Travel trends change with the interests or priorities of the people. Every year travellers prepare their wish list and plan tours to explore new and exciting places. In this way, experts predict the travel trends of the coming year keeping in mind the traveler’s preferences, which places they like to explore, currency consideration, the currency exchange method and accommodation option they will choose and other things they want to do and see in the coming months.
There are several factors that have a significant impact on the travel decision, such as budget, currency fluctuations, socioeconomic situation of a country and so on. So, they play a great role in changing the preferences of travellers and set trends accordingly. Similarly, the trends predicted for 2017 include the sustainable travel, instant gratifications and purpose of travelling to bring back the balance in the life. But what is trending in the coming months of this year? Did you know the changing travel trends for the second half of the 2017? Read on and find what will be trending in travel in coming months.
Last-Chance Tourism
Visiting and seeing the places or things that might change or disappear after sometime is a top trend this year. There are several places or destinations that are considered endangered or undergo significant changes due to climate change or other reasons. This is why travellers are more keen to visit and see such places and this year. It includes the polar bears of the Canada as their sea ice habitats are disappearing, breathtaking Great Barrier Reefs of Australia that are dying because of intense bleaching events, ice caps of Antartica, and the diverse culture of Cuba that may undergo significant changes as Us has lifted sanctions and set new reforms.
Follow Falling Currencies
The travellers who are passionate about exploring new places know how to plan a tour even on a tight budget. The savvy travellers plan their international trips keeping mind the currency considerations and fluctuations. There are shifts in the currency and travellers will take advantage of it and search to get the best deals on flights, accommodation as well as travel money. Be sure to find the best way to get the best currency exchange rate. For example, if you’re travelling to Australia then make sure to find out the best way for currency exchange in Melbourne, Sydney or the other city where you will stay. The traveller will keep themselves updated with the best and worst performing currencies and then plan an international tour and surely they will get a big bang for their buck.
Shift to More Stable Reward Programs
Usually, hotels and companies offer different loyalty programs to encourage their customers who frequently make purchases. But most of the loyalty programs fail because each time the customer has to work towards certain points to get the reward. But hotels and companies increase the amount of points to redeem the reward. So it is confusing and customer’s become frustrated with this long term investment. Thus, such programs fail. That’s why frustrated customers’ are no more likely to favour this and they will prefer more stable reward programs or use cash back credit cards.