Summer travel 2021: Things are booking up, but you can still plan a getaway
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Hope is not lost for the growing group of vaccinated travelers ready to bust out of their bubbles in the summer of 2021. With rental cars hard to find and lodging being snapped up, just may take some solid strategies.
(CNN) — The wait-and-see approach to travel right now is prudent from a health perspective. From a booking perspective, maybe not so much. US airfares are on the rise, rental cars are in short supply and sifting through vacation home rental sites for gems in popular destinations is the new doomscrolling for some Americans desperate for a getaway within the United States. Carrie Shevlin owns three rental properties in Cape San Blas, along Florida's "Forgotten Coast" an hour southeast of Panama City. One of them is under construction -- still in the framing stage -- and already has bookings for next summer. The others are booked up through this summer. The low-density area has been very popular with pandemic-era vacationers looking to steer clear of crowds.Elected officials, Jewish advocacy groups and civil rights leaders are vowing to “push back” against the message of a White nationalist group that staged a march last week near downtown Columbus, Ohio, calling the demonstration an act of hate unwelcome in their community – and the United States more broadly.
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