How powerful is your passport? Check your passport’s global ‘power rank’ (hopefully we’ll be able to use them more in 2021!)

• Lonely Planet got acquired. Again.

• Airbnb IPO’d 2 weeks ago. It’s now already more valuable than Booking. 😲

Nightlife

• New York’s reimagined NYE. America’s largest New Year’s Eve party usually attracts 100k. This year, it’s 100% virtual. Read how they’re doing it.

• 2020’s Nightlife ‘Wins’? It's been a terrible year for nightlife. Yet some good things came out of it? Check some of the year’s nightlife wins.

Tiny Tips for (a Virtual) NYE:

• Want to watch that virtual New York NYE? Here’s the livestream.

• Edinburgh’s famous Hogmanay is also going virtual.

• Feel like leaving the planet altogether? RAVE TO THE MOON 🚀

rachel syme @rachsyme

new years eve inside alone or with exactly one other person has always been the best way to do that particular holiday and many of you are about to learn this glorious truth

December 27th 2020

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☝️ This could actually be the smart & safest way to celebrate NYE this year…

New Stuff

• Let a sassy A.I. judge your taste in music! Everyone was showing off their Spotify year in music a couple of weeks back. Now you can let an A.I. be the judge. A very funny and well executed idea! 😅

That’s it. ‘Til next year, take care! 👋

Cheers,
Dan