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Travel gurus predict trends for 2010
From Hotwire.com’s Clem Bason:
• Travel sales will remain flat; travel deals will continue to improve.
• Hotel prices will continue to drop. Deal-hunters should watch markets such as Las Vegas, Miami, Los Angeles and San Francisco, where Hotwire expects unsold inventory could be sold at up to 55% off.
• Air prices will stay flat, as capacity cuts offset the slow recovery in business travel, leading to price stability.
• Car rental prices will be high, with few deals and some sold-out locations. Use less-expensive brands such as Payless or Advantage and rent from off-airport locations to save money.
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• Get savings from vacation packages, with discounted deals online.
• Price differences between five- and four-star hotels will get smaller.
From JWT (J. Walter Thompson):
• Look for more airlines offering annual subscriptions for checked luggage, like United’s $249 yearly fee.
• Travel marketers may target folks who’ve lost their jobs but have some money tucked away, by pitching adventures that will help them re-evaluate their lives.
• You’ve heard of staycations; what do you think of haycations? These are interactive farm stays where city-dwellers gather their own eggs, make cheese and even learn to butcher an animal.
• Airlines will move closer to using plant-based bio-fuels in commercial jets.
• Business travelers will start bundling several short trips into one longer trip with several stops, to save time and money.
