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Time to Look for a Vacation Deal? ‘Travel Addicts’ Are Planning Ahead.
Unfazed by the coronavirus crisis and tempted by plummeting airfares and hotel rates, some travelers are hunting for half-price holidays for summer and fall
Not long into the lockdown of his hometown, Rohit Rao, a Seattle-based air cargo manager, started planning his escape. Or make that escapes. A self-professed travel addict, Mr. Rao says that he’s taking advantage of hefty travel discounts to line up a slew of trips for later in the year—to Brazil, Madagascar and India, among other destinations. For Christmas vacation, he booked a vacation to Uruguay, in which he’s redeeming frequent-flier miles to nab a normally scare seat. “You never see that kind of availability at that time of year,” said Mr. Rao.
With no clear end in sight to the Covid-19 crisis, entire countries banning travelers and airlines mothballing much of their fleets, now hardly seems the right time to be planning your next vacation. And indeed, many travel agencies say new bookings have all but dried up. But after just weeks of the stay-at-home orders in effect around much of the U.S., a number of inveterate travelers are climbing the walls—and starting to plan ahead.
On FlyerTalk.com, an online forum for road warriors, a coronavirus travel thread was recently brimming with comments from frustrated travelers intent on taking a trip, even if the optics aren’t good. Indeed, about half of the 313 members responding to a FlyerTalk survey they plan to travel in the near future and to take advantage of recent flight and award deals.....
www.wsj.com
Unfazed by the coronavirus crisis and tempted by plummeting airfares and hotel rates, some travelers are hunting for half-price holidays for summer and fall
Not long into the lockdown of his hometown, Rohit Rao, a Seattle-based air cargo manager, started planning his escape. Or make that escapes. A self-professed travel addict, Mr. Rao says that he’s taking advantage of hefty travel discounts to line up a slew of trips for later in the year—to Brazil, Madagascar and India, among other destinations. For Christmas vacation, he booked a vacation to Uruguay, in which he’s redeeming frequent-flier miles to nab a normally scare seat. “You never see that kind of availability at that time of year,” said Mr. Rao.
With no clear end in sight to the Covid-19 crisis, entire countries banning travelers and airlines mothballing much of their fleets, now hardly seems the right time to be planning your next vacation. And indeed, many travel agencies say new bookings have all but dried up. But after just weeks of the stay-at-home orders in effect around much of the U.S., a number of inveterate travelers are climbing the walls—and starting to plan ahead.
On FlyerTalk.com, an online forum for road warriors, a coronavirus travel thread was recently brimming with comments from frustrated travelers intent on taking a trip, even if the optics aren’t good. Indeed, about half of the 313 members responding to a FlyerTalk survey they plan to travel in the near future and to take advantage of recent flight and award deals.....
Time to Look for a Vacation Deal? ‘Travel Addicts’ Are Planning Ahead
Unfazed by the coronavirus crisis and tempted by plummeting airfares and hotel rates, some travelers are hunting for half-price holidays for summer and fall
www.wsj.com
