If you're active on social media you're bound to have heard about it, but what exactly is Revenge Travel?
And revenge from who and what exactly?
It was one of the biggest anticipated travel trends when last June planes started to fly again around Europe and travelers went off to their favorite places.
If in a normal year, one would take a family holiday and 2 breaks, after nearly 2 years of pandemic, with the disruption of having to repeatdily cancel holidays, the majority of us feel we missed out on a lot and that we are owed big time by life itslef.
So this year we want to make up for lost time and book if not double as much as a normal year holiday, at least 30% more.
We've seen some of our guest twice already, once with family or loved one and then with friends, and that in not even 6 months.
And what about once visitors get to the destination?
Is their behavior the same as before?
Not at all!
We all refer to anything in general as in BEFORE and AFTER
Why?
Because we've been deprived of so much, now we want to make up for it!
We want to travel to be meaningful.
So if BEFORE guests would eat out every other day, now they eat out twice a day
If they would spend their days sunbathing in the pool, the beach and take a wonder around the prom or port at night and have an icecream, now they take a day trip with an eye opening experience like Wine Tasting with typical Andalusian Lunch in Ronda, tuna fishing, dolphin watching on the Gibraltar strait or a walk around the Old Town with a local guide followed by olive oil tasting or a tapas tour to try the real tapas rather than the usual tortilla and ensaladilla everyone else has.
And also taking advantage of the time off to try something new.
Have you ever said...
When I have time I will take a diving course...
I wish i could try SUP yoga or paddle board at sunset
Or crossfit on the beach?
Well many of our guests have tried something new this year and are enthusiasts about it.
So the trend is not only extra holidays, but also with the focus put on the experience, as per the mantra
YOU ONLY HAVE ONE LIFE: LIVE IT FULLY!
And last but not least, we've seen an even higher amount of families and friends reunions, most of them after 15 months of only seeing each other across a screen, which was great, don't get me wrong, but we all got to a stage where we needed hugs and kisses.
It's been wonderful to witness how families spread across Europe could finally gather together around the pool and simply
BE TOGETHER, or multi generational families that even living in the same city could not relax together in fear of harming the elder ones and finally relaxing and breathing in the vitamin sea to recharge.
So more holidays and more meaningful, either for the actual experience or the persons you share it with are the travel trends of 2021 and will certainly carry on into the beginning of 2022.
Let us know in the comments what's your experience with the holidays in 2021.
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