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Buyout Travel Trend

2021 Travel Trend – Buying Out a Hotel

01 / 18 / 2021

While potentially an expensive option, although relative depending on the hotel itself, buyouts of entire hotels or resorts are becoming a trend

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2021 Travel Trend – National Plan for Vacation Day

01 / 30 / 2021

National Plan for Vacation Day is celebrated on the last Tuesday of January to encourage Americans to plan all of their days off for the year at the beginning of the year.

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2021 Travel Trend – Short Weeks and Slow Travel

01 / 20 / 2021

Trips that might have been two or three nights last year now feel too brief

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2021 Travel Remains Uncertain Even With a Vaccine

01 / 10 / 2021

I came across this fascinating and sobering article in National Geographic about the prospects of travel in 2021. Below are my favorite excerpts and takeaways. 

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Launch of TheTravelGuy.com

01 / 10 / 2017

My name is Ankush Gupta – founder of TheTravelGuy.com, where our vision is Experience More.

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Global Business Travel Association (GBTA)

10 / 17 / 2022

Global Business Travel Spending is Coming Back, but Recent Headwinds Push Anticipated Full Recovery Into 2025 and 2026

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2021 Travel Trends – Summer Vaxications

04 / 15 / 2021

National Plan for Vacation DayThe OverviewNational Plan for Vacation Day is celebrated on the last Tuesday of January to encourage Americans to plan all of their.....

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2021 Travel Trends – Activity Picks Up in April

04 / 10 / 2021

There are some interesting indicators of growth in travel now that vaccinations are proliferating nationwide and the CDC is providing encouraging guidance on travel.

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2021 Trends

2021 Travel Trends – Industry Trends Heading Into 2021

01 / 14 / 2022

Here are some of our key travel trends going into the new year! Citations within. Good luck and safe travels. 

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2021 Travel Trends – Rise In Travel Causes Staffing Shortages

05 / 29 / 2021

With a steady rise in vaccinations across the US and regularly updated CDC.....

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2021 Travel Trends – Shortage of Rental Cars

05 / 06 / 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has severly impacted the rental car industry

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Vaccine “Passports” – An Overview

05 / 03 / 2021

What is a vaccine passport? A "vaccine passport" is an electronic record showing verifiable proof of vaccination, likely displaying the information after a bar code or QR code is scanned....

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CDC Travel Advisory

CDC Updates Travel Guidance For Vaccinated People

04 / 10 / 2021

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its travel guidance for fully vaccinated people recommending that fully vaccinated people can travel at low risk to themselves.

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CDC Travel Advisory

2021 Travel Job Recovery: Hopeful But Significant Uncertainty

01 / 25 / 2021

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) believes that over 100M jobs could be revived in travel and tourism in 2021 as the world begins its hopeful recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic related declines.

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The State of Travel – 2020

01 / 16 / 2021

Let's go around the horn to some of the key industry and international groups reporting on the 2020 #travelfacts...

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Traveling with Small Kids

02 / 15 / 2021

Our family loves to travel and we believe it is important to diversify life's experiences.

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Optimism About the Future of Travel

12 / 30 / 2020

These days, almost every conversation about leisure travel feels difficult - with the pandemic closing borders, cancelling trips and shuttering hotels, every part of the travel industry is being

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Travel Supports Mental Health

11 / 18 / 2020

The World Health Organisation (WHO) describes mental health as “a state of well-being in which an individual realises his or her

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Getting Into The Travel Mindset

04 / 01 / 2017

Given America's aversion to taking our earned time off, it be can challenging to consider thinking a step further and planning a travel experience.

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Launch of TheTravelGuy.com

01 / 10 / 2017

My name is Ankush Gupta – founder of TheTravelGuy.com, where our vision is Experience More.

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