LANSING, Mich. — Holiday travel is right around the corner and some hotels are offering good deals. But more companies are offering a subscription for travel. Lindsey Boetsch shows you how it works.
As we near the end of October Thanksgiving is less than a month away, Hanukkah and Christmas are both in less than two months and a lot of hotels are taking note. Paula Twidale with AAA says some are offering deep discounts.
"You’re seeing this like perhaps, 15, 20, 25% off hotels in certain regions to entice people to make that commitment."
Also, flexible terms and conditions.she says right now, hotels are at about a 50% capacity, but some companies are finding ways to keep people traveling. We’ve never had nearly as busy a fall travel season as we have right now, not even close.
We’ve been basically sold out in every mountain town in the US since August. Brent Handler is the founder and CEO of Inspirato, a subscription-based luxury travel company.
"It works like rent the runway, or the original Netflix subscription worked, where as soon as you check out, you can book your next trip. So, you can have one reservation at a time.through Inspirato pass, travelers have access to hundreds of destinations around the world, no nightly rates, fees, or other fares.
Families will take one of our houses in Cabo for a month, or families will move to Aspen for two months, but not everyone is ready to travel just yet. Handler says about half of their clients aren’t traveling at all.
The other half is saying, I’m traveling more than i normally would. I have this opportunity it might be once in a lifetime working from home, i normally go into an office. I’m going to travel 10 times in the next 4 or 5 months.
"It’s going to work for some, not for everybody. It may entice people, they’re going to work remote, they may as well do it from a nice location.
As for those holiday trips, Paula says about two thirds of Americans will travel by the end of this year. It’s not a matter of if people will travel, it’s a matter of when. when they feel comfortable, when they feel safe to do so.
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