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President Biden’s new testing requirements for international travelers, which went into effect just today and were implemented in response to the increased public health threat posed by the Omicron variant, come at a rather inconvenient time for travelers.
With the end-of-year holidays just a few weeks away, Americans traveling abroad will need to adjust their itineraries to make certain they’re able to obtain a negative COVID-19 test within just one day of their flight back to the U.S.
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The folks at bargain airfare site Scott’s Cheap Flights decided to survey their two million members over this past weekend to see how the policy change might be affecting their upcoming travel plans.
—Although roughly two-thirds of respondents are concerned about Omicron disrupting their holiday plans, thus far, cancellations have been minimal. Between 85 and 87 percent of people are going ahead with their holiday plans.
—Scott’s Cheap Flights believes this is because, as was discovered in a previous survey conducted about a month back (pre-Omicron), most people are traveling to visit their families, as opposed to traveling for pleasure.
—People seem to be more worried about Omicron messing up their 2022 travel plans than they are about it impacting their 2021 holiday plans. Sixty-two percent of participants said they’re worried about Omicron disrupting their holiday travel plans, compared to the 79 percent that are worried the variant will disrupt their 2022 travel plans.
—Of those who were planning to travel for Christmas prior to the news of the Omicron outbreak, 87 percent have not changed their plans. Ten percent canceled or postponed plans, while three percent changed their destination.
—Of those who were unsure about their plans prior to the Omicron announcement, 27 percent have since decided not to travel, while 45 percent remain undecided.
—Of those who were planning to travel for New Year’s before Omicron’s existence was announced, 85 percent have not changed their plans, while 11 percent have either canceled or postponed, and four percent changed the intended location.
— Of those who were unsure about their plans prior to the Omicron announcement, 14 percent have since decided not to travel, and 61 percent are still undecided.
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Travel and the holiday season typically go hand in hand. That changed in 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic greatly reduced year-end travel.
With travel restrictions now lifted due to the successful rollout of various COVID-19 vaccines, year-end holiday travel will likely increase significantly in 2021. According to figures from AAA, year-end holiday air travel declined by roughly 60{e9f0aada585b9d73d0d08d3c277fd760092386ec23cac37d50f4b8cd792b062a} in 2020 compared to a year earlier, while year-end holiday automobile travel dipped by nearly 25{e9f0aada585b9d73d0d08d3c277fd760092386ec23cac37d50f4b8cd792b062a} between 2019 and 2020. That means a lot of travelers can benefit from a refresher course on holiday travel in advance of what promises to be an especially popular year to head home for the holidays.
A refresher course in holiday travel can help travelers in advance of what figures to be a very busy time of year to travel in 2021.