{"id":128854,"date":"2020-12-08T20:43:15","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T17:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/people-are-planning-their-dream-vacations-for-whenever-its-finally-safe\/"},"modified":"2020-12-08T20:43:15","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T17:43:15","slug":"people-are-planning-their-dream-vacations-for-whenever-its-finally-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/people-are-planning-their-dream-vacations-for-whenever-its-finally-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"#People are planning their dream vacations\u2014for whenever it’s finally safe"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#People are planning their dream vacations\u2014for whenever it’s finally safe<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n Fun was more or less cancelled in 2020. Now, people are getting ready to go away on the vacations of their dreams.\n <\/div>\n
\n Gabriele Mabrucco and his girlfriend, Christine Estima, were supposed to visit Vietnam this past September for around two weeks. Instead, with COVID-19 concerns and restrictions grounding most vacations, they ended up venturing to Paris and London\u2014Ontario, that is. But the pandemic has inspired the Toronto couple to think bigger. Much<\/em> bigger: a one-year, around-the-world adventure.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s good motivation to get through the weeks,\u201d says Mabrucco, a 32-year-old civil engineer. \u201cI know that this amazing thing is coming up, if it all goes according to plan. I think about it all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n

COVID-19 has caused an unprecedented decline in tourism worldwide. The pandemic has forced people to put off plans, defer trips, postpone parties and general<\/a>ly delay life\u2019s fun adventures. But experts say that could dramatically change in 2021. \u201cWe have seen with past declines in travel<\/a>\u2014whether that was 9\/11, SARS or the financial crisis\u2014you end up with this pent-up demand as soon as you\u2019re through the crisis,\u201d says tourism expert and University of Guelph professor Marion Joppe. \u201cThat pent-up demand absolutely explodes.\u201d<\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0COVID-19 has drastically affected Canadian travel spending<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Canadians began researching potential future vacations roughly one month after the stay-at-home mandates were first introduced, according to a recent Expedia report. Rosemarie Herscovitch, a travel agent in Winnipeg, says travellers and industry professionals alike are \u201cin dream mode,\u201d talking about where they hope to visit once the pandemic is over. For her family of four, that includes potential trips to Oman and Dubai or, if her husband gets his pick, Tahiti. Though Canadians initially held off on planning travel, Herscovitch is seeing bookings for 2021 and increasingly for 2022. Even the cruise industry, which experienced several deadly COVID-19 outbreaks at the outset of the pandemic, is seeing renewed interest for next year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve never seen so many people booking a year or 10 months out,\u201d says Bruce Poon Tip, the founder of G Adventures and author of Unlearn<\/em>, an ebook exploring how COVID-19 will impact the future of tourism. He predicts that, as soon as it\u2019s safe to do so, Canadians will take longer trips. Before the pandemic, vacations typically ranged from one week to 10 days, says Poon Tip, but going forward, he expects to see more two-week vacations and extended stays with people planning to work remotely while away. Joppe agrees that once Canadians feel safe to travel again, they will take off for an extended period of time.<\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0The guilty pleasures of pandemic travel<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Estima, a freelance journalist, spent most of her 20s and early 30s backpacking all over the world, but the longest trip Mabrucco has ever taken was around two weeks. After hearing about Estima\u2019s adventures, he is looking forward to immersing himself in local communities. He pictures himself strolling down the cobblestone streets of a small town in Austria or the Czech Republic, holding Estima\u2019s hand, stopping at a small caf\u00e9 to sit and read a book.<\/p>\n

Estima plans to work during their travels, but Mabrucco hopes to take a sabbatical, though he has yet to bring this up with his employer. He\u2019s been with the same company for more than a decade, and admits he\u2019s nervous about the idea of putting his career on hold. \u201cIt\u2019s definitely a sacrifice,\u201d he says. But as he puts it: \u201cIt\u2019s all about the adventure, right?\u201d Estima hopes to tick things like a hot-air balloon ride over the Serengeti and a visit to the Salar de Uyuni salt flat in Bolivia off her bucket list. In the meantime, they are using 2021 to save up for their year-long adventure.<\/p>\n

Of course, the Toronto couple\u2019s dream vacation (which likely won\u2019t happ<\/a>en until 2022) is dependent on safety. Rapid testing for international travellers could dramatically reduce mandatory quarantines\u2014technology<\/a> that Poon Tip says will be crucial to enabling travel next year. The other key, he says, is COVID-specific medical insurance, which several providers have already introduced in partnership with major Canadian airlines and travel agencies.<\/p>\n

With many countries worldwide experiencing second and, in some cases, third waves of COVID and renewed lockdowns, it likely will not be possible to travel internationally until later next year. But for Estima and Mabrucco, that just means more time to plan the trip of a lifetime. \u201cNo one looks back and wishes they had spent more time at the office, you know?\u201d says Estima. \u201cWe just need something to remind us that there is a lot of beauty [in the world] and we should go out there and seek it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

This article appears in print in the January 2021 issue of<\/em> Maclean\u2019s magazine with the headline, \u201cThe big (gigantic) trip.\u201d Subscribe to the monthly print magazine here<\/a>.<\/em>
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