Budget-saving tips for planning a summer trip
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Travel in 2021 is tricky, but not impossible.Stefan Cristian Cioata/Getty Images
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.
You may not be the only one dreaming up your next big vacation after COVID. Industry insiders say there will be a huge boom in spending for vacations, in a trend they call “revenge travel.” Tati called on friends of the show Lauren Crocker, Jason Hall, and AJ Williams to find out what their next big travel plans will be.
Williams says her first trip after COVID will be to Bali. It was the trip she was planning before the pandemic, and she needs it now more than ever. “I want people to treat me like royalty,” Williams said.
Crocker said that going somewhere warm was good, but that the most important thing will be having friends around. “Normally I travel to get away, but now it’s like I want to bring everybody.” Crocker also said she and Tati should go out looking for Regé-Jean Page on their next trip.
Revenge travel is coming after a year of pent-up demand theglobeandmail.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theglobeandmail.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Revenge Travel : Australians making up for lost time20/02/2021|8min
AAT Kings Group CEO Matt Fuller says a COVID-19 vaccine is the very next step in rebuilding confidence in the travel industry as Australians seek out revenge travel . We have been waiting during 2021 for those positive signs of the rebound of our industry, he said. People are now looking at really meaningful travel; the opportunities to make travel matter so to speak. Some have even referred to it as Revenge Travel ; those real bucket-list opportunities. We recommenced travel in Tasmania at Christmas time and that has been very popular.
The first COVID-19 vaccine rollout starts on Monday and there s been a $5 million Tourism Australia campaign blitz to kickstart one of our biggest industries.