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******** SATURDAY/SUNDAY, AUGUST 8 - 9, 2020 ~ VOL. CCLXXVI NO. 33 WSJ.com HHHH $5.00 W S J THE WALL STREET JOURNAL WEEKEND served animals including a cur- mudgeonly black bear and red river hogs seeming to peer around in the sudden quiet. “We always think, ‘The ani- mals don’t really pay that much attention to visitors. They just kind of do their own thing.’ And then when the zoo is empty, it’s like, ‘Oh, wow, they actually respond or look at visitors more than we thought,’” said Mary Yoder, collection manager of primates at Arizona’s Phoenix Zoo. Staff members are trying to fill the void. At Australia’s Ade- laide Zoo, employees noticed Please turn to page A11 Humans aren’t the only ones whose routines have been up- ended by the pandemic. While lockdowns have forced zoo and aquarium visi- tors to stay home, the animals appear to have noticed that they have the place to them- selves. Some of them seem to miss people, staff say, while others don’t exactly seem to mind that no one is tapping on the glass. “It completely surprised me,” said Beth Schaefer, direc- tor of animal programs at the Los Angeles Zoo, when she ob- BY NORA ECKERT Who Are the Animals Missing at the Zoo? You. i i i Chimps, bears notice absence of human visitors; bored meerkats, a lonely cockatoo BEIRUT—The 2,750 met- ric tons of ammonium ni- trate sailed into the city nearly seven years ago. The ship’s captain at the time called it a “powder keg.” The cargo, a chemical compound used for blasting mines and building car bombs, was seized when the ship carrying it was found unseaworthy and its owner failed to pay certain fees, ac- By Dion Nissenbaum, Nazih Osseiran, Georgi Kantchev and Benoit Faucon Some Jobs Come Back, but Long-Term Challenges Persist Why It’s (Mostly) Safe to Reopen the Schools REVIEW The New Wave of Private Vacations OFF DUTY TIM COOK’S APPLE How an engineer successfully made Steve Jobs’s creation his own. B1 MARK WILSON/GETTY IMAGES Foreign-Policy Sage Dies at 95 Brent Scowcroft served Presidents Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush as national security adviser and was an influential figure in U.S. foreign policy for decades. A6 The Trump administration’s cascade of actions against Bei- jing represent a new chapter in U.S.-China relations, one marked by increasing confron- tation and few efforts to ease tensions. Business leaders, scholars and others involved in relations between the world’s two big- gest economies say that while the moves clearly have an elec- toral component—the president is campaigning on being tough on China—they go well beyond the 2020 election. Previous confrontations between the Please turn to page A8 BY BOB DAVIS Moves Fuel China-U.S. Tensions WASHINGTON—President Trump said he was prepared to move forward with executive or- ders to provide more coronavi- rus aid to Americans, after White House negotiations with Democrats made no progress to- ward agreements on unemploy- ment benefits and state and lo- cal aid, two of the central issues in the talks. Mr. Trump said he was set to take executive action to suspend the payroll tax, retroactive to July 1 and running through the end of the year. He also said he intended to extend recently ex- pired jobless payments through December, but he declined to say how large the payments would be. He reiterated that he would impose a partial morato- rium on evictions and assist with student-loan payments. “If Democrats continue to hold this critical relief hostage, I will act under my authority as president to get Americans the relief they need,” said Mr. Trump, in remarks from his golf club in Bedminster, N.J. He said the orders were being drafted, and he expected potential legal challenges if he moved ahead. The White House has pro- vided little detail about how it would pay for additional aid without an act of Congress. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) Please turn to page A6 BY KRISTINA PETERSON AND SIOBHAN HUGHES Trump Eyes New Orders as Aid Talks Stall UPS Slaps Holiday Fees on Big Retailers United Parcel Service Inc. plans to impose hefty fees on large shippers during the holi- day season, reflecting the added complexity and cost of an expected crush of online orders amid the coronavirus pandemic. The fees will test the ability of large retailers such as Ama- zon.com Inc. and Target Corp. to offset costs during a holi- day season when skittish shoppers will avoid crowded stores and rely more on online orders. UPS on Friday said the fees could total as much as $3 a package for ground shipments and other lower-priced ship- ping options and up to $4 a package for air shipments bound for residences. That is significantly higher than the last time UPS insti- tuted additional fees during a peak holiday season, in 2018. Surcharges then reached 28 cents on ground shipments and up to 99 cents for some air shipments. The newly planned fees come as UPS as well as rival FedEx Corp. try to offset sig- nificantly higher costs from the influx of packages flowing through their network. They have already imposed additional fees on large ship- pers and have raised prices on some customers by double- digit rates. Shares of both companies got a boost Friday. Investors have been hoping delivery companies could squeeze higher prices out of customers after years of investments to Please turn to page A6 BY PAUL ZIOBRO cording to the ship’s captain and the International Trans- port Workers’ Federation, a global trade union. It ended up in a warehouse as Leba- nese officials, lawyers, judges and a Russian ship- per bickered over what to do next. Over the next three years, attempts to get rid of the cargo became mired in the country’s bureaucracy, ac- cording to correspondence between Lebanese officials. Please turn to page A10 Neglect Set Up Beirut’s Explosion Attempts to move the dangerous chemicals became mired in bureaucracy Source: Labor Department Note: Seasonally adjusted; latest figures are preliminary Feb. March April May June July 0 5 10 15 20 25 million Millions of workers laid off during the pandemic have been unemployed for at least 15 weeks. Service-providing jobs led in July gains Unemployed Americans, by duration Leisure and hospitality 592,000 Retail 258,300 Professional services 170,000 Health care 125,500 Other service jobs 277,200 Government 301,000 Goods-producing 39,000 Less than 5 weeks 5 to 14 15 to 26 27 or more 2010 '15 '20 0 5 10 15 20 million Change in nonfarm payrolls since end of 2007 recession Historic job gains for three months running have restored about 45% of the jobs lost in April, which saw payrolls fall to levels not seen since the beginning of the decade-long recovery. The U.S. shed 21 million jobs in April, bringing payrolls to post- recession levels. Growth slowed in July, adding 1.8 million jobs after June’s 4.8 million surge. By March, 20.1 million jobs were added since the end of the last recession. come the shock from the pan- demic and related lockdowns. The U.S. now has about 13 million fewer jobs than in Febru- ary, the month before the coro- navirus hit the U.S. economy, the Labor Department said Friday. Unemployment remains histori- cally high. Before the coronavirus drove the U.S. into a deep reces- sion this year, the unemployment rate was hovering around a 50- year low of 3.5%. “We’re in a pretty strong re- bound,” said David Berson, Na- tionwide Mutual Insurance Co. chief economist. “But the down- turn was so big—the hole that was dug was so deep—that it will still take probably at least a cou- ple of years to dig ourselves out.” U.S. stocks slipped Friday af- ter July’s employment figures were released and as policy makers in Washington re- mained deadlocked on how to provide additional economic stimulus, including extra aid to laid-off workers. The number who were unem- ployed between 15 and 26 weeks rose in July to the highest read- ing on record for the category going back to 1948, and it is nearly double the prior peak in 2009 at the end of that reces- sion. It is a bad sign that even with improvements in overall hiring, millions of workers could be out of a job for a long time. The greatest employment Please turn to page A2 Hiring increased in July for the third straight month, though overall gains have yet to restore half of the U.S. jobs lost due to the coronavirus pandemic. July’s addition of 1.8 million jobs and a lower unemployment rate of 10.2%, after a peak of nearly 15% in April, showed the U.S. economy continued to mend during the summer coronavirus surge. It also reflected how far the economy has to go to over- BY SARAH CHANEY Hiring Shows Improvement EXCHANGE Heard on the Street: Much is needed for jobs recovery.... B14 U.S. levies sanctions on Hong Kong and China officials..... A8 Lebanon’s leaders look to evade blame............................. A10 The U.S. added 1.8 mil- lion jobs in July as the un- employment rate fell to 10.2%, but the country has yet to restore half of the jobs lost because of the cor- onavirus pandemic. A1, A2 UPS plans to impose hefty fees on large shippers during the holiday season, antici- pating a crush of online or- ders amid the pandemic. A1 WarnerMedia’s new boss ousted the leadership of HBO Max, the streaming ser- vice that launched less than three months ago, as part of a broader restructuring. B1 A boom in auto lending threatens to unravel as pay- ment deferrals end while un- employment remains high and stimulus measures fade. B1 Singapore police brought their first criminal charges against an individual linked to the suspected fraud at for- mer fintech star Wirecard. B3 China’s exports gained momentum in July for the second straight month as global demand recovered. A9 Goldman restated its sec- ond-quarter earnings lower in the wake of the bank’s $3.9 billion settlement with Malaysia over 1MDB. B12 The Dow and S&P 500 edged up 0.2% and 0.1%, respectively, while the Nasdaq dropped 0.9%. B13 What’s News CONTENTS Books..................... C7-12 Food......................... D8-9 Gear & Gadgets D10 Heard on Street...B14 Obituaries................ A11 Opinion.............. A13-15 Sports........................ A12 Style & Fashion D2-3 Travel ........................... D4 U.S. News.... A2-3,6-7 Weather................... A12 Wknd Investor....... B5 World News.... A8-10 s 2020 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved > T rump said he was pre- pared to move forward with executive orders to pro- vide more coronavirus aid to Americans, after White House negotiations with Democrats made no prog- ress toward agreements on central issues in the talks. 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served animals including a cur-mudgeonly black bear and redriver hogs seeming to peeraround in the sudden quiet.

“We always think, ‘The ani-mals don’t really pay thatmuch attention to visitors.They just kind of do their ownthing.’ And then when the zoois empty, it’s like, ‘Oh, wow,they actually respond or lookat visitors more than wethought,’” said Mary Yoder,collection manager of primatesat Arizona’s Phoenix Zoo.

Staff members are trying tofill the void. At Australia’s Ade-laide Zoo, employees noticed

PleaseturntopageA11

Humans aren’t the only oneswhose routines have been up-ended by the pandemic.

While lockdowns haveforced zoo and aquarium visi-tors to stay home, the animalsappear to have noticed thatthey have the place to them-selves. Some of them seem tomiss people, staff say, whileothers don’t exactly seem tomind that no one is tapping onthe glass.

“It completely surprisedme,” said Beth Schaefer, direc-tor of animal programs at theLos Angeles Zoo, when she ob-

BY NORA ECKERT

Who Are the AnimalsMissing at the Zoo? You.

i i i

Chimps, bears notice absence of humanvisitors; bored meerkats, a lonely cockatoo

BEIRUT—The 2,750 met-ric tons of ammonium ni-trate sailed into the citynearly seven years ago. The

ship’s captain at the timecalled it a “powder keg.”

The cargo, a chemicalcompound used for blastingmines and building carbombs, was seized when theship carrying it was foundunseaworthy and its ownerfailed to pay certain fees, ac-

By Dion Nissenbaum,Nazih Osseiran,Georgi Kantchevand Benoit Faucon

Some Jobs Come Back, but Long-Term Challenges Persist

Why It’s(Mostly)Safe toReopen theSchools

REVIEW The New Wave ofPrivate Vacations

OFF DUTY

TIM COOK’S APPLEHow an engineersuccessfully madeSteve Jobs’s

creation his own. B1

MARKWILSON/G

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YIM

AGES

Foreign-Policy Sage Dies at 95

Brent Scowcroft served Presidents Gerald Ford and GeorgeH.W. Bush as national security adviser and was aninfluential figure in U.S. foreign policy for decades. A6

The Trump administration’scascade of actions against Bei-jing represent a new chapter inU.S.-China relations, onemarked by increasing confron-tation and few efforts to easetensions.

Business leaders, scholarsand others involved in relationsbetween the world’s two big-gest economies say that whilethe moves clearly have an elec-toral component—the presidentis campaigning on being toughon China—they go well beyondthe 2020 election. Previousconfrontations between the

PleaseturntopageA8

BY BOB DAVIS

Moves FuelChina-U.S.Tensions

WASHINGTON—PresidentTrump said he was prepared tomove forward with executive or-ders to provide more coronavi-rus aid to Americans, afterWhite House negotiations withDemocrats made no progress to-ward agreements on unemploy-ment benefits and state and lo-cal aid, two of the central issuesin the talks.

Mr. Trump said he was set totake executive action to suspendthe payroll tax, retroactive toJuly 1 and running through theend of the year. He also said heintended to extend recently ex-pired jobless payments throughDecember, but he declined tosay how large the paymentswould be. He reiterated that hewould impose a partial morato-rium on evictions and assistwith student-loan payments.

“If Democrats continue tohold this critical relief hostage,I will act under my authority aspresident to get Americans therelief they need,” said Mr.Trump, in remarks from his golfclub in Bedminster, N.J. He saidthe orders were being drafted,and he expected potential legalchallenges if he moved ahead.

The White House has pro-vided little detail about how itwould pay for additional aidwithout an act of Congress.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D.,Calif.) and Senate MinorityLeader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.)

PleaseturntopageA6

BY KRISTINA PETERSONAND SIOBHAN HUGHES

TrumpEyes NewOrders asAid TalksStall

UPSSlapsHolidayFees onBigRetailers

United Parcel Service Inc.plans to impose hefty fees onlarge shippers during the holi-day season, reflecting theadded complexity and cost ofan expected crush of onlineorders amid the coronaviruspandemic.

The fees will test the abilityof large retailers such as Ama-zon.com Inc. and Target Corp.to offset costs during a holi-day season when skittishshoppers will avoid crowdedstores and rely more on onlineorders.

UPS on Friday said the feescould total as much as $3 apackage for ground shipmentsand other lower-priced ship-ping options and up to $4 apackage for air shipmentsbound for residences.

That is significantly higherthan the last time UPS insti-tuted additional fees during apeak holiday season, in 2018.Surcharges then reached 28cents on ground shipmentsand up to 99 cents for someair shipments.

The newly planned feescome as UPS as well as rivalFedEx Corp. try to offset sig-nificantly higher costs fromthe influx of packages flowingthrough their network.

They have already imposedadditional fees on large ship-pers and have raised prices onsome customers by double-digit rates.

Shares of both companiesgot a boost Friday. Investorshave been hoping deliverycompanies could squeezehigher prices out of customersafter years of investments to

PleaseturntopageA6

BY PAUL ZIOBRO cording to the ship’s captainand the International Trans-port Workers’ Federation, aglobal trade union. It endedup in a warehouse as Leba-nese officials, lawyers,judges and a Russian ship-per bickered over what to donext.

Over the next three years,attempts to get rid of thecargo became mired in thecountry’s bureaucracy, ac-cording to correspondencebetween Lebanese officials.

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Neglect Set UpBeirut’s Explosion

Attempts to move the dangerouschemicals became mired in bureaucracy

Source: Labor Department

Note: Seasonallyadjusted; latest

figures arepreliminary

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April, bringing

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1.8million jobs afterJune’s 4.8million surge.

ByMarch, 20.1millionjobswere addedsince the end of thelast recession.

come the shock from the pan-demic and related lockdowns.

The U.S. now has about 13million fewer jobs than in Febru-ary, the month before the coro-navirus hit the U.S. economy, theLabor Department said Friday.Unemployment remains histori-cally high. Before the coronavirusdrove the U.S. into a deep reces-sion this year, the unemploymentrate was hovering around a 50-year low of 3.5%.

“We’re in a pretty strong re-bound,” said David Berson, Na-

tionwide Mutual Insurance Co.chief economist. “But the down-turn was so big—the hole thatwas dugwas so deep—that it willstill take probably at least a cou-ple of years to dig ourselves out.”

U.S. stocks slipped Friday af-ter July’s employment figureswere released and as policymakers in Washington re-mained deadlocked on how toprovide additional economicstimulus, including extra aid tolaid-off workers.

The number who were unem-

ployed between 15 and 26 weeksrose in July to the highest read-ing on record for the categorygoing back to 1948, and it isnearly double the prior peak in2009 at the end of that reces-sion. It is a bad sign that evenwith improvements in overallhiring, millions of workers couldbe out of a job for a long time.

The greatest employmentPleaseturntopageA2

Hiring increased in July forthe third straight month, thoughoverall gains have yet to restorehalf of the U.S. jobs lost due tothe coronavirus pandemic.

July’s addition of 1.8 millionjobs and a lower unemploymentrate of 10.2%, after a peak ofnearly 15% in April, showed theU.S. economy continued to mendduring the summer coronavirussurge. It also reflected how farthe economy has to go to over-

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Trump said he was pre-pared to move forward

with executive orders to pro-vide more coronavirus aidto Americans, after WhiteHouse negotiations withDemocrats made no prog-ress toward agreements oncentral issues in the talks. A1�The Trump administra-tion’s cascade of actionsagainst Beijing represent anew phase in U.S.-China rela-tions, onemarked by increas-ing confrontation and few ef-forts to ease tensions.A1, A8� The U.S. intelligencecommunity has assessedthat Russia is trying to dam-age Biden’s campaign, whileChina prefers that Trumpnot win re-election. A3� The U.S. death toll fromthe coronavirus passed160,000, as parts of the coun-try showed signs that thevirus’s spread was easing. A7�All NewYork schools havebeen authorized to reopen,Gov. Cuomo said, citingthe state’s low infectionrate for the coronavirus. A3�Falwell will take an indefi-nite leave of absence from thepresidency of Liberty Uni-versity at the request of theschool’s board of trustees.A3� A federal appeals courtrevived a bid by HouseDemocrats to require Mc-Gahn to testify in an inves-tigation into Trump. A6

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land to recreate a 10-day summer camp theiryoung children would otherwise have missed.Each family of four had a three-bedroom houseto themselves, a shared counselor to do all thewrangling, two activities a day—from shootingclay pigeons to tie-dying T-shirts—all their foodprovided, including a private chef for one meal aday, and full access to the 3,500-acre sportingresort. Price tag: $45,160 per family.

It’s no wonder travelers are seeking theheightened control that so-called private travel

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pool, no wait for the Peloton. Socialdistancing on tap. To attract the su-preme recluse, some hideaways likeÀNI Private Resorts, with villa re-sorts in the Caribbean, and MageeHomestead, a luxury spa resortwithin the 30,000 acres of BrushCreek Ranch in Wyoming, are avail-able only as full buyouts. Otherwise,it’s possible to create your own lit-tle Kennebunkport compound bytaking all four cottages at Maine’sWhite Barn Inn, Auberge ResortsCollection (from $5,016 a night). Ifa historic house is more your cup oftea, there’s Kenoza Hall, the re-stored 22-room 1880s boarding-house that opened last month on alake in the Catskills (from $4,000per night) or Washington SchoolHouse Hotel, an 1889 schoolhousemade into a chic 13-room inn inPark City, Utah (from $7,000 pernight).

European-style Villas,StatesideFor those suffering from Europewithdrawal this summer, there’s afull menu of stateside villas. Amongthem: a fully equipped three-bed-room on Lynmar Estate, a wineryoverlooking Quail Hill Vineyard inSonoma, Calif.; a deluxe cottagewithin the confines of Santa Bar-bara’s Belmond El Encanto hotel,where you can have private movienight on your hillside terrace (petfees are waived); or a New Englandversion at Chatham Bars Inn, whereshingle-style cottages manage tocapture the feel of grand old CapeCod. Or try Onefinestay, a vacation

rental agency that represents up-market homes from Milan to Myko-nos and, increasingly, the U.S. “Itused to be London and Paris,” saidAmanda Dyjecinski, the agency’schief brand and marketing officer.“But now L.A. is our top destinationfor Americans. We have people wholive in L.A. who are booking ourhomes there because they want thepool, the extra space and the ser-vices like private chef and nanny.”

Wildly ExclusivePrivate guides can get you way offthe beaten path. Isn’t that everygermaphobe’s dream vacation?Mark Allvey and Christopher Brun-ning of Untold Story Travel usuallyconcoct itineraries in far-flung des-tinations around the globe but haverejiggered their approach for Ameri-cans who need to stay closer tohome—creating, for instance,swanky pop-up camps in the wilder-ness. One such trip was a three-dayrafting expedition down the Colo-rado River in Utah, with a chef, as-tronomer and rafting guides whoset up camps on the banks of theriver. Not exclusive enough for you?Try a hidden town, about an hour’sdrive from Aspen, where luxurytravel company Blue Marble Privatepartnered with VistaJet to getguests into a 4,500-acre modern-day cowboy estate so secret that de-tails are only revealed when thenondisclosure agreement is signed.One divulgence is the price: from$180,000 per night for up to 70guests, all-inclusive (except theplane), with a 3-night minimum stay.

ADVENTURE & TRAVEL

moment, marketing everything froma beekeeping tutorial to a zip linethrough a forest as a “private” ex-perience. Dunton River Camp—eightluxury tents on a 19th-century cattleranch in Colorado, 4 miles from itssister resort Dunton Hot Springs—reopened in June as an exclusive-use-only property (meaning onefamily or group at a time) availablefor $15,000 a night for up to 16guests. “We customized to give[guests] the option of not beingwith anyone else,” said EdoardoRossi, executive vice president ofDunton Hot Springs, Inc. “We’rehere to make people forget what’shappening around the world and toescape.”

Even if you’re not an angel in-vestor or part of a royal family, it’sincreasingly possible to book a hotelfloor with a private elevator (at theDupont Circle hotel in WashingtonD.C., for example, which reopens inSeptember), or take over a trainthat gives exclusive access to theGrand Canyon, or have a five-stargym to yourself or even—as a perkat Caldera House in Wyoming, forinstance—unwind at your very ownworking dude ranch.

It’s easy to dismiss private travelas a selfish indulgence just now. Buthoteliers argue that it’s a kind ofstimulus that lets them get some ofa hard-hit workforce back on thejob. No sector of travel has been un-touched by the pandemic, but ho-tels have been pummeled: Accord-ing to the American Hotel andLodging Association, as of mid May,75% of hotel employees in the U.S.had been laid off or furloughed.Booking a room has a ripple effect:Some of those employees can startto trickle back.

When Carmel Valley Ranch, seton 500 acres in Carmel, Calif., re-opened on June 30, the resort’smenu of small-group outings—fromfishing to falconry—morphed intoprivate or semiprivate activities.The restaurants began preparingpicnics for guests to pick up and eatanywhere they choose. Peter McMa-hon, managing director of theranch, now part of the Hyatt Corpo-ration, said the resort is rethinkingnearly every aspect of its operations

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A Lot ofPrivacy,Please

THE HUMORIST RobertBenchley once quipped that

there were only two classes of

travel: “First Class, and with

children.” Today, as former

First Class habitués shun com-

mercial flights, they can be

found just as often with the

kids and even the family pet in

tow—aboard a private jet.

Private flying, in fact, is one

of the bright spots in an other-

wise bleak aviation picture.

Scheduled air travel is down by

about 70% from the same time

last year; for chartered flights,

after a dip earlier this spring,

demand is almost back to pre-

pandemic levels, according to

Doug Gollan, founder of Pri-

vate Jet Card Comparisons, a

website that helps consumers

sift through the plans. Much of

the new business is from an

influx of newbies to the private

jet scene, industry leaders say.

“We’ve seen a definitive in-

crease in new clients who are

choosing to fly private due to

Covid-19 concerns and the lim-

ited availability of commercial

flights,” said Jamie Walker,

CEO of Jet Linx. In March, the

company launched a 90-day

membership plan for a $5,000

down payment, reduced from

the usual $17,500 admission

price. It drew so many re-

sponses that the deal has

been extended until the end of

2020. Also this year, private

jets are getting a tax break as

the CARES Act waived the

7.5% federal excise tax on all

flights until 2021. But charter-

ing a plane is still expensive—

often six to 10 times the tab

for a premium airline ticket.

For consumers worried

about the potential health

risks of commercial air travel,

it might be worth the

splurge: You fly out of sepa-

rate terminals, with no TSA

pat-downs or mosh pits at

the boarding gate. In-flight,

you won’t worry about

packed planes or sitting next

to a mask refusenik.

Like any exclusive domain,

the world of private flying

comes with its own rules and

insider jargon. Here’s what you

need to know before you

make the leap:

Check out the companies. Inaddition to Jet Linx, which

just acquired an operation at

New York City’s private jet

airport in Teterboro, N.J.,

other big players include Net-

Jets, Flexjet, XO, VistaJet and

Wheels Up. There are also

smaller charter brokers like

Velocity Jets that don’t own

planes but sort through the

options for you. Safety rat-

ings on each operator are

published by industry audi-

tors like Argus (argus.aero/air-charter-operators).

Know your plane. There aredozens of models, but char-

tered jets can be divided into

three basic flavors—light, mid-

size and large cabin (or

“heavy”)—and operating costs

rise accordingly. Light planes

are smaller, with space for up

to six to eight passengers;

with midsize and larger air-

craft you can fly farther with

more people. The swankiest

models include spacious Gulf-

stream and Bombardier jets

that can seat more than a

dozen fliers. At the other end

of the spectrum, you can rent

a no-frills turboprop for a

more modest ride—and price.

Do the math. For the first-timer or casual user, the main

options are an on-demand

charter or a jet card, which

functions a bit like a prepaid

card with each flight a with-

drawal from your balance.

Trips are typically priced on an

hourly basis, starting at

around $4,000 an hour for a

light jet to more than $11,000

for a larger model.

— Barbara Peterson

A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO FLYING PRIVATE / CHARTERING YOUR OWN JET IS STILL A PRICEY PROPOSITION, BUT IT’S NEVER BEEN MORE TEMPTING

A NEW JET SET Demand for chartered flights is almost back topre-pandemic levels, with newbies generating a lot of business.

including minimizing contact be-tween guests and staff. “I’ve beenwith Hyatt for 26 years,” he said,“long enough to remember the[bursting of the] dot-com bubble,9/11, the financial crisis.” The chal-lenges of all those combined, headded, barely compare with whatHyatt has gone through withCovid-19. “Some things we took forgranted—hugging, handshakes, buf-

fets, elevators. This is a genera-tional change.”

Travelers, too, will have to ad-just. If an entire hotel is not privateenough for you, try an island. Forthose who are willing to go fartherafield—and have the means—thereare a few not-too-distant private is-lands, such as Moskito Island in theBritish Virgin Islands and Over Yon-der Cay in the Bahamas, up for thesnatching. Some other possibilitiesfor entrée into the private realm:

A Hotel of Your OwnImagine you, your family and six ofyour best friends engaged in a hoteltakeover—no rotten kids (otherthan your own), no tipsy brides-maids, no unknown Speedos in the

Create your ownKennebunkportcompound by taking allfour cottages atMaine’sWhite Barn Inn.

IN THE AGE of thenovel coronavirus, small

properties are running

tight ships. Many ad-

minister daily tempera-

ture checks for staff

(upon arrival for

guests), require at least

a two-night minimum

to control turnover,

have mask require-

ments and rope off

common facilities that

can’t be 100% secured.

Here are four hotels

that you can take

over—guest list entirely

at your discretion—for a

fairly modest nightly

fee.

Old-School NantucketThe Daniel Webster

House is a shingle-and-

clapboard classic with

13 rooms—wallpapered,

all with four-poster

beds. From $5,000 pernight, jaredcoffin-house.com/suites

Hamptons MadeAttainableA Room at the Beach,

in New York’s Bridge-

hampton, is a groovy

renovated motel two

miles from the sea,

with just 10 rooms,

landscaped grounds

and a swimming pool.

Pricing for buyout iscase by case, but roomrates run from about$575 a night, Iwanta-roomatthebeach.com

Upscale Bohemian inthe CatskillsHotel Dylan, a rein-

vented motel in Wood-

stock, N.Y., with 22

unique rooms equipped

with a turntable, Turk-

ish towels and No-

vogratz design that

spills out into the com-

mon spaces, featuring

lobby fireplace and salt-

water pool. From about$14,500 for two nights,thehoteldylan.com

Wine Country Hide-outThe six-suite Duchamp

in Healdsburg, Calif., has

a 50-foot pool, a Euro-

pean vibe and a limit of

12 guests. From $8,300for a two-night buyout;duchamphotel.com

Four small

hotels where

buyouts are a

relative bargain,

as long as you

fill every room

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offers all six rooms

starting at $8,300 for

two nights.

HostelTakeovers

ALL MINE Kenoza Hall, a restored 22-room house set on 55 acres in New York’s Catskills, opened in June and is available

for a buyout, from $4,000 a night. In addition to the hotel spa and pool, guests have private access to Kenoza Lake.

FORTRESS OFSOLITUDE ChathamBars Inn, on Cape Cod,

has 30 cottage-style

buildings—including

three standalone

cottages—private boat

charters and beach

cabanas.

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