Travelers and operators are shifting toward alternative vacation styles

by Farah Naseri About Farah NaseriOctober 30, 20266 links · ~34 min read · 1 without a length · ~1 min for the TL;DR

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Some luxury travelers are pursuing fishing, foraging, and hunting trips that leave dirt under their fingernails and fish guts on their hands.
Generation Z and millennials are choosing home swapping over traditional hotels as chic clubs launch to embrace the trend started by teachers.
Hyatt raised its outlook as affluent travelers kept spending in the third quarter, even while its all-inclusive properties lagged behind.
Visitors to Reno Tahoe can swim or fly-fish in Pyramid Lake, walk Reno's Riverwalk District, and book treatments at Spa Toscana.
The Swiss ski resort of Laax is using on-demand gondolas, electric piste-grooming, and chemical-free snow cannons to meet climate challenges.
Luxury Escapes CEO Adam Schwab uses paid memberships and paywalls for top pricing while addressing partner pricing and AI agent risks to OTAs.

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Travelers and hospitality providers are moving away from standard vacations in favor of hands-on pursuits and new commercial formats. In a 7-minute article for Condé Nast Traveler, Rachel Levin notes that some luxury travelers now seek dirt under their fingernails and fish guts on their hands through foraging, fishing, and hunting. Meanwhile, Claire Turrell's 11-minute article in Smithsonian Magazine reports that Generation Z and millennials are choosing home swapping instead of hotels as chic clubs emerge to serve them. Together with lodging operators adjusting paywalls and Swiss ski areas testing electric grooming, vacationing is shifting toward targeted, active, and alternative arrangements.

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Condé Nast Traveler7 min readWhy You Might Find Yourself Fishing, Foraging—Or Even Hunting—On Your Next Vacation
Some luxury travelers don't want to lift a finger. Others want dirt in their fingernails and fish guts on their hands.

Rachel Levin · curated 1 time

Smithsonian Magazine11 min readHow a Bunch of Broke Teachers Created a Hot New Way to Vacation
Generation Z and millennials are choosing home swapping over hotels as chic clubs launch to embrace the trend

Claire Turrell · curated 1 time

Financial TimesHyatt Raises Outlook, but Its All-Inclusives Lag
Hyatt’s growth now runs through the affluent vacationer. In the third quarter, that traveler kept spending. An earnings report via Skift.
Financial Times · subscribers only

Sean O'Neill · curated 1 time

AFAR Media5 min readA Fly-Fishing Guide's Favorite Corners of Reno Tahoe
Fish or swim in Pyramid Lake, stroll along Reno's Riverwalk District, and get a massage at Spa Toscana.

the Guardian7 min readCarving out a greener future: how the Swiss ski resort of Laax is meeting the climate crisis head on
Gondolas on demand, electric piste-grooming and chemical-free snow cannons – how Laax is ‘greenstyling’ its future

Financial Times3 min readWhy Luxury Escapes Puts Its Best Prices Behind a Paywall
Luxury Escapes CEO Adam Schwab on paid membership, partner pricing and the AI agent risk to OTAs, ahead of Skift Commerce Summit.

Kanchi Jain · curated 1 time

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Condé Nast Traveler7 min readWhy You Might Find Yourself Fishing, Foraging—Or Even Hunting—On Your Next VacationSome luxury travelers don't want to lift a finger. Others want dirt in their fingernails and fish guts on their hands.

Smithsonian Magazine11 min readHow a Bunch of Broke Teachers Created a Hot New Way to VacationGeneration Z and millennials are choosing home swapping over hotels as chic clubs launch to embrace the trend

Financial TimesHyatt Raises Outlook, but Its All-Inclusives LagHyatt’s growth now runs through the affluent vacationer. In the third quarter, that traveler kept spending. An earnings report via Skift.Financial Times · subscribers only

AFAR Media5 min readA Fly-Fishing Guide's Favorite Corners of Reno TahoeFish or swim in Pyramid Lake, stroll along Reno's Riverwalk District, and get a massage at Spa Toscana.

the Guardian7 min readCarving out a greener future: how the Swiss ski resort of Laax is meeting the climate crisis head onGondolas on demand, electric piste-grooming and chemical-free snow cannons – how Laax is ‘greenstyling’ its future

Financial Times3 min readWhy Luxury Escapes Puts Its Best Prices Behind a PaywallLuxury Escapes CEO Adam Schwab on paid membership, partner pricing and the AI agent risk to OTAs, ahead of Skift Commerce Summit.