Travel Briefs

With the Radical Storage app, free for Apple and Android, travelers in cities in more than 70 countries can find locations nearby that will store their bags for small fees. Each bag stored with Radical Storage is insured up to €500 (near $592).

To use the app, open it on your smartphone or tablet and choose from one of the nearby drop-off locations that appear, then pay the fee, typically about $6 per bag per day, take your luggage to the location and show the code provided by the app. On pickup, the code must be shown again.

On Oct. 15, United Airlines began to offer COVID-19 testing to passengers before they board flights from San Francisco to Hawaii. Passengers are required to pay for the tests themselves; the cost is $250. If the program is successful, United hopes to expand testing to more routes.

On its flights to Hawaii out of Dallas-Fort Worth, on Oct. 15 American Airlines also began offering tests to passengers. The airline also began offering tests to Jamaican passengers flying to Jamaica from Miami, with plans to eventually offer testing to all passengers flying to Jamaica as well as those...

Many countries are restricting visits by US residents. However, employed Americans who can work remotely may apply for “nonpermanent resident” status in some countries, providing opportunities for them to then travel to countries closed to US residents.

• The Caucasus country of GEORGIA introduced a new entry visa in July that would allow foreigners who are employed outside of Georgia and working remotely to reside in that country.

According to the country’s Minister of Economy, anyone wanting to take advantage of the visa would be required to...