TRAVEL TRENDS That Need to Stop in 2024

Your daughter is so blessed to have a daddy taking her on trips at such a young age and she is so cute 🥰

I love those neutral muted colors. I dislike rooms that scream kitsch. My Parisian hotel with orange walls and red bedspread was a nightmare. Give me understated colors any day.

Amen Chris, thanks for the video/stream Ones that really hit was the decreasing amount of amenities and services for the increasing costs and also the Travel shaming. We like to do both big touristy stuff and some off the beaten path stuff. Touristy things are popular because usually they are unique to the location and that is a lot of the time why people travel to them.

I can do without the ridiculous resort fees that you can't opt out of for services I would never use. Couple that with the rising room rates, and outrageous daily hotel parking fees with mandatory valet parking and it's a TOTAL scam. Very discouraging.

Hey, here’s an idea for you people who like taking pictures and upload them to social media. Please come to San Francisco and take pictures of the Golden Gate Bridge. There are many places throughout San Francisco and Southern Marin County (which most of Southern Marin County belongs to the National Park Service so it’s owned by the United States taxpayer) to take pictures of the Golden Gate Bridge so you can find places where you are NOT going to be in the locals way. The Golden Gate Bridge and the surrounding area are amongst some of the most beautiful in the world. You can take pictures of the Golden Gate Bridge because it’s an inanimate object and has been world famous for over 80 years now. Or you can take pictures of the trees, plants, and buildings in either Golden Gate Park in San Francisco or Central Park in New York. There are so manny places and inanimate objects to take pictures of that you don’t need to ever go out of your way to take pictures of people. Especially people who are very much different than you. The Geisha’s are not a traveling Circus, objects, or individuals who are there just for your enjoyment but are people who want respect and need to be treated as such. They also want their privacy and don’t want people to take pictures of them all of the time. How would you feel if you had people taking pictures of you all of the time. Not great and this is generally especially true if you are not famous. So treat these individuals with respect and don’t take pictures of them. There are many pictures online or in old issues of National Geographic Magazine of the Geishas anyway so you don’t need to take any pictures of them. So again please come to San Francisco and take pictures of the Golden Gate Bridge. Edit: If you want to go and travel somewhere please come to the San Francisco Bay Area. They are still many great places to come and visit that are not overran with homeless individuals. tourism in San Francisco is still below pre pandemic levels and will not recover for at least a few more years. I mean with downtown dying and the homeless problem making national and international news tourism will remain down. However not all of the Bay Area is that way and it’s still a great place to come and visit. Edit 2: If you have never been to San Francisco it’s okay to go to Fisherman’s wharf because it’s a great starting place for tourists if you have never been to San Francisco. There are a lot of fun things to do and an In-N-Out if you have never eaten there before or if you have and you are in the mood for a burger from there. Local’s generally skip Fisherman’s Wharf unless they want to play tourist, but if you have never been to San Francisco then Fishermen’s Wharf is the place to go.

Been reading that hotel chains are now owned by Wall Street firms with no "hotel" experience, just milking the hotel chains.

Really enjoyed watching this livestream. I agree with you on all 10 trends that should stop. Very interesting to hear about the new trends. Thanks Chris

Hey Chris, We got the Eclipse coming up soon. I'd strongly suggest/recommend a livestream next all about that and the travel tips people will need for this once in a lifetime major event!

It was nice catching a livestream again.

Not only hotel price goes up, car rental fee also goes up a lot more in 2024.

The Banff Springs hotel is beautiful ❤️🇨🇦

I agree with u 1,000% on the boring rooms! I ❤️ fun, colorful rooms! When I was in Vegas in February I enjoyed the older "Go Room" at Flamingo......bright white plastic headboards, white & gray marble tables, white 50s style dressers, hot pink bathroom bulb lights above the bed & a cute mint green Flamingo lamp made it feel like Dean Martin's crew designed it themselves!!! Tacky yes, but I thought it was great!! 😊

I definitely prefer rooms with neutral colors. I want to rest and feel comfortable. Weird decorations feel cheap and over the top.

On KLM today they included a message about not photographing or filming anyone on the plane without the person's consent. I'd like to see that become industry-wide.

Thanks for the info + video!

thanks for the great content, and the opportunity for a t shirt at the end.. amazing

Tourism in Banff exploded during the pandemic and continues to be very strong. You can't even drive yourself to Lake Louise anymore, as you'll have to take the shuttle bus from Banff. However, you can rent a canoe to paddle on the lake, if you don't mind shelling out $145 CAD for 30 minutes. Canmore is a less expensive alternative. It's just outside the national park and only a 15 minute drive away. I recommend the Malcolm hotel.

Come back to Japan soon for the Fantasy Springs expansion at DisneySEA and more sightseeing in underrated prefectures across the nation !

Tourist only go to Banff in the summer because it is too cold in the other season. Therefore the hotels are so expensive and they only do business for a few months.

Lotteries and excluding tourists from certain streets sounds concerning, but in reality, these rules are in place for a reason. Everyone needs to be more caring and thoughtful going forward. We all need to relax a bit and escalate tensions.