Anyone planning to travel to the US: Yay or Nay?

[AJX]

My voluntary travel to the US will be eliminated completely. I get people going there for work or if they have friends or family, but outside of that, I don’t know why anyone would go there now. Get out and explore other parts of the world.

 

[Habanero]

The poll options should have been:
Yes
Not over my dead body
Maybe

I will be going everything possible to not to go to the US or buy anything related to the US.

 

[Habanero]

Unfortunately I do have to travel to the US for work on occasion and I did book an upcoming LA-SJD-LA cruise long ago, but after that is completed in early March, my voluntary US travel going forward is going to be substantially decreased or eliminated.

Out of curiosity, why even the possibility of decreased and not eliminated altogether?
I ask because I can’t understand why anyone would go there voluntarily.

 

[Mountain Man]

Nope, no plans to go before the orange crayon eater and his "plans", definitely won't be planning any trips now.

 

[Surrealplaces]

Those cheap prices must’ve been related to Covid’s effects.
I went in 2018 and there was nothing that cheap on the strip or even off the strip for that matter. Our room at Treasure Island was around $200 CDN iirc. But yeah even in 2018 food was expensive, we picked Vegas instead of Germany thinking it was the vastly cheaper option, but by the time the dust settled, after conversion and all, we found out Germany would have been cheaper - on a daily average if going for at least two weeks.
Whatever the costs are - less or more, I won’t be going to the U.S.

It's always apples to oranges when comparing tris to Europe vs the US, but I know where you're coming from. In different cases depending on the time of year, where you're going etc.., Europe can actually be cheaper, especially if you're not spending a ton of time at the tourist cities in Europe. I find the non-touristy cities in Europe are 1000 times more interesting than the non-touristy US places, and they can also be quite reasonable priced especially in the shoulder seasons. If I'm going to the US, I'm going for warmer weather in the winter and those destinations aren't cheap in the winter or shoulder seasons, or I'm going to a handful of cities I find interesting, and none of those cities are cheap - anytime of the year.
European cities are easier to get around if you don't mind hopping some metros or busses, especially if you're staying at a hotel that's not in a touristy area, or if you're staying in small towns outside of the larger centres, it's easy to head into the cores of the city for the day.
A couple of years ago we stayed in this little village in Italy for 10 days in high season for a wedding, and also made a few daytrips here and there. The hotel right in the centre of town was about €40 a night. You could easily get a beer and a pizza for €7 You could get a great deli sandwich from the shop down the street for €3. There are ripoff expensive places around Europe too, but the point being, that a trip there doesn't have to be expensive if you get away from the touristy stuff.

 

[JTron]

Not under any circumstances while Trump is in power.

 

[darwink]

Out of curiosity, why even the possibility of decreased and not eliminated altogether?

In theory, a connecting flight that cost substantially less could be better for Canada, lets say, connecting in Houston or Miami vs in Mexico City. The reduced foreign currency demand is better for Canada than the gain by the USA.

We're in an odd spot, with a threat to the state itself. Not just parts of our economy, but the entire thing. Spending as little foreign currency as possible is important (while diverting from US purchase to deny the USA government tariff revenue the secondary goal), while maintaining similar velocity of money (don't delay spending!).

 

[Cowtown]

Not one penny of mine will be spent on travel to the US. Least not for the next four years.

 

[cameronhowe]

Completely agree, I will not be spending any money or time in the US.

 

[Mountain Man]

I'm actually worried about how much Trump will destabilize the US, he's calling himself king now.

 

[UrbanWarrior]

He literally had a statue installed at Mar-a-lago... it's a goat, covered in $100 bills that say "in Trump we trust". Like... the dude is literally building false idols for his dipshits to worship, and calling himself king. Pretty sure the Bible (the storybook the aforementioned dipshits claim to be huge fans of) says a lottt of stuff about not doing that.

 

[BKha]

Absolutely not.

 

[Always_Biking]

Not for another 4 years at least. There’s nothing interesting enough there for me to visit there while Trump is the president.
Even before the election, we weren’t very interested in going to the US. Back in September we booked a spring trip to France, Spain and Portugal.

 

[Daemon]

Not at all for next few years.

 

[Roaring Flames]

Nope. Maybe not even after the orange dufus is gone.