Thinking About Future Travel? Prepare well with Some Expert Help!
The past few weeks have forced a huge portion of the human population to withdraw into its shell and stay at home. Consequently, travelling has come to a halt, leaving most of us uncertain about our future travel plans. Although there is no clear picture as to when the lockdowns will be lifted, it is certain that post Covid-19, travelling will witness a lot of changes.
The subject of restarting travel has received mixed response from experts all over the world. While most insist on the need to avoid international travelling for the entire 2020, others are optimistic about witnessing a little normalcy in the latter half of 2020.
Reflecting on the situation of the coronavirus pandemic in respective countries, most have ordered airlines and hotels to shut down their services for the general public for now. Even cruises have cancelled their sailing till June end. In such a situation, planning for future travel seems to be a challenging task and almost impractical. Yet, people are eager to travel again and it doesn’t really seem like completely unreal to plan for future travel at the moment.
As per a recently conducted survey by Harris Poll, nearly 21% of Americans plan to stay in a hotel within a month, 41% within three months and 60% within six months’ time. Speaking of the future travel trends, the Chief Executive of US Travel Assn, Roger Dow, said that travel will rebound, just not as quickly and not all at once but it surely will. He added, “Americans generally are going to stay home until next year. … Europe is done for the American travelers.”
Famous travel guide and maker of PBS travelogues, Rick Steves, has also cancelled all tours with start dates May 31. President of the Irvine hotel brokerage firm Atlas Hospitality, Alan X. Reay believes that post the pandemic, the first ones to recover will be the smaller hotels. He added, “Especially in the beach and coastal areas. The ones that are going to take the longest are the large meeting and resort hotels.”
In case you are thinking about your future travel plans, it is safer to opt for less crowded hotels and be pre-informed about the government guidelines of your destination. It is likely that the old travel practice of recording the traveller’s past immunisations may return as well. Hence, you shall carry your medical records at least in a digital format while traveling.
Experts claim that the best way to judge if a country is ready for travelers is to see if the WHO has approved travel there and to check if schools and classes have resumed their normal order.
So, while all the news around the current crisis makes thinking of future travel difficult, there is surely hope to get things back on track. Patience and due diligence are the key here.
