Bar that brief moment in July when the world's airports were grounded due to the largest IT outage in history, it's been a mercifully normal year for travel in 2024. A deluge of spectators descended on the Olympics in Paris and were greeted with little more than a Gallic shrug of protest. A swathe of ChatGPT-planned itineraries went off largely without a hitch and, much to our dismay, the ‘bleisure trip’ cemented itself as here for the long run.
With January's peak season for holiday bookings creeping ever closer into view, we at British GQ thought we'd break out our proverbial Rolodex to discover where you should be jetting to next year based on the hottest travel trends of 2024 so far. Whether you opt for an off-grid Airbnb in the middle of nowhere or Uber yourself a South African safari, here are the seven trends to pay attention to..
. All-inclusive for all budgets “In my twenties, I went to one all-inclusive resort in Jamaica with a big buffet, liquor behind the bar that was served in generic plastic bottles, and a toga party by the pool,” recalls Mel Fish, Vice President of Global PR for Expedia. Come 2024, it’s Gen Z that's driving the new rush for all-inclusive travel, with 43 per cent of them declaring in Expedia’s most recent Unpack 25 report that it’s their preferred hotel type.
A number of hotel groups have already jumped on the trend: Hyatt is taking to Cancún, Mexico to roll out the first all-inclusive in its new Vivid collection, Hyatt Vivid Gran.
