Love Traveling....Again

Earlier this moth, there was an article on MSNBC indicating that there are more reasons to love travel than ever before. Albeit many of you are probably cursing the very thought of travel, now that there are numerous different airline fees for this, that, and another; but there are also a few of you who are glad to be traveling now. Many of you might have to travel every week for business, while others travel occasionally, but the consensus seems to be, that we love to travel again.


The following are some of the reasons why we love to travel now:

• Since prices have soared in other areas of travel, many companies are offering bargains and discounts. Check out Priceline and Hotwire for great discounts.

• Travelers are able to get more upgrades (some without having to ask). Weather it is an upgraded room or an upgrade to your rental, don't be afraid to ask for one on your next trip.

• Now that many companies are loosing business due to the economy, many customer service representatives are a lot nicer to the customers they do have.

• Europe is becoming a cheaper place to travel. Since many airlines are cutting back on their domestic flights, some of them have been adding more international flights to their schedules. Europe is also becoming cheaper again thanks to the strengthening of the dollar against the Euro.

• Since there are less people traveling for leisure, there is less of a crowd at airports, car rental facilities, and hotels. Having less of a crowd allows for less stress and a quicker check-in/out.

The love of travel seems to go in cycles; when the economy is good thus a lot of people are traveling we hate it and when the economy is doing poorly thus not many people are traveling, we love it. We need to try and find a happy medium, so we can all love traveling all the time.