Life, although sometimes being fulfilling, can at many times become mundane and tiring. Any average person has their daily lives dictated by a strict schedule. A big majority of today’s society has the same periodic timetable on which their day continues. Waking up each day to work for 8 hours, coming back to perform the necessary chores, watching television, and going to sleep. This repeated routine can become tiring and sometimes cause a person to become dull mentally and physically. A big reason for this is the lack of nourishment for the mind and the soul for the people. Although being a functional part of society is imperative for society to progress, it is also important to take some time to rejuvenate one’s mind to operate at full capacity. One revolutionary company making it easier to indulge in the liberating activity of traveling more comfortably is Secret World.

Travelling has been referred to as nourishment for one’s spirit or soul on many accounts. A person can let out all the stress accumulated over time while being a responsible part of society through traveling. It is necessary to have a periodic getaway that could be anything from a two-day mini-vacation to a week-long tour. It is necessary for a person to get away from the mundane schedule of their daily lives in order to keep productivity at high levels. Research shows that after accumulating huge amounts of stress, either from the workplace or household matters. A person’s productivity is impacted negatively when having to keep carrying this for a long time. By traveling a person can witness all the beauty, the World has to offer not from the screen of their TV’s but their own eyes. However, traveling is easier said than done.

Besides confirming whether a travel destination is known to be safe for travelers or not. Many other factors can greatly impact how a person’s travel experience turns out to be. Traveling to an unknown place where English is not the dominant language can be extremely difficult to plan for on many occasions. Making lodging arrangements alone can be difficult as it can be hard for a non-native to research an ideal location that stays within their budget and can enhance their experience.

Knowing the customs of the place a person is traveling to is imperative not to offend someone unintentionally. For example, tipping the waiters or handing a store clerk money in their hands is a commonly known practice. However, doing such acts in Japan can be considered rude and greatly offends them. Japanese locals are paid adequately for their jobs and will surely take offense if offered a tip for their services. These small unknown facts can transform a relaxing getaway into a nightmare depending on the intensity of actions performed unintentionally. Secret World is an online platform that helps travelers avoid such mistakes and helps substantially increases the success of people’s trips.

Secret World is an online platform that Antonio Kim Ciccarelli founded in 2014. It was founded to enable travel for the masses by giving them access to all relevant information and traveling hacks learned by more veteran travelers. It is an online platform where travelers can share their traveling stories, tips on what to do and not do, traveler’s guide to a specific destination, and much other helpful knowledge. This knowledge can be accessed by anyone online. This platform also hosts discussion forums where any aspiring traveler can ask questions related to their next adventure. These questions are then answered by the active traveler’s community present on Secret World promptly. Secret World, on many occasions, has been called the ‘eBay for travelers’ as they allow people to offer their guide services on the platform. Natives can sell guide services; Travelers can offer to sell any unused airlines tickets; travelers can also sell a guide filled with a detailed description of must-visit locations and locations that travelers should not visit. People can also buy authentic souvenirs from this platform.

This foundation for this company was set during an adventure getaway of Antonio Kim Ciccarelli and his friends. During this vacation, Ciccarelli discovered all the benefits traveling could have for a person. Experiencing the different cultures of the places he had visited instilled a lust for travel and adventure within him. However, his adventure also taught him about the different troubles that a novice traveler could encounter. Ciccarelli decided to develop a platform where all the questions that haunt a new traveler and become a hurdle in their decision of traveling could be easily solved. Partnered by Markus Hofmeier, Ciccarelli started the Secret World in 2014, and their company immediately experienced a surge of visitors and admirers.

Because their platform was based on an innovational idea, success was streamlined for Secret World, with a present 100 million visitors per year. Their vast range of free resources has awarded them a ranking amongst the top three global travel and tourism platforms on Amazon. Secret World is currently far more popular than platforms like National Geographic, Lonely Planet, and Trivago.

 Secret World’s philosophy of having travelers help other travelers for free has garnished them with much success over the years. They have now become a notable name in the tourism industry globally. The founders of Secret World are determined not to rest until the whole World feels comfortable traveling to any location of their choice without any stress.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams, like many executives around the country, is mandating that all city employees must be vaccinated on order to work.  This is leading to some very interesting, and quite absurd, situations in the Big Apple.  Kyrie Irving, Point Guard for the Brooklyn Nets, is not able to play games in New York City however he is able to attend games in New York City.  Irving did as much during a game against the Knicks.  Irving was not able to play, so he purchased a ticket and attended courtside.  He even greeted teammates and was seen on the floor.  Unvaccinated players from the New York Yankees and the Mets face similar circumstances once MLB resumes in the coming weeks. 

Vaccine mandate policies such as these are hardly limited to cities or sports.  They can be observed in countless ways in organizations throughout the United States.  Set aside the fact that all current COVID vaccines available operate under the Emergency Use Authorizations (EUA), many policies make little sense from a workplace safety perspective. 

Some workers who are exclusively remote employees are forced to choose between “jab or job.”  These employees are fully remote and do not encounter other employees.  There is no risk to the health or well-being of others, as there is no exposure to unvaccinated employees.  Additionally, even fully vaccinated employees are susceptible to COVID variants such as Omicron, as we have seen in recent months.  Employees can easily transmit these variants inside an office even while fully vaccinated.  Why then, should HR or other executives mandate a vaccine that operates under EUA?  As we’re now learning through the Pfizer disclosures, vaccine efficacy decreases significantly after as little as one month.  A Lund University study also suggests that mRNA vaccines enter human liver cells and trigger the cells DNA in the nucleus to increase the production of the LINE-1 gene expression to make mRNA; a fact that Pfizer said was “not possible.”  One thing is clear; we simply do not have enough facts to include COVID vaccines in routinely mandated employer inoculations.

Cover for businesses was largely provided by Joe Biden’s Executive Order on vaccine mandates for businesses with 100 or more employees.  This cover, however, was brief.  The Supreme Court struck down the mandate as unconstitutional, reversing the EO. 

It’s long past time for HR leaders to follow the science and allow for individual choice in the workplace. Far too many employees face discrimination under Title VII.  They should not be subjected to proving why they do not need to comply with mandates for vaccines issued under EUA that violate religious or civil liberties.  Trust your employees to make their own medical decisions and keep their teammates safe.  This is not only a matter of choice but, in many cases, a matter of civil rights.

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