If you have stumbled across this episode of the Bruce Lee podcast and if you have got fewer

bookings than the previous year or years and you're trying to wonder why.

Well, I may have discovered something that may be able to add a bit of context to it plus

give you a little bit of help how you can get more heads on beds and fill up those calendar

spots for the rest of 2022 and beyond.

So it comes as no surprise to a lot of people that the rising costs in day to day living

gas prices, etc. means that it costs a lot more than this time last year to go away on a

vacation or a staycation. I'm going to share my screen super quick. So there was a recent survey

that was done in America. And as you can see, you know, you can read the screen. The table shows

below how families in each state are prepared to drive on a road trip in 2022 and how much less

than this is per usual. Now, every single one of these states that you see on here in America,

every single one of them is over 40% less. Now, there's a ton of context as that is to why,

but it is kind of interesting to sort of dig into the numbers. So for example, one of the main

reasons being is that international travel is now more open. There's less restrictions. So

people are taking advantage of it. It's been maybe two or three years that somebody's been able

to travel abroad. I know it's particularly in the case in the UK at the moment, they're definitely

taking advantage of this and now going Spain, etc, etc. But obviously as well with the rising gas

prices, it costs a lot more now for a family to jump in the car and maybe drive four or five or six

hours than what it would have done a year ago. So the result is mean that host from who may be going

for maybe a year, 2021, management companies may be working with landlords, etc. They're seeing

a more open spaces and this has got a lot of people to maybe panic a little bit and I can see it

in Facebook groups. I can see it in LinkedIn groups. I can see it all around people saying what are

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