Are you eager to start traveling again?

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Just like many of you, I'm stuck at home and miss the daily mobility that we all took for granted, pre-coronavirus.  Going out for a simple drive becomes an exercise of conflict and worry.  So the prospect of getting on airplane might and flying to most foreign countries - ones that have been dream destinations to many - is the furthest thing from anyone's mind.

With the current COVID-19 pandemic, about 90 to 95% of Americans are sheltered in place, as mandated by 42 out of 50 state governments.  Of course, the means very few people are traveling anywhere.  You are probably among them, and even if we were all allowed to travel now, most people would be reluctant to do so.

I have a few friends who are planning to fly to Japan in June, since one of them has family there.  While the coronavirus orders might be more relaxed at that time, I'm not sure if they will travel then.  I don't know if I would.

My daily travel advisor news mentions that more people are eager to start traveling.  A current Harris poll showed that 31% of Americans want to go somewhere once we're allowed to get back to some measure of normal life.  The same poll revealed that about one-third of those surveyed believe travel will change significantly, another third say it will somewhat different, and a final third claim travel will be the same.

What this tells me is that no matter how things will go, people will eventually want to get out of their homes and escape somewhere.  It may take them a few months to make that booking, and they may not go very far from home.  In that same poll, 57% of Americans said that they would not take a cruise for at least a year.  I don't find that surprising either, but I would point out that