Airfares plummeting for 2022 (Hawaii, Latin America)

[bjcheung77]

Just as I was looking online for news articles, I came across airfares dropping!  For those who have been bit with the travel bug, I would think carefully before going on your travels even though the fares are inexpensive, health and safety should come first.  I haven't travelled since 2019 and don't plan on travelling unless it's the "local area camp site" with not as many people beside you...

Link: Airfares are plummeting for early 2022 travel and it shows how terrified airlines are of the Omicron varient (msn.com)

[dfrecore]

Just as I was looking online for news articles, I came across airfares dropping!  For those who have been bit with the travel bug, I would think carefully before going on your travels even though the fares are inexpensive, health and safety should come first.  I haven't travelled since 2019 and don't plan on travelling unless it's the "local area camp site" with not as many people beside you...

Link: Airfares are plummeting for early 2022 travel and it shows how terrified airlines are of the Omicron varient (msn.com)

First, they spelled variant wrong.  Second, I don't think most people are terrified of Omicron, as it doesn't seem to be very deadly.  The MSM though, is definitely trying to get people terrified, I'm pretty disgusted by their attempts to whip up terror.  People are going about their lives.  If they're worried, they get vaccinated.  If they're not worried, they don't.

We've traveled all over the place since March 2020, including fleeing/moving out of CA.  Have driven cross-country, been to numerous out-of-state wrestling tournaments (with thousands of participants), been to weddings, flown multiple times.  I notice that some people may be terrified, but the vast majority are just not.  Even in CA, where I think more people are scared than average (including college kids who seem to be needlessly terrified in spite of the fact that they have a very low likelihood of dying from this), people are over it.

[LevelUP]

You're not kidding.  I see airfares at $100 for what usually would be at least a $300 flight.

Imagine AirBnb would have cheaper rates as well.

I wouldn't advise taking a cruise because I would be afraid that the destinations get canceled, but there are now 7-day balcony cruises for just $500!!!  Be a gamble. Just roll the dice on that one.  You'll likely get a partial refund if destinations get canceled.

[freeloader]

You're not kidding.  I see airfares at $100 for what usually would be at least a $300 flight.

Imagine AirBnb would have cheaper rates as well.

I wouldn't advise taking a cruise because I would be afraid that the destinations get canceled, but there are now 7-day balcony cruises for just $500!!!  Be a gamble. Just roll the dice on that one.  You'll likely get a partial refund if destinations get canceled.

I have family members who love cruising (do it a lot) and don’t even get off the boat a lot of time in the ports. I could see this being awesome for people like that, riding the boat, eating, doing the shipboard activities UNLESS you end up getting stick in your room for the full 5/7/10/14 days.

[rachel83az]

Imagine AirBnb would have cheaper rates as well.

AirBNB rates have actually risen because people either don't want to stay in hotels and/or they're looking for easy and relatively affordable housing to stay in semi-permanently.

[Alpha]

Just as I was looking online for news articles, I came across airfares dropping!  For those who have been bit with the travel bug, I would think carefully before going on your travels even though the fares are inexpensive, health and safety should come first.  I haven't travelled since 2019 and don't plan on travelling unless it's the "local area camp site" with not as many people beside you...

Link: Airfares are plummeting for early 2022 travel and it shows how terrified airlines are of the Omicron varient (msn.com)

First, they spelled variant wrong.  Second, I don't think most people are terrified of Omicron, as it doesn't seem to be very deadly.  The MSM though, is definitely trying to get people terrified, I'm pretty disgusted by their attempts to whip up terror.  People are going about their lives.  If they're worried, they get vaccinated.  If they're not worried, they don't.

We've traveled all over the place since March 2020, including fleeing/moving out of CA.  Have driven cross-country, been to numerous out-of-state wrestling tournaments (with thousands of participants), been to weddings, flown multiple times.  I notice that some people may be terrified, but the vast majority are just not.  Even in CA, where I think more people are scared than average (including college kids who seem to be needlessly terrified in spite of the fact that they have a very low likelihood of dying from this), people are over it.

Many people are burned out.  I was told once that part of the definition of a "crisis" is that it can not last more that 6 weeks.  After that it's considered to be a chronic condition/situation.  People will make adjustments where they can but it's difficult to maintain that adrenaline-fueled hyper alert status forever. My sense is that, in general, a laissez-faire attitude has set in.  People don't seem very afraid of omicron (myself included) and I've begun hearing people say "If I get omicron it will just be like the flu and afterwards I'll have a bit more immunity."  As for travel, there continues to be some difficulties getting into various countries and we are waiting for restrictions to ease up, chiefly, longish quarantine periods, before we go.