WELCOME
VACATION SPOTLIGHT
TO THE WORLD AGAIN!
As the world re-opens by leaps and bounds, we’re seeing a huge surge in the travel industry. We went from a year and a half of cancellations, suspensions, and rebooking after rebooking to looking at all new travel planning. To those of us working in the travel industry, it’s amazing to see, but what does it mean to you, the traveler? Limited Availability
Cruise lines, tour companies, airlines, and resorts have all changed their protocols, max capacity limits, and schedules over the last year and a half. Now that there’s a resurgence in travel, one would think the same schedules would be available and ready to be filled, but that’s simply not the case. In fact, late planners have been left with very limited options. Because flight crews are only beginning to come back to work fully, the flight schedules aren’t back to what they used to be yet, and we foresee this being a concern for at least the next several months. Since COVID, most of the Car Rental facilities sold their fleets. They’ll take at least until this Fall/Winter to get back to full capacity, but until then travelers looking to rent a car may find themselves in a pinch. Resorts in the Caribbean and many hotels throughout the US are running at a reduced capacity and they are remaining nearly sold out on a regular basis. What about cruises and river cruises? Same story. Many of those who were on suspended voyages have gained value in future cruise credits and now are ready to start sailing ASAP. Additionally, ships are planning to run on limited capacity at startup. So what does that do to availability? You guessed it, limits everything. As travel advisors, we not only stayed busy throughout the pandemic making changes for our existing clients, but we’ve increased our travel planning tenfold since everyone is now ready to get out and move again. We even have started working for the DIY’ers of the travel bunch. Many who dabbled in travel planning on their own via websites like Orbitz or Kayak have found
great value in what we do when they had issues with cancellations and re-bookings and not receiving refunds. We’ve gained the confidence and business of even the biggest and best DIY’ers.
Price Changes
Early in the pandemic we heard every other traveler say they’ll wait to re-book because the cruise lines, airlines, and hotels will be begging them to come back and offering rock bottom pricing. But that’s not what’s happening. Sure, they can’t wait to see you back again and honestly value your loyalty to your preferred brand,
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