Budget-saving tips for planning a summer trip
Eager to high-tail it out of here? Want to be anywhere but where you’ve been for the last 12 months? Climb aboard the bandwagon. After more than a year pent up with vacation plans canceled or put on hold, many travel enthusiasts are angling for a respite.
According to a March survey conducted by The Vacationer, travel research and savings site, 80 percent of those polled are comfortable traveling right now, when they get the vaccine or when enough of the general population gets the vaccine. More than two-thirds of Americans said they plan to travel this summer.
“Americans are currently feeling the best about travel since the pandemic began,” said Eric Jones, founder of Thevacationer.com.
Not only are more Americans preparing for adventure, but a significant number plan to travel more when the pandemic is over than they did before it started.
“This is known as Revenge Travel and a quarter of Americans plan to take part,” Jones said.
Revenge travel. Vaxications. Call it what you will, demand for summer and late 2021 travel is heating up.
Increased COVID -19 vaccinations, proficient airline health and safety procedures, stimulus ckecks and historically low prices are fueling the vacation planning surge. If you want to get a good deal and secure the destination of your dreams, you better be ready to book soon.
“We believe the pent-up demand for travel will drive prices up, so book early,” recommends Steve Tobin, CEO of Yankee Trails.
Tobin has seen a noticeable increase in reservations for regional casinos and for hotels in New York City and Boston. Baseball fans are scampering to book motorcoach rides to upcoming New York Yankee games, where the venue will fill about 20 percent of all seats for April. Tobin expects the attendance threshold to increase as the number of fully vaccinated people continues to rise, and is committed to enhanced cleaning and sanitizing processes aboard vehicles.
Early on in the pandemic, cruise lines saw significant clusters of COVID -19, and even on-board deaths, that led many countries to prohibit ships from docking to curb spread. Subsequently, cruise lines suspended service but
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