2026 Summer Travel Trends

Uh, as we, as we do for every episode though, in case this is your first time listening, we're first gonna dive into what's been trending in the world of travel in the last week.

So we're diving into the news here as we begin with, uh, some travel and airline industries of, uh, having some reactions here to a controversial proposal from the Trump administration.

The new Homeland Security Secretary, Markwayne Mullin, um, in private meetings discussed no longer processing international travelers a- and cargo at major US airports in what he deemed as, quote, "sanctuary cities," end quote.

Uh, basically, these are cities that have declined to cooperate with the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, uh, according to sources, uh, that told this to Reuters.

So basically they're kinda targeting liberal areas, as they said.

Uh, this is airports in Denver, Philadelphia, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, Newark, Seattle, and San Francisco would all be impacted if it, this proposal did actually ever come to life.

Um, US Travel Association issued a statement saying that they believe this, such a move would be a devastating consequences for the travel industry and communities that depend on international visitation and domestic, international, and inbound travel alike.

Uh, "We urge governments at all levels to adopt policies that promote the free and efficient flow of legitimate travelers." Airlines for America also, uh, they represent all the major US airlines.

They echo, echoed those sentiments as well, kinda saying that the move would be, quote, "devastating, have a devastating effect on airline and tourism industries," end quote.

So, and actually, US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, uh, seemed to disagree when he was asked about this.

He said that, quote, "We shouldn't shut down air travel in a state that doesn't agree with our politics," end quote.

So Adam, your thoughts on this news?

Wow.

First of all, Eric, there was a, there was a lot there.

Yeah, there's a lot there.

I, I tend to, with, with travel and these type of issues, I tend to...

And we always tell our team members this as well.

I tend to wanna deal with facts, okay? So there's a lot of hearsay in this article.

There's a lot of, "I heard someone say this," and, "They're thinking about this." I think that Secretary Duffy probably said it best when we said, "Hey, we want international travelers to be able to come and go freely as smoothly and as easy as possible." That's something that I know the travel advisor community is passionate about.

So I tend to figure out, or I tend to think that these people are gonna work some of this out.

Some of it might be a little bit of a flash in the pan statement over here.

I don't have a ton to say about it, only because I wanna wait to see if something does materialize.

Let's wait for the facts.

Yeah.

Don't have a ton to say about it other than we want our airports to be as easily, as easily operating and as smooth as possible for all travelers.