Canadians’ digital searches reveal the easing of government travel restrictions has them ready to pack their bags. Expedia revealed that its site saw an 80 per cent increase in international searches as the Canadian government announced an ease in travel restrictions for fully vaccinated Canadians. “Travel will always be essential to people’s lives, regardless of how different the world and travel industry look once we emerge from this global pandemic,” Adriana Mantilla, Booking.com Canadian regional manager, said to Yahoo. According to data from Booking.com, based on searches between 01-31MAY, 96 per cent of summer travel searches are for domestic destinations. Allison Wallace, vice president of corporate communications and CSR for Flight Centre Travel Group (Americas) recommends that consumers book travel soon, as long as they read the fine print. “Right now what we're seeing, because the travel industry realizes that it's going to take a while to get that consumer confidence back, we're seeing cancellation and change policies as flexible as they've ever been,” she explained. “There's benefits certainly to booking now because again, once that demand picks up and translates into bookings...once the space starts to fill up, the price goes up.”
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