After months on lockdown, after months of Zooming … comes the itch to escape to the great outdoors, even if the great outdoors is pretty much someone else’s backyard or breakfast table. The coronavirus has spurred the rebound of road trips, where some stats show...
As Americans seek relief from cabin fever after months of shelter-in-place orders due to the pandemic, vacation rentals are on the rise, Bloomberg reported. “People, after having been stuck in their homes for a few months, do want to get out of their houses; that’s...
As the pandemic continues to disrupt everyday life the world over, many consumers want compensation for things they paid for but aren’t able to use. Cruise lines, in one case, are providing credits with a bonus to customers on canceled sailings. P&O Cruises said it...
The summer travel season is upon the Northern Hemisphere, and while many consumers would normally be setting their sights on visiting new lands, international travel seems to be by and large on hold for summer 2020. Too many people fear contracting coronavirus while traveling abroad....
The first half of 2020 has been particularly grueling for the travel industry. Jeff Cavins, CEO of recreational-vehicle rental site Outdoorsy, likens it to the entire planet “getting hit by a meteor” in terms of what it did to consumer interest in travel. Cavins and...
Of all the verticals hit hard by the global pandemic, hotels have seen their business slowed to a near stop as shutdowns and social-distancing rules bring travel of all kinds to a near halt. But the lodging industry is slowly reopening, with hotels working overtime to...
The government of Cyprus has a novel sales pitch for tourists considering a vacation in the Eastern Mediterranean nation: If you catch the coronavirus while on holiday in the island country, they will pick up the tab. A positive test for COVID-19 in Cyprus gets visitors free lodging,...
Owners of yachts and campsites on Croatia’s scenic Adriatic coast are hoping their isolation in the Mediterranean country will attract tourists, Reuters reported. The nation’s lockdown eased in late April, two weeks after the tourist season should have begun. But in the Dalmatian port of Krilo-Jesenice, dozens of...
Today is Memorial Day, the unofficial start of the U.S. summer travel season. Of course, summer will be far from normal this year, and consumers’ enthusiasm for travel has dimmed considerably. Will COVID-19 cancel summer vacation in 2020? U.S. consumers have certainly grown more concerned with protecting their...
