Originally Posted by
GUWonder
White House staff is transitioning back to in-office work as of tomorrow morning. That should in some ways act as a sign of things moving forward to a further reopening by the US federal government. Eventually that will be followed by opening up to more travel abroad. But with US hotel rates at close to 100% of 2019 levels — and that is even despite big city business destination hotels at around 15-20% below 2019 levels — and domestic airfare as high as it is, any surge in foreigners’ visits to the US will drive up those room rates, airfares and car rental rates even more up into the stratosphere.
From my albeit limited view of road tripping around the US this June, I do wonder if that by the time the restrictions are relaxed if there will be some remedy to the worker shortages in the service industry. I had not really understood the level of staffing difficulty among restaurants and hotels. Sure hope that gets sorted out in the coming weeks.