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[quote=Anonymous]The internet and self booking has made it easier to score deals and take advantage of dynamic pricing. But it has also made travel easier.  When my parents traveled in the 1980s, it was a huge deal: tickets booked through the airline, through agents, all hotels booked through agents, ahead of time, travelers checks etc. Preparing for an international trip was a serious endeavor.  I was recently in central europe and I could get around without a guidebook or map or much in the way of local language because I had a phone that guided me. I could order and pay for a taxi using a lyft-like app, so language wasn't an issue. I used google translate to figure out food on the menu and book our train tickets for the next day and find a restaurant. A lot of mental barriers to travel have lifted. I also tried to explain to my daughter the experiences I had backpacking through europe with my Lets Go guide, some money, and no real idea what I was doing--having to figure out maps, and hostels, and food, and trains, etc at age 19 was pretty great, in retrospect.

The wealthy are wealthier. Covid/pandemic has made many people say "eff it, I'm doing what I want to do now." Air BnB makes it easier on families. My kids are shocked at the idea of sharing a bed or sleeping on the floor, like I did as a kid.

Finally, I think people work more now--we have so many distractions and demands. work, activities, healthy cooking, exercising, home decorating, et, etc, our lives are more stressful and we see vacations as "rewards" to "destress." [/quote]

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