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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 2422" data-attributes="member: 1"><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/02/affluent-travelers-eagerly-try-to-make-their-vacations-happen.html" target="_blank">From travel pods to private jets, affluent travelers are eager to make vacations happen - CNBC</a>Millions of Americans have altered their travel plans amid the pandemic, with some switching to road trips this summer and others postponing long-haul air and sea travel till next year or beyond.But one demographic — the affluent vacationer — appears to be more optimistic, making plans and holding onto reservations made pre-coronavirus. Industry experts see this resilience among luxury travelers as an encouraging sign a rebound might be just around the corner. How the wealthy are traveling, however, is evolving, too.“Affluent travelers tend to be a little more comfortable with the wait-and-see scenario,” said Misty Belles, managing director at Virtuoso, a global network of 1,100 travel agencies and more than 22,000 travel advisors specializing in luxury and experiential travel.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 2422, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/02/affluent-travelers-eagerly-try-to-make-their-vacations-happen.html'][B]From travel pods to private jets, affluent travelers are eager to make vacations happen - CNBC[/B][/URL] Millions of Americans have altered their travel plans amid the pandemic, with some switching to road trips this summer and others postponing long-haul air and sea travel till next year or beyond. But one demographic — the affluent vacationer — appears to be more optimistic, making plans and holding onto reservations made pre-coronavirus. Industry experts see this resilience among luxury travelers as an encouraging sign a rebound might be just around the corner. How the wealthy are traveling, however, is evolving, too. “Affluent travelers tend to be a little more comfortable with the wait-and-see scenario,” said Misty Belles, managing director at Virtuoso, a global network of 1,100 travel agencies and more than 22,000 travel advisors specializing in luxury and experiential travel. [/QUOTE]

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