How Trump 2.0 Is Already Impacting Our Travel Choices
Backyard travel, here we come! Plus: The White Lotus’ big miss
Hello, Pursuits readers! It’s Lily Girma, your travel correspondent. I’ve just returned from a weekend trip to Boston with my husband. We stayed at the Charlesmark Hotel in Back Bay, strolled Boston Common and went to a Red Sox game at Fenway Park—his birthday gift. We also hopped over to Providence, Rhode Island, to visit friends. It was a fun trip that reminded me of the ease of domestic travel. No passports needed, no worries about currency exchange rates and no immigration lines.
Given current economic and geopolitical tensions, we’re now considering stacking our travels with backyard exploration this year. And we’re not alone: At least a third of the 1,000 US consumers who were surveyed by travel research and marketing firm MMGY earlier this month say they plan to travel closer to home this year.