And what have you heard from the people around you?
I cancelled a Florida cruise with my parents and sister.
Florida is really going to be hit hard by the flight of snowbirds and Canadian vacationers.
We don’t really travel, but keep hearing from friends and co-workers that they’re canceling their tips to the U.S.
I was planning to go to California this month. That is now cancelled and other US trips are off the table. Mexico sounds like a more interesting place to spend my time.
I’m glad I had the opportunity to visit quite a few US cities.
But after Trump’s first term, I basically stopped wanting to go to the US.
It no longer feels like a welcoming place, nor is it a place I want to give money to as a tourist.
To be fair, I don’t find the US that appealing. Politics is one thing, the car culture is another that really puts me off.
I cancelled my trip to Florida. Fuck Florida.
Not only are two of my friends parents not going to Florida on vacation, they’re selling their condos down there, because they can’t keep up with the payments due to the exchange rate… Which has a side effect of crashing the real estate market… Because nobody wants a place in hurricane alley where the home insurance is $1600+USD/month, in addition to condo fees and mortgage payments.
My mom wants to visit hanuama bay once more while she can.
We can’t plan this trip; half because of healthcare risks and half because of the collapse of their government and what it means for airplane, food, water and street safety.
Hawaii has its own complicated issues with tourism on top of the national political mess, too. It’s such a shame.
