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Use your crystal ball: Travel, dining, events, others post-pandemic

Use your crystal ball: Travel, dining, events, others post-pandemic

Adam

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Adam
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Use your crystal ball: Travel, dining, events, others post-pandemic
12/17/2020 at 10:03 AM

It’s no secret that businesses of all types are being seriously impacted by the pandemic.
It’s also no secret that we’re at the very beginning of starting to see vaccines in small amounts and that well into 2021 we will eventually see opportunity for widespread vaccination in the province and community... and because of that it sure looks like an eventual return to some form of normal, whatever normal looks like after all of this.

We still have a long road in the months ahead and because vaccine deployment will be gradual, it doesn’t seem that any beating down of this virus on a wider level will be overnight so much as a gradual thing. I’m curious to hear folks’ thoughts on what changes to business types we might see as we start to get to the other side of this and see enough vaccinated folks to start making a difference. Is there an industry you can see having a major explosion of interest? Is there one where Covid has broken consumer habits to the point of no return?

My curiosity personally goes to some of what some might define as excesses.... travel, restaurants, major events. My intuition is that travel will see an all-out explosion when safe enough to do so again, though do wonder if a certain percentage will be hesitant to start or maybe trend towards choosing a road trip over a flight. Personally have enough points banked that you’ll probably have to tie me down to have me not use once those who know say it's safe.

Restaurants I can see being big on a lot of lists as something that people will dive back into head over heels, which if it happens would be great for those that have been feeling these last 9 months so hard.

What are your thoughts personally on how these industries will look? Are there others that will see a big impact in one direction or the other?
Glamping
Joined: Nov 2018
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Glamping
Joined: Nov 2018
Posts: 193

thoughts
12/17/2020 at 10:24 AM

My guess

Travel industry will be booming but it will be very expensive. So many will be happy to finally be able to go somewhere so the cost will be higher because the industry will know people are desperate to get away and will pay anything. As for restaurants, they will be busy at the start and then back to normal. I think lots are enjoying more at home delivery choices. I think lots of people are enjoying the shopping online and at home and I’m hoping this trend stays.
Abbysmum
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Abbysmum
Joined: Mar 2009
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thoughts
12/17/2020 at 12:49 PM

I miss live music. I look forward to being able to attend and perform again. And just gathering with friends and family.

But for a lot else, I actually hope not a lot changes when we "go back". Not to the extent we have right now, but I hope we collectively rethink our priorities as a society going forward. That we can reshape ourselves.

2020 resulted in the single biggest recorded drop in CO2 emissions. Worldwide it was 7%, but some places it was as much as 15%. That was mostly due to travel. And it was not nearly enough to change the trajectory we're on. Most experts agree we'll probably have a huge rebound a la post-2008/2009 recession.
Farmergeorge
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Farmergeorge
Joined: Oct 2019
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Agree
12/17/2020 at 1:24 PM

We miss live music as well as occasional meals out and trips to the movie theatre. As far as travel and other things I think that there is some determination now to force a greener agenda which might be a good thing. As the carbon tax kicks in ever tighter I think that we will have to travel a lot less, plan trips with our vehicles more productively and I hope that it will reduce our excessive consumption and spending habits . More people will where possible work from their home. I also think that we will now see a big push to wean us away from internal combustion engines in our vehicles and trucks and a stronger move into cleaner forms of power. I think it will be a difficult future but quite exciting .