We’re writing this post from a hotel where we’re paying more than we’d planned to and getting way less comfort and service than we expect. And that seems to be the travel experience many others are having in this easing-out-of-the-pandemic season. According to the recent J.D. Power 2022 North America Hotel Guest Satisfaction Index Study, […]
[This is a story we wrote for, and which first appeared on NBC News in a slightly different form] Extended Hotels are having a moment As travel picks up and the phenomenon of remote work continues to blur the lines between business and leisure, extended-stay hotels are having a moment. Last year, the average occupancy […]
(This is a slightly different version of a story we prepared for NBC News) Starting Nov. 8, the United States will begin welcming welcoming fully vaccinated international air travelers, under a new less restrictive set of Covid-19 regulations. The new rules require that, with very limited exceptions, non-U.S. citizens flying to the U.S. from more than […]
(This is a slightly different version of a story we wrote for NBC News) Swimsuit packed? How about your patience? If you are heading out of town for the July 4th holiday weekend, you will likely need both. More than 47.7 million Americans will on the nation’s roadways and in the skies during this Independence […]
Overnight car trips. Visits to roadside attractions. Airport hang-out time. It all seems possible now that the weather is getting nice and so many people are vaccinated and honoring all the stay-healthy rules. When we go. We won’t be out there alone. Our email is filled with studies, surveys, and proclamations about the travel rebound […]
We’re writing this post from a hotel where we’re paying more than we’d planned to and getting way less comfort and service than we expect. And that seems to be the travel experience many others are having in this easing-out-of-the-pandemic season. According to the recent J.D. Power 2022 North America Hotel Guest Satisfaction Index Study, […]
[This is a story we wrote for, and which first appeared on NBC News in a slightly different form] Extended Hotels are having a moment As travel picks up and the phenomenon of remote work continues to blur the lines between business and leisure, extended-stay hotels are having a moment. Last year, the average occupancy […]
(This is a slightly different version of a story we prepared for NBC News) Starting Nov. 8, the United States will begin welcming welcoming fully vaccinated international air travelers, under a new less restrictive set of Covid-19 regulations. The new rules require that, with very limited exceptions, non-U.S. citizens flying to the U.S. from more than […]
(This is a slightly different version of a story we wrote for NBC News) Swimsuit packed? How about your patience? If you are heading out of town for the July 4th holiday weekend, you will likely need both. More than 47.7 million Americans will on the nation’s roadways and in the skies during this Independence […]
Overnight car trips. Visits to roadside attractions. Airport hang-out time. It all seems possible now that the weather is getting nice and so many people are vaccinated and honoring all the stay-healthy rules. When we go. We won’t be out there alone. Our email is filled with studies, surveys, and proclamations about the travel rebound […]
[This is a slightly different version of the story we prepared for NBC News] As the pace of Covid-19 vaccinations is ramping up, so is consumer confidence — and with it, a surge in travel bookings. “Many travelers are feeling optimistic that they will be able to vacation abroad this year. Many people are already […]
Skip the lines and get a COVID-19 test at your hotel (This is a slightly different version of our story for NBC News) You may not be able to work out in hotel gyms or hang out in lobby bars just yet. But at an increasing number of hotels, guests can now get COVID-19 tests […]
Dreaming about travel? Us too. But how will our journeys be changed by the pandemic? (This is a slightly different version of a story we prepared for NBC News.) Sanitizing stations, “stand here, not there” floor stickers, and cotton swabs up the nose were not part of the travel experience before the COVID-19 pandemic. But […]