Hey ConvenienceBigs,
How are you? I hope you're staying safe (and inside)! I'm now fully recovered from my COVID experience and have been symptom-free for two weeks. I've submitted for antibody testing in hopes they can use my blood to help find a treatment. (I'm still waiting to hear back.)
As the Coronavirus transforms the world, I've been thinking a lot about the future. From how we work, travel, view government, money, and conduct our day-to-day lives, I think our society is going to be very different after this. To me, there will always now be a pre-Coronavirus world and post-Coronavirus world.
I can't say just how yet (I'm a bad futurist) but, in my gut, I know change is coming.
But let's talk about something I do know a bit about: the travel industry.
How is this going to change travel?
The travel industry relies on human movement to function. And, with countrywide lockdowns and most major airlines ceasing operations, no one is really moving right now.
Overnight, an industry that employs 10% of the world has come to a near-complete stop.
I've already seen magazines go under, people lose their jobs, and tour companies I love shut their doors forever. Hostels I love are teetering on collapse and everyone in the industry is just trying to ride this out and hope they make it through.
It will take years for the industry – and the jobs – to recover.
And, as travel is considered a luxury experience, the economic crisis is going to make the pain last even longer.
What does that mean for you?
In my recent thinkpiece,
I explain where I think travel - an industry I've been in for 12 years - is heading. (Leave a comment and let me know what you think!)
CHECK OUT OUR NEW COMMUNITY
We've started a Patreon as a way to take our community further! As a member, you'll get exclusive stories and travel tips I've never shared on the website before, live Q&As, free ebooks and destination guides, access to special social media posts, postcards from my travels, a private Facebook group, signed copies of my books, one-on-one planning calls with me, and a bunch of other stuff too!
It's a fun way to help us keep the website community-focused and sustain it during these crazy times while getting a ton of awesome perks!
Click here to learn more in today's blog.
NEWS ABOUT WORLD NOMADS
While I've been using World Nomads since my first trip in 2004, I've recently heard about a lot of issues with their service from travelers.
Since I promote them a lot on my site, I want to make sure that any issues you have with them are resolved.
To address the issue, World Nomads is going to provide its underwriters with customer feedback on how to improve their service. They know they've had some problems lately and they want to fix that.
So we're gonna work with them on this.
If you have a problem with World Nomads, please email me directly at matt@nomadicmatt.com. I'll make sure your case gets passed to the right people and is resolved.
They're committed to improving their service and, as someone who has been using them for almost two decades, I want to give them this chance to do so.
NEW + UPDATED POSTS
Here are our latest posts as well as some recently-updated ones to help keep you informed and inspired while inside:
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As always, if you have any questions just let me know and I'll be happy to help.
Sincerely,
Nomadic Matt
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