Older, Vaccinated Americans Drive New Travel Bookings

CBS News reports that fully vaccinated older Americans are fueling a surge in new travel bookings, according to travel agencies. Travel adviser Hillel Spinner said he has seen a 110 percent rise in bookings from senior clients between February and March. "The reason for that is they've been vaccinated, they feel safe to travel again," he noted. "The world is their oyster. They're like where can I go now?" A recent survey from the American Society of Travel Advisers indicated that a number of Americans listed the prospect of travel as their chief reason for getting inoculated. Jim Moses at Road Scholar, which offers educational travel tours for older men and women, said "we've seen about a 50 percent increase in the numbers of people who are enrolling in programs. They're so excited."