As a sign of the continuing strength of the cruise travel industry, Holland America Line’s bookings on Tuesday, July 11 were the highest in the brand’s history and booking revenues broke the cruise line’s single-day record.
Holland America Line Records Highest Booking Day in 150-Year History | TravelPulse
Much of this is post pandemic policy traveling and a realization that saving your money for a future that may never come is a foolish way to live.
But there is another reason – and it is the bogeyman standing in the middle of the room that the media will not dare mention – and that is the expectation that government policies will soon discourage or ban travel.
The
- WEF,
- a University of California research group,
- an academic consortia in the UK,
- the speaker of the UK House of Commons,
- an academic research report saying we must end most all air travel,
and many others have used the words that shall not be spoken: “climate lock downs” and propose banning banning most or all air travel in the near future. Yes, they have said that. This is not a conspiracy theory as NBC News incorrectly claims. The above are genuine organizations, universities and governments making these assertions.
Whether this happens or not, the EU wants to see a 55% reduction in aviation “emissions” by 2030. There is no known technology, at this point, to achieve that, except to stop flying. Within the EU, that likely means more train travel. To and from the EU, that may mean fewer flights charging much higher ticket prices.
The global elite will not care as they can afford to squander money on relatively useless “carbon offsets” while they continue to travel by private jet.
In addition to air travel restrictions, many cities have introduced toll roads and new fees for driving a car into the city (London, New York $23 daily fee, not including parking or toll roads), reservations to use roads (Glacier National Park), and my own state has proposed tolling the Interstate highway near Portland, Oregon, and plans to eventually charge all driver a “per mile” driving fee (likely in addition to existing registration and other vehicle related taxes). Some cities in the UK are banning travel on certain roads by day of week as part of the “15 minute city” initiative in which your daily life should revolve around only those things you can reach within 15 minutes, redesigning cities into (mostly) dense, urban housing centers – where you should reach most things by walking, bicycle, or public transit.
Travel it seems will be primarily an activity for the wealthy – who will continue flying their private jets and driving their SUVs on the per mile toll roads.