Yanomad Travel Blog

Well chalk it up to the economy. According to the Chicago Tribune, Hawaii travel is down significantly. While this is probably to be expected, the article mentions that hotel occupancy is at the lowest levels since the gulf war.

Besides the general pessimistic attitude about excessive spending, Hawaii has a few different factors teaming up against it. The flights to Hawaii have never been cheap. Typical west coast fairs are at least $350 and the hotels have never been a steal Compare this with some special sub $200 fairs to Florida and it really makes Hawaii look extravagant.

Compounding the leasure travel downturn is the downturn in corporate travel. Fewer and fewer companies are willing to risk their reputations on an expensive trip to a luxury destination. Already almost 200 business trips have been cancelled, this represents almost 90,000 hotel night stays.

I guess Hawaii, like the rest of the country can only hope for the best.

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Europe is so expensive right now (and for the last few years), so it makes sense to go to dollar denominted destinations like, Hawaii and the US Virgin islands.