After months of hoping that the United States would lift travel restrictions on foreign travelers, Phil White, a British entrepreneur working and living near San Francisco, said he was "wary of getting too excited" when he first heard the news that the ban would come to an end in November for vaccinated passengers. But once he realized it was true, he booked a flight for his 23-year-old daughter in London whom he hasn’t seen since the Covid-19 pandemic began. "As a family we're going to be together for Thanksgiving, which is amazing," White says in an interview. SOUNDBITES