It's not just your imagination, and airfare and hotel prices are up as a result.
For three years, the pandemic — and then its repercussions, like staff shortages — deterred people from traveling abroad. But wanderlusty Americans have roared back with vengeance. And according to the travel app Hopper, our most popular destination this summer has been Europe.
The top cities where people are booking vacations are Paris, Rome, London, Lisbon and Athens. And that’s despite the fact that the average price of a plane ticket to Europe is $1,200, which is the highest it’s been in six years. “We have to make up for the lost time,” traveler Elizabeth Hughes told The New York Times. She booked a four-week trip to eight countries, including France, Italy and Greece. “I had to sell my car to pull this off, but if I’m traveling this far, I’m going to see everywhere.”
“When we watched the show, we were so excited, like ‘wow, that’s going to be us,’ and didn’t realize that it would mean everyone and their mom would be going to Sicily this summer,” he said. “It was still stunning and we had some special moments, but it was crazy busy with loud and sweaty tourists packed into narrow streets. It made it difficult to feel the Italian charm.”In fact, during June Italy did see about 8.6% more travelers by plane than compared to the same month in 2019.
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