But, he said, he really needed a vacation.
"The virus has been going on for a while now, so I might as well go, because it's not going to end anytime soon," he told Insider, asking to omit his last name for privacy reasons.
Kyle is not the only one using pandemic fatigue as an excuse to travel. Beachgoers are flocking to Florida, Puerto Rico, and Mexico. The number of people passing through TSA checkpoints has been on a steady upward creep for the past month.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hasn't shifted its recommendations to address this uptick, nor has it come up with new guidelines for vaccinated travelers.