Travel planning usually involves booking a trip to one place at a time.
Nowadays, more and more people are booking two or three trips in the same travel period in case Covid-related issues spoil their preferred plans.
This trend, called “trip stacking,” involves booking more aggressive trips (for example, traveling abroad or taking a cruise), backed by trips that are unlikely to be canceled.
By planning multiple trips to different regions, travelers can also choose a trip that suits their level of comfort close to their departure time.
When it started
Travel stacking is a “quite new trend,” said Misty Belles, managing director of luxury travel network Virtuoso... She estimates that vaccination began in the United States and began between May and June after Europe began to resume.
Joshua Bush, CEO of a Pennsylvania-based travel agency, said the trend gained momentum during the summer when the new Covid-19 variant began to disrupt travel plans around the world. Avenue to…