After two years of stop-and-start COVID-19 restrictions, Americans are ready to re-embrace holiday travel this year. Here’s how to prepare for travel chaos over the holidays
fter two years of stop-and-start COVID-19 restrictions, Americans are ready to re-embrace holiday travel this year. If you’re hitting the road, expect company—lots of it. According to a recentfrom travel booking app Hopper, almost 60% of people plan to travel over Thanksgiving, the winter holidays or both.The surge comes as travel and tourism companies are paying more for labor and other major costs like jet fuel—and passing those price hikes along to customers.
Airlines have pared back their schedules, especially to smaller destinations. This means residents of many smaller cities who used to be able to fly direct will now have to travel to a larger hub airport, says Kathleen Bangs, spokeswoman at flight-tracking company FlightAware. “The issue is it’s much, much harder for the regionals to find pilots,” she says. “They’re using bigger airplanes and they’re stuffing every seat” to maximize revenue, she adds.
If you can snag a seat, be prepared to pay more for it. “They’re going to start spiking very quickly,” Berg predicts. “We’re expecting airfares to peak [at] over $450 for Thanksgiving and $550 for Christmas,” she says, adding that both would be five-year record highs.Around half of holiday travelers stay in hotels and home-rentals, according to a recentby consulting firm Deloitte. Those travelers will pay more as demand, particularly from higher-income households, stays strong.
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