Black Friday has become a bona fide travel phenomenon, encompassing not only the day itself and the burgeoning Travel Tuesday, but stretching into an entire season.

To talk about trends in length of the sales, destinations on sale and other observations, we’ve invited Hayley Berg, lead economist at Hopper, and Travel Weekly senior editor for hospitality Christina Jelski to talk about what they’ve seen this year.

This episode was recorded Thursday Nov. 22 and has been edited for length and clarity.

Related links: 

Black Friday travel promotions extend well before and after Thanksgiving https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/Black-Friday-travel-promotions-2024

Hopper https://www.hopper.com

Black Friday has become a bona fide travel phenomenon, encompassing not only the day itself and the burgeoning Travel Tuesday, but stretching into an entire season.
To talk about trends in length of the sales, destinations on sale and other observations, we’ve invited Hayley Berg, lead economist at Hopper, and Travel Weekly senior editor for hospitality Christina Jelski to talk about what they’ve seen this year.
This episode was recorded Thursday Nov. 22 and has been edited for length and clarity.
Related links: 
Black Friday travel promotions extend well before and after Thanksgiving <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/Black-Friday-travel-promotions-2024">https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/Black-Friday-travel-promotions-2024</a>
Hopper <a href="https://www.hopper.com">https://www.hopper.com</a>

Travel Weekly's team of reporters, editors and contributors explore ideas, share experiences and provide insight into what they’ve uncovered while reporting on some of the biggest trends in travel.

Travel Weekly's team of reporters, editors and contributors explore ideas, share experiences and provide insight into what they&rsquo;ve uncovered while reporting on some of the biggest trends in travel.

Hosted by Rebecca Tobin, managing editor of Travel Weekly

The Folo by Travel Weekly

Travel Weekly's team of reporters, editors and contributors take a deep dive into the biggest travel story of the week. 

In each episode, we invite invite our team of journalists and their trusted sources to delve into major travel trends that industry insiders, or just travelers, want to know about.  

You may be wondering: Why the Folo? Well, a folo -- f o l o -- is a journalism term, a kind of shorthand that basically means to follow a breaking news story with more in depth reporting and analysis. And at the Folo podcast, that's what we do. 

Hosted by Travel Weekly managing editor Rebecca Tobin.

Travel Weekly's team of reporters, editors and contributors take a deep dive into the biggest travel story of the week.&nbsp;
In each episode, we invite invite our team of journalists and their trusted sources to delve into major travel trends that industry insiders, or just travelers, want to know about. &nbsp;
You may be wondering: Why the Folo? Well, a folo -- f o l o -- is a journalism term, a kind of shorthand that basically means to follow a breaking news story with more in depth reporting and analysis. And at the Folo podcast, that's what we do.&nbsp;
Hosted by Travel Weekly managing editor Rebecca Tobin.

From Black Friday to Travel Tuesday: A season of travel deals

The Travel Industry Survey is our annual, premier research product that surveys travel advisors about their business: Booking trends, preferred products, education and support, technology uses, marketing strategies, outlook and concerns. 

This year, to dig deeper into the report’s data and talk about how it dovetails with everyday business trends, we’ve invited retail reporter Jamie Biesiada and news editor Johanna Jainchill – our chief editorial stewards of the Survey – to talk.

This episode was recorded Tuesday Nov. 12 and has been edited for length and clarity.

The Travel Industry Survey is produced in partnership with Phocuswright, the travel research company under the Northstar Travel Group umbrella.

Related links:

Travel Industry Survey: https://www.travelweekly.com/Industry-Survey-2024

Travel Industry Survey 2023: https://www.travelweekly.com/Industry-Survey-2023

Phocuswright: https://www.phocuswright.com

The Travel Industry Survey is our annual, premier research product that surveys travel advisors about their business: Booking trends, preferred products, education and support, technology uses, marketing strategies, outlook and concerns. 
This year, to dig deeper into the report’s data and talk about how it dovetails with everyday business trends, we’ve invited retail reporter Jamie Biesiada and news editor Johanna Jainchill – our chief editorial stewards of the Survey – to talk.
This episode was recorded Tuesday Nov. 12 and has been edited for length and clarity.
The Travel Industry Survey is produced in partnership with Phocuswright, the travel research company under the Northstar Travel Group umbrella.
Related links:
Travel Industry Survey: <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/Industry-Survey-2024">https://www.travelweekly.com/Industry-Survey-2024</a>
Travel Industry Survey 2023: <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/Industry-Survey-2023">https://www.travelweekly.com/Industry-Survey-2023</a>
Phocuswright: <a href="https://www.phocuswright.com">https://www.phocuswright.com</a>

What our Travel Industry Survey says about travel agencies

It’s only been a few days since the election, but already we’re wondering: What will happen to travel policy under the Trump administration? 

Naturally quite a bit can change from Biden to Trump -- and even from the first Trump administration -- and in this episode we talk with Johanna Jainchill, our news editor and travel-policy reporter, and View from the Wing’s Gary Leff about what kids of changes we might expect on several fronts: visa processing and travel bans, antitrust and airline combinations, the FAA, recent rules on refunds and disclosures, plus what might become of extensive requests for information from the departments of justice and transportation. 

This episode was recorded Friday, Nov. 8 and has been edited for length and clarity.

Related links

From air mergers to visas: How Trump's win could impact travel policy https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Government/Travel-expects-policy-changes-as-Trump-wins-the-presidency

Travel groups congratulate Trump and lay out policy agendas https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Government/travel-groups-congratulate-trump-on-presidency

View from the Wing https://viewfromthewing.com/

It’s only been a few days since the election, but already we’re wondering: What will happen to travel policy under the Trump administration? 
Naturally quite a bit can change from Biden to Trump -- and even from the first Trump administration -- and in this episode we talk with Johanna Jainchill, our news editor and travel-policy reporter, and View from the Wing’s Gary Leff about what kids of changes we might expect on several fronts: visa processing and travel bans, antitrust and airline combinations, the FAA, recent rules on refunds and disclosures, plus what might become of extensive requests for information from the departments of justice and transportation. 
This episode was recorded Friday, Nov. 8 and has been edited for length and clarity.
Related links
From air mergers to visas: How Trump's win could impact travel policy <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Government/Travel-expects-policy-changes-as-Trump-wins-the-presidency">https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Government/Travel-expects-policy-changes-as-Trump-wins-the-presidency</a>
Travel groups congratulate Trump and lay out policy agendas <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Government/travel-groups-congratulate-trump-on-presidency">https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Government/travel-groups-congratulate-trump-on-presidency</a>
View from the Wing <a href="https://viewfromthewing.com/">https://viewfromthewing.com/</a>

How President Trump might change travel policy

In this episode, we’re talking about the positive momentum in the cruise industry with senior editor Andrea Zelinski. Now that the third quarter has closed, and our annual CruiseWorld conference is about to begin in Fort Lauderdale, we ask: What are travel advisors, analysts and the cruise lines themselves seeing in cruise – and what are some of the scenarios that would break the cruise lines' stride? 

This episode was recorded Friday, Nov. 1 and has been edited for length and clarity.

Related links 

Is this cruising's 'golden era'? https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Is-this-cruising-golden-era

The biggest cruise developments this year, according to travel advisors https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Focus-on-Cruise-What-advisors-are-buzzing-about

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings breaks another performance record https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Norwegian-Cruise-Line-Q3-2024-earnings-report

CEO says new cruisers are flocking to Royal Caribbean Group https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Royal-Caribbean-Group-earnings-Q3-2024

Carnival Corp. continues record streak of revenue https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Carnival-Corp-continues-streak-record-revenue

In this episode, we’re talking about the positive momentum in the cruise industry with senior editor Andrea Zelinski. Now that the third quarter has closed, and our annual CruiseWorld conference is about to begin in Fort Lauderdale, we ask: What are travel advisors, analysts and the cruise lines themselves seeing in cruise – and what are some of the scenarios that would break the cruise lines' stride? 
This episode was recorded Friday, Nov. 1 and has been edited for length and clarity.
Related links 
Is this cruising's 'golden era'? <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Is-this-cruising-golden-era">https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Is-this-cruising-golden-era</a>
The biggest cruise developments this year, according to travel advisors <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Focus-on-Cruise-What-advisors-are-buzzing-about">https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Focus-on-Cruise-What-advisors-are-buzzing-about</a>
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings breaks another performance record <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Norwegian-Cruise-Line-Q3-2024-earnings-report">https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Norwegian-Cruise-Line-Q3-2024-earnings-report</a>
CEO says new cruisers are flocking to Royal Caribbean Group <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Royal-Caribbean-Group-earnings-Q3-2024">https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Royal-Caribbean-Group-earnings-Q3-2024</a>
Carnival Corp. continues record streak of revenue <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Carnival-Corp-continues-streak-record-revenue">https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Carnival-Corp-continues-streak-record-revenue</a>

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