#Trending - Hotel Bidding Wars, Sleeping Outdoors At Hotels, Summer Travel Is Worse Than Usual, and What's Next For Travel

We are in the midst of peak summer travel, and by all reports, it's not going that well. Hamptons hotels are now the subject of bidding wars, guests want to pay more to sleep outdoors at hotels, and predictions on what's next for travel. Check it out in a three-minute read below.

Bidding Wars For Hotels In The Hamptons

While Long Island, New York's "The Hamptons" has always been a coveted summer spot, it appears things have really gotten out of hand. Perhaps travelers who would normally head overseas in summer have decided to play it safe and just vacation closer to home. No matter what the reason, they are throwing money at hoteliers to secure sold out rooms — and prompting hotel managers to offer perks and comps to booked guests to postpone their stay to a later date. Read more in Page Six here.

What's Next For The Travel Industry

Clayton Read and the MMGY Travel Intelligence team are talking what's down the road for the travel industry. In a nutshell: destination domestic leisure demand will normalize in 2022; a new kind of short-haul leisure demand will emerge; international travel is coming and will change the market; vaccine passports are unlikely to be instituted broadly; forward bookings for 2022 and 2023 meetings are robust; and modern travel marketing campaign approaches must now be rooted in "permission based" models, meaning marketers with first party data are in the best position to create relevancy. Read more in PhocusWire here.

Guests Are Now Paying To Sleep Outdoors At Hotels

Sure "glamping" has been a thing for many years now, but it's gone into overdrive post COVID. More and more standard hotels are creating unique "glamping experiences" for guests who have embraced the outdoor social distancing philosophy and now want to sleep outside as well. Read more in CNN Travel here.

Summer Travel Is Worse Than Usual

Summer travel is always fraught with airport delays due to summer storms and crowded everything, but this year these issues are compounded by heavier than normal crowds at domestic airports AND the fact that most travel related companies have not been able to bring on enough staff — or rental cars apparently — to handle the demand. Read more in The Wall Street Journal here.

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