#Cayman Islands Tour Company

[wyndhamcayman]

Things to Do in Grand Cayman with Wyndham Reef Resort

Embark on a captivating journey of exploration as you delve into the vibrant tapestry of activities awaiting you in the tropical haven of Grand Cayman. At wyndham reef resort, our carefully curated selection of things to do in Grand Cayman promises an unparalleled Caribbean escape. Immerse yourself in the extraordinary world of Stingray City, where gentle stingrays await your company in an enchanting aquatic encounter. Dive into the depths of adventure with scuba expeditions to renowned sites like the US Kittiwake Wreck, revealing the mesmerizing marine life beneath the Caribbean waves. On land, unearth the island's geological wonders with a visit to the mystical crystal caves, a testament to nature's artistry.

For the thrill-seekers, an array of water sports beckons, from snorkeling in vibrant coral reefs to jet skiing and kayaking in the azure embrace of the Caribbean Sea. The iconic seven-mile beach stands as a sanctuary for relaxation, with powdery sands and crystalline waters providing the perfect backdrop. Immerse yourself in the cultural vibrancy of George Town, the island's capital, offering unique shopping, dining, and local experiences. As night falls, embark on a magical bioluminescent bay tour, where the Caribbean waters come alive with natural illumination. For a dose of wildlife education, the Cayman Turtle Centre invites you to interact with these magnificent sea creatures. Explore the possibilities of your Grand Cayman adventure at Wyndham reef resort activities and craft memories that echo the rhythm of paradise.

[caymanvisitor]

Visiting the Cayman Islands on Water

A visit to the Cayman Islands really is a visit to the ocean-lover in you. The islands are nestled in the Caribbean Sea, housing over 12k marine species, the infamous Cayman Trough, and some of the bluest waters you’ll see in your lifetime. Of course, wading in the waters and splashing on the shoreline is one way to experience it — but we recommend leaning into the adventurer in you to see the real Cayman Islands from the eyes of the sea. Through Cayman Visitor, experience the:

Kitesurf Cayman

Ever enjoyed flying a kite as a kid? Well, this is the adult version. Except on water. And during your visit to the Cayman Islands. So basically, the leveled-up kid activity! Choose between one, two, or six hour private kitesurfing lessons to seriously experience the salty air. At Kitesurf Cayman you’ll be guided through a step-by-step program, from set-up and land-training to the real deal: a full-sized kite on the water. And for those who may be weary of deep waters, not to worry. Most of these beaches are conducive to standing.

Dolphin Lover’s Swim

Get cheek-to-cheek and nose-to-nose with the ocean’s happiest mammals, the dolphin. On your Cayman Islands visit, dive into the most dynamic dolphin encounter in the Caribbean that includes a special educational program curated to falling in love. Your group of all ages will become part of the pod as you hold hands, high-five, and even kiss these adorable ocean friends. All smiles, guaranteed.

Cayman Visitor is a native travel company dedicated to making the tourist experience seamless, enjoyable, and truly authentic. From a slew of tours, excursions, and experiences ‘like a local’ to a real-life, human concierge, Cayman Visitor is the hub for all things, well, Cayman.

[cruiseworld]

Let’s Cruise From Miami, Florida

Introducing Miami

Miami is positioned on the mainland of Florida. Offshore, due east in the Atlantic ocean, there are a series of barrier islands. Furthest south of the islands is Key Biscayne. Next to the north is Virginia Key, followed by Fisher Island, and finally comes Miami Beach. The body of water in between the barrier islands and Miami is Biscayne Bay.

Miami started as a modest rural township.  Next when a railroad was extended to the township, its warm temperatures and coastline setting were attractive to newcomers, so the settlement expanded rapidly.

At the beginning of the twentieth century resort companies looked to the Atlantic coastline of Miami Beach, and thus commenced the construction of the fashionable Art Deco buildings at South Beach. The storms of 1929 resulted in major devastation to the island, but was just a blip as new properties were built as rapidly as before. 

The 1960s saw a big influx into the city of Cuban refugees, escaping the control of Fidel Castro. This meant the city inherited the atmosphere of a Latin America city, with lots of energy mixing with a laid-back lifestyle.  

Miami has now grown into an important hub for industry, tourism, the arts and entertainment. The port is a huge undertaking and Miami is often described as the Cruise Capital of the World. Miami cruise port welcomes all the well-known cruise lines, with sailings to the sunny Caribbean or beyond.

Take a Tour of the city of Miami

South Beach (also known as SoBe) This famous  Art Deco designed oceanfront district has everything, fine restaurants, laid-back cafes, up-market boutiques, a long, wide beach, wonderful people-watching, beautiful historic buildings and hip shops. SoBe is about twenty minutes from the port by cab.

Coconut Grove Coconut Grove, built in the late 19th century, is Miami’s oldest area. It's a place of eateries, trendy galleries, bars and fashionable shops.  Tour Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, an early 20th century estate designed by a businessman with the aim of recreating a Renaissance like property.

Fairchild Tropical Garden Botanical experts should head to the Fairchild Tropical Garden, here a group of man-made lakes wind through lush plants and trees.

Coral Gables The Coral Gables area was founded in the 1920s, and has an assortment of cool bars, contemporary galleries, fashionable boutiques and classy restaurants. Bring swimsuit and make for Venetian Pool, the unique public pool hewn from a rock quarry. 

Little Havana For a taste of Cuban life today, visit Little Havana, the place where lots of Cubans settled after leaving their homeland.  Walk down Calle Ocho, stop at a café for some real Cuban coffee, make a trip to the Cuban Museum and watch cigars being rolled at the El Credito Cigar factory. 

Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park Bill Baggs Cape Florida Park is sited at the southern side of Key Biscayne  island. It is the home of a historic lighthouse first constructed in 1825 and rebuilt in 1846. Spend some time at the State park to swim, surf, hike, picnic and sunbathe on a superb length of sandy Atlantic beach. 

Bayside Marketplace This large shopping mall is within easy walking distance of the cruise terminals. It's an open air mall, so can be very hot in summertime.  There are lots of souvenir stalls, fashion stores, bars and restaurants.

Available Cruises

The range of cruises available feature the Eastern Caribbean (San Juan, Tortola, St Thomas and St Maarten), the Western Caribbean (Belize, Grand Cayman, Roatan and Cozumel), the Bahamas (Freeport and Nassau), or the Southern Caribbean (St Johns, St Kitts and Barbados). More extended cruises are occasionally on offer, like South America, the Amazon and trans Panama canal to the west coast of the USA. For a full listing see cruises from Miami.

Cruise Ship Terminals

The Port of Miami is located at Dodge Island, a piece of reclaimed land in Biscayne Bay formed by the merging of three islands, Lummus, Sam’s and Dodge. It's only five minutes from Miami center to the cruise port.  Port Boulevard, which runs over Biscayne bay, links the city to Dodge island.

Ten cruise terminals operate at the cruise port. The AA/AAA, A, B/C, D, E, F and G terminals are located at the north coast of Dodge island, terminal V on the west, and terminal J on the south. The container ship berths are along the south coast of the island.

Cruise terminals AA/AAA and A, which began operations in 2022, are the most modern. These are designed to host mega ships. The total length of all cruise ship berths is some 2800 yards. Ten cruise ships can be docked at the same time. Each terminal has  the basic amenities, like cafes, bars, check in, shopping and cab ranks. 

For the port's website see Port of Miami.

Getting to the Cruise Terminals

By Road Take I-95 north or south then leave the road to join the I-395 eastwards (follow the signs for ‘Port Miami via Tunnel’). Carry on over the MacArthur Causeway then into the tunnel.  Follow the signs to the required cruise terminal.

By Air Miami port is  just seven miles from Miami International Airport. To travel from airport to cruise port, take a cab or jump on the shared-ride supershuttle bus.

[justasparkwritings]

Codename Cupid: Chapter 3

Previous: Love at First Algorithm 

Pairing: Kim Seokjin X OFC

Genre: Light Angst, Secret AgentAU, AgentAU, Light College AU

Rating: PG13

Word Count: 1.8k

Warnings: None

Summary: Kim Seokjin and Lee Euna are flirting the line between classmates and crushing, will he return her feelings? 

Daddy’s Favorite & the First Date

Fall, Junior Year

         Lee Euna is the youngest heiress to Lee Enterprises, one of the largest conglomerates in the history of economics. Heralded as one of the leading forces in banking and stock trades, it has banks all over the world catering to the highest cliental, princes and princesses, kings and queens all lined up to put their worth, jewels and all, in the vaults of Lee. Their smaller subsidiaries managed the trading of stocks, networking in millions of dollars for various clients who inhabited a lesser tier of society but strived to reach the upper echelon. Generational wealth, for the Lee’s and their clients, made their work heavily guarded and secretive. Getting hired by them was near impossible, and once you were in, death was the only way out.

         It was a misconception that Euna had little to live up to, as her parents favorite and owner of the highest IQ out of her four siblings, she was set to become CEO, while her siblings were relegated to chairman of the board, and heads of philanthropy. The titles suited her siblings fine. Dae-Seong loved bossing around the members of the board, encouraging frivolity and billable hours while scheduling grueling development that often-bored members to tears. He ruled with an iron fist, what he said went, that is unless the CEO had a differing opinion, and then, both out of spite and seniority, Dae-Seong fell in line with what their father wanted. Dae-Seong didn’t care for the familial atmosphere their father had run Lee Enterprises with, and favored a cold regimented environment that was almost impossible to work in. Dae-Seong always said that the best blooms came from the hardest earth. Whether or not that was proven, he didn’t care, at LeeEnterprises, he would make it so.

         Jun-Seo and Kwan-Min loved running the philanthropy branch of the Enterprise. They, like their father and mother, adored a good party and held several charity balls each year. Together, they raised hundreds of millions for a variety of causes that Euna barely paid attention to. The food was always exquisite, the drinks plentiful, the glimmer of the party always outshining the family feud that erupted hours before guests showed up, and the scandals that would be whispered about the morning after. Though the scandals never tarnished the reputations of Jun-Seo and Kwan-Min, they certainly provided a necessary indulgence to all the attendees.

         Kwan-Min, the second oldest, was thrilled with her role in Lee Enterprises. She and Jun-Seo were heralded as visionaries, doling out millions of dollars every year to causes that ranged from climate justice to underfunded schools, and cancer research. They were responsible for funding some of the most progressive movements, as well as backing lobbyists for liberal, bordering on socialist, legislation. They dedicated an afternoon a week, usually Thursdays, to spend their time scouring the internet for new charities to donate money to. This was the heart of their jobs, finding niche organizations that were struggling, food pantries in rural towns or women’s shelters in battered parts of the city, that sustained their other work and lessened the blow of the billions in their bank accounts.

         It was hard to be known as a large corporation benefiting from tax breaks while subsequently funding social movements. The family never discussed the dichotomy of their predicament, instead choosing to let their actions speak for themselves.

         Anyone could donate thousands to St. Jude.

         Only the Lee’s could donate a hundred million.

         While Kwan-Min found satisfaction in donating to negligible organizations, Jun-Seo found bliss in hounding friends and acquaintances for money. A natural salesman, he strived on the pressure he created for himself. Nothing was ever good enough, or enough period. He was always wanting more. More money to give away, more money to spend on vacations and lavish trips, more alcohol, more clothes, everything in excess. His work, and Kwan-Min’s, was regularly overlooked by both their parents, Dae-Seong and Euna. The good they did was always outshined by the amount that Euna and Dae-Seong pulled into the business, the new dignitaries transferring their funds, the latest piece of the Queen’s jewelry put into one of their vaults. They’d always played the role of second fiddle, and as years went by, no matter their accomplishments, they were never held in the same esteem as Euna and god forbid, Dae-Seong.

         If Jun-Seo and Kwan-Min were relegated to the B-Team, Euna was first off the bench for the A-Team. Every Lee child attended college, but none went to the most elite universities with the most widely renowned business program, with guarantees to intern anywhere they wanted, except Euna. Her older siblings watched as she rose through the ranks, mastering the cello, classic ballet and calculus by the time she was thirteen. They watched, with pride and in horror, as she crunched numbers in her spare time, pirouetted across the most elegant stages and slung her bow delicately against the strings of her hand made instrument. It was clear from an early age that Euna was the best of the four of them.

         In fits of anger, Dae-Seong would chide that their parents had hit it out of the park with him and kept trying until they got another diamond. If fate had been on their side, Euna would’ve been second, and if the gods really favored them, she would’ve been a boy. He routinely failed to acknowledge his other siblings, whom he owed a great deal of gratitude. It was their work that kept the paparazzi and critics at bay, their work that allowed him to go on benders and run his corporate torture seminars. Their good PR paid for his mistakes, with change left over.

         Dae-Seong specialized in breeding discontent, of taunting his siblings, bullying them, forcing them against each other. Euna had recognized this side of him from the time she could identify his actions weren’t full of love, but malintent. The announcement that she would train to be the next CEO had sent Dae into a blind rage, which he quickly turned into a bender in the most elusive clubs. They didn’t hear from him for a week, and when he returned, their father had lashed out at him before sending Dae to a ‘conference’ for a month. The siblings knew what had happened. The belt had come off the wall, and Dae, though grown, had succumbed to his father. Dae was sent to a ‘conference’ every two years or so, when his behavior and attitude became so unkempt that Mr. & Mrs. Lee felt they had no other option than sending him away for a month to sleep, reset, relax and most importantly, detox.

         There was something so pathetic about Dae-Seong’s ability to break bad and as punishment, spend a month being massaged and covered in salt scrubs.

         Euna was relieved when her parents let her move away for university and elated when Mr. & Mrs. Lee took it one step further and sent her, each summer, to work at various branches of Lee Enterprises. A summer in Seoul, a winter break in London, summer in Manhattan, another winter in London, a stop in the UAE, followed by tours of the Cayman Islands and a summer in Rio. Euna was grateful for her time away from her family and absorbed everything she was learning. She didn’t just have to prove Dae-Seong wrong, she had to prove her parents right, show that her genius wasn’t due in part to her rookie status, that her prowess and instincts weren’t dismissible as beginners’ luck.

         Spending winter and summer breaks at various branches, Euna let her work speak for her. She learned how to manipulate to make a sale, how to aggregate data in order to create an accurate projection of stock trades, to look at holdings of dignitaries and suggest how they could diversify their portfolios. The more she worked, the better she became. The harder she worked, the easier it was to pretend she didn’t know anything. Euna was in for the long haul, and that meant manipulating her persona to mystify and baffle the masses. A woman in power was a threat, and she would be damned if she let the company and the world take that from her.

         She had watched Kwan-Min and their mother being dehumanized in the media, in board meetings, at the hands of her father and Dae-Seong. When they gave too much of themselves, the world readily ate it up, devouring them whole. As a girl, Euna watched Kwan-Min change from intelligent and driven to flirty and ditzy. She watched her sister, who she idolized in secret, disappear into the mold their father had crafted. Euna wondered how long it would be before she had to adapt a highly manicured image? A version of herself in complete juxtaposition of her ingrained personality?

         It was this turmoil, this paradox, that threw Seokjin after their first meeting. She was nothing like he’d read or seen in their years at university or in the news. Though he hadn’t paid much attention to her and would admit he knew nothing about her besides the obvious, he was constantly being surprised.

         “Did you check the latest model and run the analysis?” Euna asked on a Thursday some weeks into their project.

         “Yeah, and it looks like, if Dr. Cho opens the market next class period, we’re going to see a major boom,” Seokjin answered. He’d been working on looking at Euna more, particularly when she spoke to him, and she found it all the more endearing.

         “How major?” She asked.

         “Multi-millionaires by end of week,” Seokjin informed her.

         “Good, what’s going to ruin it?” Euna set her pen down and stared at Seokjin. His lips were pouted, bangs sweeping in front of his glasses. He was beautiful.

         “If some major political event happens in the next four days, or if something happens in China,”

         “Ah, China,” Euna said rolling her eyes. “Always have to look out for the Chinese.”

         “The American market is fairly stable, but it’s the US,”

         “So, hold your breath and pray it’ll be okay?” Euna chuckled, a sound Seokjin had never heard. He laughed in response. “You have a great laugh.”

         “Oh, thank you,” Jin looked back at his computer. “You know, we’ll only have to monitor the project for a few more weeks.”

         “Seokjin, are you trying to tell me you’ll miss me?” Euna inquired.

         “Maybe, maybe I’m trying to ask if you want to hang out, maybe get a drink or coffee outside of work hours,” Seokjin shrugged, his blasé attitude ignited something within Euna. For the months they had been working together, she’d tried and failed to get him to ask her out. His disinterest in her, in anything about her, drove her crazy. He didn’t ask questions, he didn’t inquire about work or god forbid her family, or other classes she was taking, even her friends. She could have anything in the world, and yet, this man, out of reach.

         “I’d like that,” She responded.

         “Cool, how about coffee, this Sunday?” Jin suggested.

         “I can’t Sunday, family obligations,” Euna cursed her family for what felt like the millionth time.

         “Tuesday, instead of working,” Jin compromised.

         “Will the numbers wait?” Euna was partially joking, which Seokjin caught immediately.

         “They’re fictional numbers,” Jin reminded her.

         “It’s a date,” Euna replied.

Next: Codename The First Heartbreak

[softyoongiionly]

Paradise 🌴

Wednesdays on a normal week were hectic. Wednesdays on a tropical island with your blonde bombshell of a boyfriend were the complete opposite.

Pairing: Jimin x Reader

Genre: Fluffy!!! Jimin, sometimes Jimin makes me so soft y’all, Boyfriend! Jimin, mentions of Dancer! Jimin, smut (18+ only please)

Word Count: 2.6k

A/N: All of the words that are italicized are supposed to be Korean :) I’ve been working on TnT but, that fic is still quite a long way from being finished so, I wanted to give you guys a little something while you’re waiting. Thank you guys so much for all the support! 

Love youuuuuu

Warnings: smut, language, kittens! (read at your own risk, kittens are sometimes too cute too handle)

The sound of meowing rouses you from a deep slumber...for the fourth time this week. There were many reasons why you decided to put off having children for quite a number of years. One of them, being, that you valued your sleep. However, recently, you made the choice to sacrifice some shut-eye and adopt a pair of orange and white orphaned kittens from your local shelter. The speckled little rays of sunshine were named Peaches and Cream and, despite the loss of sleep, they had stolen your heart.  

You resented waking up however, the fluffiness of your duvet being far too desirable to depart from, the pillow beneath your head feeling very much like a plush little cloud you were destined to spend another few hours on. With your eyes still closed, your right hand stretches across the blanket, searching for the warmth of your boyfriend who, would usually still be fast asleep beside you. However, you were surprised to feel nothing but, the slightly cooler fabric of his side of the bed. It was then, that your eyes pop open, taking in the sight of an empty room. The sunlight paired with a hushed periwinkle sky both of which streamed gently into your bedroom.

How early was it?

The phone on your nightstand buzzes, startling you momentarily before, you sigh and reach for it, the light from your screen too invasive for the early morning.

6:23am

It was way earlier than you had previously guessed which only furthered made you question why your boyfriend wasn’t in bed with you. Jimin adored many things in life but, nothing made him happier than waking up beside you. When the two of you moved in together 4 years ago, Jimin was still finishing his training at the dance academy and, you were finishing up your internship at your dream company. Needless to say, for the entirety of that year, the mornings the two of you spent waking up together were few and far in between.

Once Jimin decided he was going to coach with his company, rather than tour, he vowed that he would spend every morning he could waking up beside you. You landed your current job 2 years ago and, recently, your company had promoted you and, sent you on a two-week paid vacation to the Cayman Islands: All expenses paid for 7 Days and 7 nights.  

Jimin had been over the moon when you told him where you were going but, because the kitten adoption was already in the works and, with your new furry friends being so young, he had insisted you find a way to bring the kittens with you.

Whatever Jimin wants, Jimin gets.

With your bags packed and, two tiny kittens in a TSA approved animal carrier, you and your boyfriend had set off to the Cayman’s roughly 4 days ago. The vacation was extremely overdue and, you and Jimin had spent most of your time drinking margaritas, playing in the ocean and, well, playing with eachother. The kittens adapted just fine and, when Jimin left them alone long enough, they took it upon themselves to explore the nooks and crannies of the Cabana you had for the week, with only minor accidents along the way.

While you were having the time of your life, you still couldn’t figure out what Jimin was doing out of bed so early. The past four mornings, he had woken you up with his head either in your neck or between your legs. Neither of which, you complained about.  

They call it paradise for a reason.

Accepting that you won’t find your answers just laying around in bed, you decide to do the unthinkable and, drag yourself out of bed. You shiver slightly due to the fans being on full blast in your room, something both you and Jimin needed to sleep. The previous night you went to bed in Jimin’s t shirt and, a white pair of cheeky underwear, which weren’t sufficient enough to combat the cool temperature of the bedroom. Your fluffy robe lay across the wicker chair in the corner of the room and, you quickly throw it on before, meandering sleepily out into the living room.  

“Yah...don’t be mean to your brother, he’s just trying to play...” You hear the Jimin’s Busan dialect slip out from across the room before you see him, his delicate giggle following soon after. The sound warms your heart but, the sight of him, dressed in a white t-shirt and yellow boxers curled up on the couch with both kittens splayed across his lap makes you melt.  

You lean against the doorframe, taking a moment to admire the scene before you. Jimin’s hair was platinum for the summer time, the mass of it disheveled atop his head, his eyes still lightly swollen from sleep. The tan he had acquired on your trip had only intensified his newly dyed locks; he looked like was late to his Baywatch audition. His fingers wiggled around the bodies of the kittens playfully and, he giggles as Cream catches a fingers in her mouth.  

“Don’t bite your daddy, I feed you remember? You have to be sweet to me...” He admonishes in his native tongue and, you feel proud of yourself for having understood most of what he said.

You don’t want to interrupt him but, his voice, his smile, the cozy appearance of his sleep clothes, it was enough to make you desperately wish you were Peaches and Cream.

“Good morning...” You call softly as to lessen the chance of startling him.

His blonde head whips to your direction and, the sight of you makes his puffy pink lips break out into a smile.

“There she is...good morning Jagi...” He takes Peaches’s paw gently into his hand waving it towards you, “Say good morning mommy...I woke daddy up cause I pooped in the laundry again...”

You giggle, shaking your head at them before making your way to the couch, “Again huh? What are we going to do with you?”

Jimin giggles with you, releasing Peaches before offering his arm to you as you approach the couch. You take his invitation, cuddling into his side, relishing in the natural sweetness of his leftover cologne.

He smiles warmly, nudging your cheek, “Sorry if we woke you...”

Your hand reaches down to smooth over the kittens, their purring igniting as you do. Shaking your head you turn towards him, pecking his lips lightly.

“The meowing woke me, not you...”

“Yah, see what you did? You poop on our things and, then you wake your mommy up, that’s not nice...” He coos at the kittens, rubbing their backs gently.  

“They will repay us one day when they get rich and, are able to take care of us in our old age...” You joke, causing Jimin to giggle again, his eyes soft as the kittens began to leave his lap.

“They grow up so fast...” He laments through fake tears and, you laugh watching them as they scamper over to the other end of the couch, stalking one another playfully.

“Did you sleep ok?” You murmur gently, leaning your head on his shoulder.

The light from the sunrise is intensifying, the sound of the ocean beginning to creep in as one of the bay windows creaks open.

Jimin nods, pulling one of the soft fleece throw blankets over the both of you, snuggling into you further, his blonde hair tickling your neck.

“Its high tide right now, the waves are really big...” His voice is quieter as he indulges in you, your presence calming him, subduing him as it normally does.

“Are they?” You follow suit with his choice of volume, not wanting to disturb him as he seems rather content.

He nods, his hand coming up to tuck underneath your robe, fingers brushing along the skin of your thigh lightly.  

“Can you hear them?” His voice is a whisper now and, it allows for the growing sound of the waves crashing on the shore not far from the entrance to your cabana.

A smile is on your lips then as you nod, a sense of intense relaxation enveloping your body. Jimin nuzzles into your neck, his legs tucking up onto the couch whilst his fingers continue to brush along the top of your thigh.

“You’re soft...”  

His whisper gives you goosebumps, your leg moving slightly to allow him better access to your skin.

“It’s all the sand we’ve been playing in, it’s an exfoliant...”

Jimin chuckles, feeling himself plump up in his boxers as he continues to touch you but, he’s in no rush, he has all the time in the world...

“I wish we could stay here forever...” You lament, eyes closing at the sound of the ocean and, the feeling of your boyfriend’s hand.  

You feel Jimin nod, his hand dipping down towards your inner thigh, tracing patterns on the sensitive skin, “Me too...I love being able to be alone with you so much, we need to be alone more...”

He’s right, your respective workloads were demanding and, there were several days out of the week where you and Jimin wouldn’t even one another.  

“We’ll make more time for us when we get back. We can plan another trip for later this year too...” The steadiness in your voice is wavering, Jimin’s hand making its slow ascent up your inner thigh, dragging his nails gently across it.

“Two trips a year...that’s what we need. I can’t have you like this back in the city...”

You know what he means, the two of you are so distracted by your responsibilities that even you’re alone time back home tends to feel rushed and, it never feels like enough.  

His nimble fingers tuck into the edge of your panties, sliding the back of his two fingers along the side of your core, his face never leaving your neck.  

“What are you doing ?” You giggle and, Jimin follows suit, tilting his head to look into your eyes. His pupils are dilated, his lips puckered and inviting.  

Before he has a chance to answer you lean down, pushing your lips against him. He smiles into the kiss, reciprocating as he cups his hand against your cheek.  

It doesn’t take long before you’re suckling his bottom lip into your mouth, its literally impossible to resist. Jimin hums contently, nudging your nose, submitting to the motions of your lips. There’s a sweet sort of laziness to the kiss, the two of you indulging in one another: unrushed and unashamed.

Jimin, with his lips still connected to yours, starts slowing ushering you underneath him, pushing off your robe in the process. His eyes are gentle and, hold more emotion than they did a moment ago, he looks over you, smiling softly as he does, eyes lighting up in adoration.

“How do you keep getting more beautiful huh? What are you eating?” His tone is charming and, it warms your heart, your hands reaching up towards him as you giggle.

“StoP...”  

“I can’t though,” He chuckles, leaning down into your body, “I have to know Jagi...”

Pursing your lips is enough to hint at another kiss and, Jimin snickers as he gives in, kissing you. It’s soft and messy, there’s no need for pretense, the chemistry, as always is ever present.

“I’ll tell you mine, if you tell me yours...”

Jimin giggles into your mouth, hands bracing on either side of your head, “I eat you most of the time don’t I? Guess that must be my answer...”

Smooth bastard.

You roll your eyes, spreading your legs to allow him to settle between them. As he does, you feel the stiffness of his erection that’s currently straining against your panties. The feeling causing you to roll your hips against him, sending a shiver up his spine.

“Do you feel how hard you got me? For no good reason...just came out here in my shirt and these panties and, that was it huh? That’s how easy you’ve made me...I get hard just thinking about you...” He colors his voice with annoyance but, he rolls his hips back against yours, smirking as he hears you whimper at his words.

You lean up to peck at his lips, smiling as you do, “You should put it inside me then, since it’s so hard...”

Jimin’s smirk doesn’t falter but, leaning back so he can pull your underwear off, biting his lip as he notices the viscous shine over your pussy.  

“I love when it when you get this wet for me...” He moves his hands to the waistband of his boxers but, his eyes don’t move from between your legs. “I love knowing that you only get wet for me...”

“That’s cause I’m yours...” You whisper leaning up with him, eyes soft and full of love as you lift up his shirt, kissing gently at the skin there, your fingers tucking into his boxers.  

Jimin’s heart is pounding in his chest and, he’s certain that the love he’s believed in his whole life, the true, gooey, fairytale bullshit type of love was right here in front of him. Even after 6 years of dating, you could still make his heart go faulty in his chest.

“...and I���m yours...” He whispers before pulling off his shirt completely, taking your face in his hands, pressing his lips to yours, another smile returning when he does.  

After a few moments, Jimin has lined himself up with your entrance and, upon laying you back down, he reconnects your lips, catching your gasp in his mouth as he pushes inside of you. He sets a languid pace, both with his mouth and, his hips, taking his time with you.

“I love you...” Three words are in your mouth and, you return them just as quickly, your hips grinding upwards towards your boyfriend.

“Shitt...” He giggles, his mouth breaking from yours as he glances down at where you’re connected, “I always think slow sex is going to help me last...”

“Not working?” You pant, trying to focus on his struggle but, it’s proving very difficult as he hits something inside of you

“Never does...not with your pussy...it’s too good...” He laments, biting his lip as his eyes flit up to yours, his breath uneven as he continues to fuck into you. “I can last for you jagi...I’ll hold off.”

You smile, licking your lips as you bring his own back to your mouth, “You don’t have to...I’m right there...wanna feel you cum in me...”

He groans into your mouth, nodding vigorously as you give him the ok, his hips stuttering momentarily, “Are you sure? You’re gonna cum for me?”  

“I’m sure...let me feel you baby, I want you to cum inside...” You’re growing desperate, feeling the hot sensation of your orgasm beginning to warm the tips of your toes.

Jimin’s teeth attach to your lip, his hips pumping into you faster and faster when he begins to release inside of you.

His toes curl as a string of curse words and, his native tongue tumble past his lips, “Oh my god...I love you, you’re so good to me, you’re so good...”

Jimin speaking Korean into your mouth as he cums is enough to send you careening after your release, your center contracting over and over again as your orgasm hits you. Pleasure soaks your senses then, leaving you breathless as your exhausted boyfriend collapses ontop of you, slowly rocking into you as you both come down from your orgasms.

The sun is fully awake and shining into the cabana, the waves continue to crash in the background, the only other sound being yours and Jimin’s ragged breathing.

The two of you don’t move or speak for quite sometime, merely enjoying each others presence until Jimin’s gentle voice finally breaks the silence.

“I love you...”

With a soft smile and a kiss to the side of your boyfriends head, you respond,

“I love you too...”

Maybe paradise isn’t a place, maybe, paradise is a person.

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Booking Tours To Pompeii, The Amalfi Coast And Naples - The Huge Company Fantasy

Cruise line operators are no various than any other holiday setting up enterprise. Each cruise line gives discounted fares and travel packages. You will be enticed with the phrase your ship board functions and meals are integrated. I am writing this to point out that a discounted fare is not the true price of your cruise holiday. Think about these generally forgotten expenditures and charges that you will have to pay in excess of and higher than that discounted ticket. Visit Naples and do this correct. Positive!! You'll be a enjoyment to get the thought Naples tours via Earth Tours is trending with a large tourist crowd. Naples is manufactured up of stories which can be exceptional, stories that you just want to locate out, look at and pay out awareness to. We strive to inform them, we consider to enclose within our Naples tours which Neapolitan character to just take in for as a amount of travellers as attainable. By describing the attract, the colours drastically much better appears and in addition to choices of Naples. Globe Tours divides them whole tour offer that allows attendees poor rapid and pleasurable fashion to lookup one point relating to this outstanding to wn. And then there's food items!

Belize is a tiny English talking region in Central The us. It is located just south of Mexico, east of Guatemala, and its whole coastline is bordered by the Caribbean Sea. With all its normal attractiveness, various cultures, and warm, friendly persons Belize is definitely a hidden gem in the Caribbean. A lot of people look at it the "Jewel of the Caribbean". pompeii And amalfi coast tours The stage of service you will obtain is the most significant aspect in your closing selling price. If you are on a restricted budget, keep away from the substantial finish luxury cruise. Instead go with a top quality or even mainstream cruise. The area and measurement of your cabin will also make a variance. If you are seriously tight for cash, acquire a little cabin on the inside of the ship. When your food items and cabin may well not be as grand as fellow passengers on the distinctive decks, you will at the very least nonetheless be in a position to afford the airfare property. And you will have the exact same experiences as the better shelling out travellers. Consider a seven working day Caribbean cruise. Some ports of get in touch with could include things like The Cayman Islands, Cozumel Mexico, Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, any of the Virgin Islands. They will usually stay at individuals ports for at minimum eight several hours. This presents you a lot of time to check out, tour and see the islands. In the Southern Area of Italy you find the metropolis of Naples, the lovely and passionate amalfi coast tours from naples cruise port, and the ruins of Pompeii. Naples has a fantastic gulf coast and is residence to the well known Mt. Vesuvius lively volcano. Other spots to check out in the South are Abruzzo, Basilicata, Campania, and Molise. We've been the pioneers in providing the Pompeii tours for many several years. We have obtained our palms put in curating the leading-notch Pompeii Tour itinerary the position travellers get the greatest a way to leap not only the regular points of interest, infact, we'll will permit you bounce there are a quantity of richly spectacular city of Pompeii to receive your Mediterranean shore vacation ambitions fixed. You will pay out a session with the little city's ruins which have been incredibly properly preserved from your associated authorities. Non-community Working day Tours to Pompeii from Earth Tours let you to travel in suburban autos with an pro English speaking driver immediate from your hotel. You could just find the very ideal of the incredibly ideal must-go to sights of the big archaeological web-site. By pursuing the higher than strategies on baggage, you must ideally have a restricted quantity of it which is usually a significantly far more secure way to travel. If you end at whenever to make preparations, constantly remain with your baggage, and if doable constantly preserve a hand on it. Un-attended luggage is the No.one sort to go missing in significant website traffic regions, these kinds of as prepare & bus stations. For this motive when travelling on trains about more time periods, you must preserve your luggage close to you, or at minimum wherever you can see it. Preferably, get a compartment the place you are assured to have it with you.

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All You Need to Know When Planning for Stingray City Tour

There are many things you can do during the holiday, but the most important things to do is something that will make experience different always and that is touring the world which is amazing.   If you are planning to have an experience every time you tour the world, then you need to be very wise because you need to choose a destination that will always be different for a different experience.   It is important to understand that if you have never visited Grand Cayman amazing a lot of things especially when you factor in the many things you can do in this place especially the stingray city where you have a lot of things to do.   After choosing the pest that you want therefore, you need to have a concrete plan to help you have a coordinated movement in this place especially when you are going to stingray city.   The following are some tips that can be helpful when planning for the stingray city tour. For more knowledge, try visiting this page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tours.

Always know the appropriate time to go here.   Anytime you are visiting a place and you notice crowded, you always know that your experience will because short because you will always be fighting for attention that is why if you want to have a great time will swimming with stingrays, you need to go when there are fewer people in this island.  The other reason why you need to be very cautious about timing is that during the high seasons, your budget will be inconvenienced because the prices of everything will be very high like shore tours.   Appropriate timing, therefore, is necessary for you to have a great time when it comes to stingray city tour.

Your budget is something that you also need to plan for if you are to have a great experience when it comes to stingray city tours.   The most important thing especially when you are planning the stingray city tour alone is to gather more information about different things that you may want to buy in the services you may want to acquire so that you can know the amount of money that you are likely to spend here.  Always ensure that you are budgeting for some extra spending because you never know things that can happen there.  It is possible to work with a travel agency, the better for you.  This is a very important factor because sometimes you need to work with a local company that knows the ins and outs of the city so that when planning the factoring in everything.

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George Town Cayman Islands — So Much to See, Nowhere to Be

What comes to mind when you think ‘island vacation’? Tanned skin. Smiling locals. Fresh seafood. Vibrant bars. And most of all, beaches and beaches galore. Basically, we’re picturing George Town, Grand Cayman. Boasting the perfect combination of quaint but lively, George Town is the hub of it all. Home to the famous Seven Mile Beach and painted with bright colored bars and shops, island-goers from around the world make their way to George Town for that genuine getaway, ‘We’re not in Kansas, anymore’ feeling.

George Town, Cayman Islands on a Map

George Town is the capital and located on one of three islands, Grand Cayman (other islands include Cayman Brac and Little Cayman). This region is on the west side of the island (not to be confused with West End) and home to both the airport and the cruise port as the largest city on the island.

As a quick point of reference, here are a few travel times from various regions in Grand Cayman:

. Distance from East End: 33 min

. Distance from North Side: 25 min

. Distance from West Bay: 15 min

George Town, Grand Cayman Navigational Beacon

The spirit of the Cayman Islands comes to life in every activity, excursion, and sport. Nothing is man-made. Everything is nature-made. Whether you’re staying in George Town, Grand Cayman itself or the East End in Wyndham Reef Resort, there’s no going wrong on this side (or any side, really) of the island. But, while we know we’re on island time, we still want to make sure time is spent blissfully.

That starts with Cayman Visitor. As a company that prides itself on sprinkling local flavor onto your itinerary, we thought it’d be best to share a few George Town highlights as your personal traveler’s jumping off point:

Seven Mile Beach Getaway Tour

What drove this beach to be named one of the Ultimate Beaches in Caribbean Travel + Life? Let’s take a trip down Cayman lane. You step foot from sidewalk to sand, and enter powdery bliss. Views are nothing but blue. The shimmer of the ocean is unreplicable. And every inch, foot, and mile can be strolled, examined and breathed in at your pace. So when this tour is named a ‘Getaway Tour’, we mean it. Spend the day in the Beach Club enjoying both the beauty of the seaside and the amenities, from showers to bars and restaurants. You can even check out the Tortuga Rum Cake Factory for some added Caribbean experiences.

Distillery Tour & Rum Tasting

Speaking of added Caribbean vibes in George Town, Grand Cayman, tour the custom-built, 5k square-foot Cayman Spirits Company Distillery. Sample authentic, fresh batches of Seven Fathoms Rum, Grand Cayman Rum, and Governor’s Reserve Rum. Every drop is on a path to perfection and will *guaranteed* be a lifelong taste memory taking you right back to this moment. Navigate the depths of flavors through Seven Fathoms Rum. Savor the Cayman Islands’ only premium vodka made with great respect, Gun Bay Vodka. Authentic handcrafted spirits + a post-tour dip in the ocean? I think yes.

Kitesurf Cayman

Ok, now back to the water. We’ve just skimmed the surface of George Town, now let’s (literally) skim the surface of the sea. Choose from a private or semi-private lesson and go home with a new skill-set and a glowing tan. From suiting up into kite gear to becoming one with nature in these crystal clear waters, in George Town be that adventurer you’ve had dormant or the adventurer you’ve always been. Either way, with the wind blowing and saltwater splashing, you’ll be living your best life.

Regardless of which excursion you and the fam choose, there’s a reason (well, clearly multiple) why George Town, Grand Cayman is the destination vacation that it is. It’s time to see it for yourself. Reach out with booking inquiries or visit our Explore Cayman page to get hyped for your upcoming island getaway.

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Grand Cayman Tours: Stingray City, The Sleek Excursion

A getaway to Grand Cayman calls for rum-infused cocktails, beachside cabanas and…stingrays? Yup, you read that right. Stingray City (or Stingray Sandbar) is one of the Cayman Islands’ most visited — and truly enjoyed — tours and attractions. Located inside the Northsound of Grand Cayman and just a 30 minute panoramic boat ride from Kaibo Marina or one of the Seven Mile Beach Grand Cayman Marinas, this sparkling collection of sandbars is home to the friendliest of Atlantic stingrays and tailor-made for some wildlife wading. For travelers with an adventure itch (or those vacationing with them), Stingray City Grand Cayman tours add the perfect dose of excitement to the island 

What is a Stingray City Grand Cayman Tour?

Guided by experienced local boat captains and crew, take a short boat ride to the in-the-know spot for an up-close, hands-on, and personal interaction with stingrays. The water on the sandbar is crystal clear, refreshing and shallow (waist deep) making it a comfortable, conducive experience to enjoying a nature-filled day interacting with these docile, beautiful creatures.

Take a closer look at some of the exclusive Stingray City Grand Cayman excursions offered by Cayman Visitor.

Breakfast With the Rays — Departs Kaibo Marina

Early morning adventure? Check! Ease into your fun-filled day with a breakfast-included luxury catamaran ride into the Stingray City Grand Cayman sandbar. As one of the first boats on the bank, enjoy the waters and gentle ocean cruisers to yourself for a truly immersive natural experience. And as if that wasn’t enough, on your way back this Grand Cayman tour stops at a stunning coral reef for snorkeling you’ll truly only find in the Cayman Islands. Yes, you’ll have some bragging opportunities when you get back to the office.

Champagne Stingray Tours — Departs Kaibo Marina

For a relaxing Stingray City Grand Cayman tour and encounter, glide into the evening along with these majestic sea animals after the crowds have diminished and golden hour has arrived. Step into the crisp waters, slide your hands over the soft stingrays, and take the perfect pictures for both your memories and your social feed. Afterwards, top off an unforgettable evening with champagne in hand complete with a gleaming Caribbean sunset.

Private Stingray City Grand Cayman Tour — Departs Kaibo or Yacht Club Marinas

Planning your yearly family/friends vacation? This four-hour personal tour of Stingray City Grand Cayman and the top snorkeling spots will take your group of up to 16 guests through unforgettable sights to be seen. From the globally-known sandbar to Starfish Point and even a stop at Kaibo Beach Bar/Rum Point. Ride the Everglades 435CC 40’+, climate-controlled center console perfectly comfortable for the whole family — from a cozy, air conditioned cabin built with little ones in mind to quad 350 HP Yamahas (an ‘if you know you know’ type of thing). And, of course, BYOB.

Is Stingray City Safe?

We’ll ask the question everyone is thinking. Yes, the “Southern” stingrays encountered at the Stingray City Sandbar are graceful and perfectly safe when handled with care. They can be found in shallow waters, on sandy bottoms, or near reefs and feed mainly on crabs, clams, shrimp and small fish. With a professional registered tour operator, there’s nothing to worry about.

Who is Cayman Visitor?

Cayman Visitor is a Caymanian-owned travel company dedicated to curating the most authentic, exciting, truly community-based tourist experiences. Cayman Visitor partners alongside local entrepreneurs as an ecosystem is built for travelers based on sustainable development and operating practices for the benefit of our visitors, the locals, and the environment.

If you’d like to add a Stingray City Grand Cayman tour or any others to your upcoming stay, check out more details here or reach us at (866) 714–2309 and info@caymanvisitor.com.

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Most Luxurious Yachts Available at an Affordable Range in Cayman.

Welcome to Yachts Caymans! We are Cayman remarkable and luxury Boat Hire Company that provides safe, affordable and reliable transportation service to spend some quality time and precious moments with their loved one. We are dependable and sophisticated source for party charter and event charter, fishing charter and sailing charter. When it comes to arranging anniversary parties, wedding, reception dinners, business meetings, concerts, reunions, retirements, corporate events, bachelor parties and special events, we are the best team to offer you only the absolute top-notch service at the most competitive prices.

Yachts Caymans is a leading Luxury Boat Charter Rental Company in Cayman that offers a broad array of locations to visit throughout your vacation. The Cayman’s are surrounded by scuba destinations for you to visit while in the Cayman Islands. If you are planning for a gorgeous day on the pristine water of Cayman Islands and are looking for a luxury and top quality Private Yacht Charter Cayman, look no further. We offer a broad range of Cayman Boat Rental for fishing, family outing, meetings and party needs.

We have a variety of luxury boats that are well-maintained and equipped with modern amenities. Our Yacht Rental Cayman are available for rent by day and night. At here, we also provide the best opportunity to hold your special events on incredibly yachts. We accommodate special arrangements to ensure your experience is as hassle free as possible. If you are searching for a reliable Cayman Yacht Charter and Cayman Yacht Rental to plan your graduation, retirements and wedding receptions, you have come to the right place. We help to find the best location for boating as well as enjoy the multiple days on the boats. Today book our Boat and Yacht Rentals to plan your next yacht tours. Visit us at http://www.yachtscaymans.com!!

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July 5, 2018

Today in the town square they were celebrating medieval days.  I took some videos of Estonian dancers reenacting Medieval dances.  Their costumes were so authentic and the dancing appeared to be as well.  Hopefully at some point I’ll figure out how to transfer them from the Kindle to this blog.

I entered the town square this morning to take a free tour of what they call “old town.”  There was well over one hundred people for two guides they split the group in two and our guide was so amazing!  A for-pay tour could not have been better.  I hope she got more in tips than she would have gotten, if employed by someone else.

I’m going on this tour again before I leave, it was fact-filled to the point where I feel that I learned as much interesting history of Estonia in two hours, as I would ever want to know.  The architecture was phenomenal.  There was even a quite unexpected onion-domed Russian Orthodox church that I thought I’d have to go to St. Petersburg to see.  We saw so many structures that originated in the 1200’s and learned about what buildings succumbed to bombings by Germany, invasion by Russia, lightening strikes, early conflicts between Denmark and Germany.  I’m going to insert the Wikipedia entry on Tallinn in case you want to read more.  She covered all of it, in a clever and entertaining way.  She held my interest with every word.  Part of her talk involved a pitch to incorporate in Estonia because they were trying to support e-commerce globally (and benefit from the taxes) so they make the legalities very easy to navigate (sounded a bit like Bermuda and Cayman Islands).

Wikipedia - Tallinn (/ˈtɑːlɪn/[4][5] or /ˈtælɪn/,[6] Estonian pronunciation: [ˈtɑlʲˑinˑ]; is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland in Harju County. From the 13th century until 1918 (and briefly during the Nazi occupation of Estonia from 1941 to 1944), in languages other than Estonian, the city was known as Reval.[7] Tallinn occupies an area of 159.2 km2 (61.5 sq mi) and has a population of 450,305.[8]

Tallinn, first mentioned in 1219, received city rights in 1248,[9] but the earliest human settlements date back 5,000 years.[10] The initial claim over the land was laid by the Danes in 1219, after a successful raid of Lyndanisse led by Valdemar II of Denmark, followed by a period of alternating Scandinavian and German rule. Due to its strategic location, the city became a major trade hub, especially from the 14th to the 16th century, when it grew in importance as part of the Hanseatic League.

Tallinn's Old Town is one of the best preserved medieval cities in Europe and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.[11] Tallinn is the major political, financial, cultural and educational center of Estonia. Often dubbed the Silicon Valley of Europe,[12] it has the highest number of startups per person in Europe[13] and is a birthplace of many international companies, including Skype. The city is to house the headquarters of the European Union's IT agency.[14] Providing to the global cybersecurity it is the home to the NATO Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence. It is ranked as a global city and has been listed among the top 10 digital cities in the world.[15] According to the Global Financial Centres Index Tallinn is the most competitive financial hub in Northern Europe and ranks 42nd internationally. The city was a European Capital of Culture for 2011, along with Turku in Finland.

When I first got in the group for the free tour, I asked the guide a question about costs for converting dollars to Euros.  She said she didn’t know, but a 19 yo girl from England spoke up with the information.  Her name is Sarah and we spent the next five and a half hours together. The three and a half hours after the tour was filled with non-stop chatting.  I was definitely not as well-informed and articulate as she when I was 19.  We covered almost any topic you can imagine.  It was a genuine mother/daughter or friend/friend rapport.  Also, something I can’t imagine happening, under any circumstances in the U.S.

Complete change of topic.  It’s hard not to feel like a spoiled American when I say the fridge in my kitchen only reaches some temperature in the 40’s Fahrenheit – reminds me of our Jamaica kitchen.  And the Whirlpool washing machine is less than half the size of my washer.  When it’s in its spin cycle the noise sounds like what Bruce and I call the Rocket Launch lift-off from Cape Canaveral 😊

Sarah and I compared notes about life in England vs the U. S. and life as a 19 yo vs 67; found out that we had an awful lot in common including the fact that we both traveled through Europe at 19 by ourselves.

Switching topics again… in order to function better I realized recently I need to pay attention and look at things more carefully. On the cruise-ship, I inadvertently wound up putting pepper on my food twice when I only wanted salt because the table had two peppers and I didn’t look at the shaker either time.  Today I managed the feat of putting on a jacket upside down – truly takes more skill than the reverse.  Also kept Karma in Gracie in stitches because I managed to put on a pair of shorts backwards (no way to explain myself out of that one). I am making an effort to be more methodical about where I put stuff, so I can find it again.  This is especially true in an apartment that I’ve never lived in before.

Last, the paper towels that came with the apartment and the tissues I bought at the grocery store are both so rough that I can’t tell them apart when a folded piece of either is laying on the table.  I’m the toughest!

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Journey search engine optimization Tendencies and Pivots from 2020 (and What to Carry into 2021)

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Journey search engine optimization Tendencies and Pivots from 2020 (and What to Carry into 2021)

If 2020 taught us something, it’s that you may’t predict the way forward for tourism. In contrast to practically another business, tourism is concurrently dictated by numerous elements together with client proclivity, climate and local weather, world economics, and authorities.

Journey was undoubtedly one of many hardest hit sectors within the 2020 shutdowns, which affected each enterprise area from the most important vacation spot marketing organizations (DMOs) to native small companies that thrive on the foot visitors tourism usually brings. US Journey’s year-end assessment decided there was a 48% drop in travel-related spending for December 2020 in comparison with 2019, and a year-long lack of $500 billion. Success in tourism in 2020 meant merely surviving for a lot of companies, accompanied by whole content material technique revamps, product pivots, native search engine optimization investments, and native marketing activations.

What labored in 2020

Locals-only tourism

With out-of-state quarantines in impact for many of the US, and particularly prevalent within the northeast, as soon as world locations and metros turned intensely native. Succeeding domestically meant celebrating native tradition and taking part in to the hometown benefit, and creating and activating hyper-local content material and search engine optimization to promote reimagined experiences and drive renewed curiosity at dwelling.

Go to Philadelphia, the DMO for the better Philadelphia area, revamped its 2020 marketing efforts to rollout “Our Turn To Tourist” by way of winter 2021, a “regional marketing initiative [that] encourages individuals to take staycations and close-to-home drive journeys.”

Go to Philadelphia’s foremost goal is to draw vacationers from everywhere in the nation to town of Philadelphia. With thousands and thousands of out-of-state guests every year, and big progress every year continuing 2020, Go to Philadelphia had the early foresight to create content material geared in the direction of each locals and guests, and adopted a local-first search engine optimization technique for issues to do, see, and eat close by.

The group went as far as to create local-centric mini itineraries based mostly off of present restrictions, optimizing for native tourism and attraction-related key phrases, and extensively distributing new COVID-19 content material. This marketing campaign supported not solely the accommodations and points of interest within the metropolis, but in addition the native eating places and small companies.

Whereas not completely divergent in its method, the long-term funding that Go to Philadelphia has made into successful at native search, snagging SERP options, and embracing new options like Uncover, helps guarantee it is going to proceed to be a profitable advocate for Philadelphia as “the greatest city in the USA to spend the weekend”.

Reinvented experiences

Tourism and experience-based corporations hadn’t extensively ventured into the digital house previous to 2020 — in any case, why plan to observe the motion from dwelling when you may board a aircraft and participate reside and in-person?

Philadelphia-based Past the Bell Excursions, the one LGBTQ+-owned-and-run tour operator within the metropolis, confronted a crucial resolution in Might 2020: Their hallmark Delight-themed “Drag Me Along” drag queen trolly bar crawl was unable to launch with bars closed indefinitely and social gatherings restricted. As searches continued to extend for digital occasions, digital gatherings, and digital issues to do, companies that rose to satisfy the demand discovered success. For Past the Bell, that meant turning the “Drag Me Along” idea into “Pride In A Box”: a collection of 5 totally different themed Delight containers that included merchandise and experiential parts to be used at dwelling.

Although their web site was initially constructed on a tour-booking engine, to execute a pivoted product technique, they restructured it to permit an e-commerce built-in operate, and optimized to promote merchandise and experiences for Delight.

Founder Rebecca Fisher stated, “We thought about how a box could embody a community. We highlighted queer people, businesses, and queer products, and held weekly events for Pride, all proceeds of which were donated to racial justice. A single ‘box’ purchased during Pride supported many queer businesses, and we wanted people to feel that impact.”

Finally, companies that tailored rapidly to modifications in client search conduct, and that performed and applied key phrase analysis for brand spanking new content material focusing on beforehand unranked/low-volume phrases, have been higher positioned to keep up client help and visibility though precise vacationers continued to drop.

Up-to-date data on increasing and altering rules

Home journey is never regulated within the US, so when cities throughout the nation responded to close down orders, scorching spots beloved by locals and vacationers alike emptied out and income started to drastically fall.

As an search engine optimization group (particularly native!) we’re at all times advocates of the worth of protecting native listings in Google My Business up-to-date, and it by no means mattered greater than in 2020. Popping out on prime have been those that up to date hours, COVID-19 insurance policies and procedures, and revealed supply or third-party partnerships. Unsurprisingly, AirBnB’s and VRBO’s new Covid content material “enhanced cleaning protocol” and “guidelines for owners” come out prime in searches for brief time period rental cleansing finest practices, and cleanliness associated to journey accomodations. Up to date native listings allowed exasperated customers to simply see what companies have been open, and allowed search-savvy companies to leverage their GMB to place themselves as safety-conscious, accessible, and prioritize addressing client issues (to not point out the features released to assist companies entry these instruments).

What to anticipate from tourism in 2021

It’s exhausting to recollect a time of better collective cabin fever. Although with border closings, pre-travel testing, and enterprise closures remaining a shifting goal, we are able to nonetheless anticipate majority of journey will occur nearer to dwelling in early 2021. Right here’s the place we are able to anticipate to see progress first.

Quick time period stays: highway journeys, workspace respites, and snow birds

What’s forward for short-term travels? Continued RV gross sales, for one, which have been up 4.5% annually in 2020. These progress indicators, in addition to public perceptions of journey security, proceed to slate hometown and close-by exploration because the early 2021 winners.

Out of doors and spaced-out actions present continued curiosity in search quantity and gross sales. Yellowstone Nationwide Park alone noticed a 21% enhance in year-over-year visitation in September 2020. Don’t anticipate this to decelerate any time quickly.

One other pattern we anticipate to see proceed in early 2021? Snow birding. As soon as reserved for the retired, heading south for the winter is particularly standard this yr for northerners leaving lockdowns at dwelling. Count on prolonged stays, fuller flights, and busier seashores than regular.

One closing place you’ll be able to anticipate to see vacationers? In a close-by lodge. Previously reserved for the luxurious staycations, native accommodations have turn into office respites for these totally distant employees who lack ample dwelling workplace house. Although not “technically” journey, many accommodations (Hyatt, Marriott, and Hilton, for starters) are providing single-day, day-time solely, “work from hotel” offers to assist relieve misplaced income and fried nerves of managing co-occurring zoom calls on the kitchen desk.

Prolonged visits: distant relocations

With many kids and households, to not point out previously distant staff, feeling the squeeze of their partitions at dwelling, many accommodations and villa properties are providing cost-effective prolonged stays (three weeks or extra). Mid-term relocations have gotten extremely frequent, with specific flight occurring from metro centers in New York City, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C. Particular person international locations are actively attempting to scoop up client demand for change of surroundings and tempo, with international locations like Dubai, Jamaica, and the Cayman Islands providing non permanent prolonged work visas to US residents as a technique to revive native tourism.

Quick time period rental properties similar to seaside home bookings, waterfront properties, mountain cabins, and southern getaways — or you already know, only a yard if you happen to’re a city-dweller — are booking in greater numbers in 2020 than practically any time in 2019. AirDNA notes, “Among those leading the rebound are beaches, mountain towns, lakeside getaways, and really anything within driving distance of a major urban hub.”

Longer-term distant stays, whether or not for your self or your loved ones, are more and more standard, as are distant work choices which, in accordance with Google pattern knowledge, have elevated by two-times the earlier ranges pre-pandemic. Searches for prolonged keep holidays peaked on the finish of December 2020, with earlier highs in October and April 2020. Shifting into 2021, we’ll doubtless see expanded tourism choices to match this client demand, and likewise to accommodate pre-quarantine necessities, which differ metropolis to metropolis.

In conclusion

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Travel SEO Trends and Pivots from 2020 (and What to Carry into 2021)

Posted by Rachel.Vandernick

If 2020 taught us anything, it’s that you can’t predict the future of tourism. Unlike nearly any other industry, tourism is simultaneously dictated by a number of factors including consumer proclivity, weather and climate, global economics, and government.

Travel was undoubtedly one of the hardest hit sectors in the 2020 shutdowns, which affected every business domain from the largest destination marketing organizations (DMOs) to local small businesses that thrive on the foot traffic tourism normally brings. US Travel’s year-end assessment determined there was a 48% drop in travel-related spending for December 2020 compared to 2019, and a year-long loss of $500 billion. Success in tourism in 2020 meant simply surviving for many businesses, accompanied by total content strategy revamps, product pivots, local SEO investments, and local marketing activations.

What worked in 2020

Locals-only tourism

With out-of-state quarantines in effect for most of the US, and especially prevalent in the northeast, once global destinations and metros became intensely local. Succeeding locally meant celebrating local culture and playing to the hometown advantage, and creating and activating hyper-local content and SEO to sell reimagined experiences and drive renewed interest at home.

Visit Philadelphia, the DMO for the greater Philadelphia region, revamped its 2020 marketing efforts to rollout “Our Turn To Tourist” through winter 2021, a “regional marketing initiative [that] encourages people to take staycations and close-to-home drive trips.”

Visit Philadelphia’s main objective is to attract tourists from all over the country to the city of Philadelphia. With millions of out-of-state visitors each year, and huge growth each year proceeding 2020, Visit Philadelphia had the early foresight to create content geared towards both locals and visitors, and adopted a local-first SEO strategy for things to do, see, and eat nearby.

The organization went so far as to create local-centric mini itineraries based off of current restrictions, optimizing for local tourism and attraction-related keywords, and widely distributing new COVID-19 content. This campaign supported not only the hotels and attractions in the city, but also the local restaurants and small businesses.

While not totally divergent in its approach, the long-term investment that Visit Philadelphia has made into winning at local search, snagging SERP features, and embracing new features like Discover, helps ensure it will continue to be a successful advocate for Philadelphia as “the greatest city in the USA to spend the weekend”.

Reinvented experiences

Tourism and experience-based companies hadn’t extensively ventured into the virtual space prior to 2020 — after all, why plan to watch the action from home when you could board a plane and take part live and in-person?

Philadelphia-based Beyond the Bell Tours, the only LGBTQ+-owned-and-run tour operator in the city, faced a critical decision in May 2020: Their hallmark Pride-themed “Drag Me Along” drag queen trolly bar crawl was unable to launch with bars closed indefinitely and social gatherings restricted. As searches continued to increase for virtual events, virtual gatherings, and virtual things to do, businesses that rose to meet the demand found success. For Beyond the Bell, that meant turning the “Drag Me Along” concept into “Pride In A Box”: a series of five different themed Pride boxes that included products and experiential components for use at home.

Though their website was originally built on a tour-booking engine, to execute a pivoted product strategy, they restructured it to allow an e-commerce integrated function, and optimized to sell products and experiences for Pride.

Founder Rebecca Fisher said, “We thought about how a box could embody a community. We highlighted queer people, businesses, and queer products, and held weekly events for Pride, all proceeds of which were donated to racial justice. A single ‘box’ purchased during Pride supported many queer businesses, and we wanted people to feel that impact.”

Ultimately, businesses that adapted quickly to changes in consumer search behavior, and that conducted and implemented keyword research for new content targeting previously unranked/low-volume terms, were better positioned to maintain consumer support and visibility even though actual travelers continued to drop.

Up-to-date info on expanding and changing regulations

Domestic travel is rarely regulated in the US, so when cities across the country responded to shut down orders, hot spots beloved by locals and tourists alike emptied out and revenue began to drastically fall.

As an SEO community (especially local!) we’re always advocates of the value of keeping local listings in Google My Business up-to-date, and it never mattered more than in 2020. Coming out on top were those who updated hours, COVID-19 policies and procedures, and published delivery or third-party partnerships. Unsurprisingly, AirBnB’s and VRBO’s new Covid content “enhanced cleaning protocol” and “guidelines for owners” come out top in searches for short term rental cleaning best practices, and cleanliness related to travel accomodations. Updated local listings allowed exasperated consumers to easily see what businesses were open, and allowed search-savvy businesses to leverage their GMB to position themselves as safety-conscious, accessible, and prioritize addressing consumer concerns (not to mention the features released to help businesses access these tools).

What to expect from tourism in 2021

It’s hard to remember a time of greater collective cabin fever. Though with border closings, pre-travel testing, and business closures remaining a moving target, we can still expect that a majority of travel will happen closer to home in early 2021. Here’s where we can expect to see growth first.

Short term stays: road trips, workspace respites, and snow birds

What's ahead for short-term travels? Continued RV sales, for one, which were up 4.5% annually in 2020. These growth indicators, as well as public perceptions of travel safety, continue to slate hometown and close-by exploration as the early 2021 winners.

Outdoor and spaced-out activities show continued interest in search volume and sales. Yellowstone National Park alone saw a 21% increase in year-over-year visitation in September 2020. Don’t expect this to slow down any time soon.

Another trend we expect to see continue in early 2021? Snow birding. Once reserved for the retired, heading south for the winter is especially popular this year for northerners leaving lockdowns at home. Expect extended stays, fuller flights, and busier beaches than normal.

One final place you can expect to see travelers? In a nearby hotel. Formerly reserved for the luxurious staycations, local hotels have become workplace respites for those fully remote workers who lack adequate home office space. Though not “technically” travel, many hotels (Hyatt, Marriott, and Hilton, for starters) are offering single-day, day-time only, “work from hotel” deals to help relieve lost revenue and fried nerves of managing co-occurring zoom calls at the kitchen table.

Extended visits: remote relocations

With many children and families, not to mention formerly remote employees, feeling the squeeze of their walls at home, many hotels and villa properties are offering cost-effective extended stays (three weeks or more). Mid-term relocations are becoming incredibly common, with particular flight happening from metro centers in New York City, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C. Individual countries are actively trying to scoop up consumer demand for change of scenery and pace, with countries like Dubai, Jamaica, and the Cayman Islands offering temporary extended work visas to US citizens as a way to revive local tourism.

Short term rental properties such as beach house bookings, waterfront properties, mountain cabins, and southern getaways — or you know, just a yard if you’re a city-dweller — are booking in greater numbers in 2020 than nearly any time in 2019. AirDNA notes, “Among those leading the rebound are beaches, mountain towns, lakeside getaways, and really anything within driving distance of a major urban hub.”

Longer-term remote stays, whether for yourself or your family, are increasingly popular, as are remote work options which, according to Google trend data, have increased by two-times the previous levels pre-pandemic. Searches for extended stay vacations peaked at the end of December 2020, with previous highs in October and April 2020. Moving into 2021, we’ll likely see expanded tourism offerings to match this consumer demand, and also to accommodate pre-quarantine requirements, which vary city to city.

In conclusion

Travel isn’t what it used to be, and for the time being, we’re seeing increasingly important local search activations and feature adoption. And as remote work and location agnostic work becomes more the norm, the lessons we learned from pandemic travel search will help businesses thrive in this new tourism climate moving forward.

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Travel SEO Trends and Pivots from 2020 (and What to Carry into 2021)

Posted by Rachel.Vandernick

If 2020 taught us anything, it’s that you can’t predict the future of tourism. Unlike nearly any other industry, tourism is simultaneously dictated by a number of factors including consumer proclivity, weather and climate, global economics, and government.

Travel was undoubtedly one of the hardest hit sectors in the 2020 shutdowns, which affected every business domain from the largest destination marketing organizations (DMOs) to local small businesses that thrive on the foot traffic tourism normally brings. US Travel’s year-end assessment determined there was a 48% drop in travel-related spending for December 2020 compared to 2019, and a year-long loss of $500 billion. Success in tourism in 2020 meant simply surviving for many businesses, accompanied by total content strategy revamps, product pivots, local SEO investments, and local marketing activations.

What worked in 2020

Locals-only tourism

With out-of-state quarantines in effect for most of the US, and especially prevalent in the northeast, once global destinations and metros became intensely local. Succeeding locally meant celebrating local culture and playing to the hometown advantage, and creating and activating hyper-local content and SEO to sell reimagined experiences and drive renewed interest at home.

Visit Philadelphia, the DMO for the greater Philadelphia region, revamped its 2020 marketing efforts to rollout “Our Turn To Tourist” through winter 2021, a “regional marketing initiative [that] encourages people to take staycations and close-to-home drive trips.”

Visit Philadelphia’s main objective is to attract tourists from all over the country to the city of Philadelphia. With millions of out-of-state visitors each year, and huge growth each year proceeding 2020, Visit Philadelphia had the early foresight to create content geared towards both locals and visitors, and adopted a local-first SEO strategy for things to do, see, and eat nearby.

The organization went so far as to create local-centric mini itineraries based off of current restrictions, optimizing for local tourism and attraction-related keywords, and widely distributing new COVID-19 content. This campaign supported not only the hotels and attractions in the city, but also the local restaurants and small businesses.

While not totally divergent in its approach, the long-term investment that Visit Philadelphia has made into winning at local search, snagging SERP features, and embracing new features like Discover, helps ensure it will continue to be a successful advocate for Philadelphia as “the greatest city in the USA to spend the weekend”.

Reinvented experiences

Tourism and experience-based companies hadn’t extensively ventured into the virtual space prior to 2020 — after all, why plan to watch the action from home when you could board a plane and take part live and in-person?

Philadelphia-based Beyond the Bell Tours, the only LGBTQ+-owned-and-run tour operator in the city, faced a critical decision in May 2020: Their hallmark Pride-themed “Drag Me Along” drag queen trolly bar crawl was unable to launch with bars closed indefinitely and social gatherings restricted. As searches continued to increase for virtual events, virtual gatherings, and virtual things to do, businesses that rose to meet the demand found success. For Beyond the Bell, that meant turning the “Drag Me Along” concept into “Pride In A Box”: a series of five different themed Pride boxes that included products and experiential components for use at home.

Though their website was originally built on a tour-booking engine, to execute a pivoted product strategy, they restructured it to allow an e-commerce integrated function, and optimized to sell products and experiences for Pride.

Founder Rebecca Fisher said, “We thought about how a box could embody a community. We highlighted queer people, businesses, and queer products, and held weekly events for Pride, all proceeds of which were donated to racial justice. A single ‘box’ purchased during Pride supported many queer businesses, and we wanted people to feel that impact.”

Ultimately, businesses that adapted quickly to changes in consumer search behavior, and that conducted and implemented keyword research for new content targeting previously unranked/low-volume terms, were better positioned to maintain consumer support and visibility even though actual travelers continued to drop.

Up-to-date info on expanding and changing regulations

Domestic travel is rarely regulated in the US, so when cities across the country responded to shut down orders, hot spots beloved by locals and tourists alike emptied out and revenue began to drastically fall.

As an SEO community (especially local!) we’re always advocates of the value of keeping local listings in Google My Business up-to-date, and it never mattered more than in 2020. Coming out on top were those who updated hours, COVID-19 policies and procedures, and published delivery or third-party partnerships. Unsurprisingly, AirBnB’s and VRBO’s new Covid content “enhanced cleaning protocol” and “guidelines for owners” come out top in searches for short term rental cleaning best practices, and cleanliness related to travel accomodations. Updated local listings allowed exasperated consumers to easily see what businesses were open, and allowed search-savvy businesses to leverage their GMB to position themselves as safety-conscious, accessible, and prioritize addressing consumer concerns (not to mention the features released to help businesses access these tools).

What to expect from tourism in 2021

It’s hard to remember a time of greater collective cabin fever. Though with border closings, pre-travel testing, and business closures remaining a moving target, we can still expect that a majority of travel will happen closer to home in early 2021. Here’s where we can expect to see growth first.

Short term stays: road trips, workspace respites, and snow birds

What's ahead for short-term travels? Continued RV sales, for one, which were up 4.5% annually in 2020. These growth indicators, as well as public perceptions of travel safety, continue to slate hometown and close-by exploration as the early 2021 winners.

Outdoor and spaced-out activities show continued interest in search volume and sales. Yellowstone National Park alone saw a 21% increase in year-over-year visitation in September 2020. Don’t expect this to slow down any time soon.

Another trend we expect to see continue in early 2021? Snow birding. Once reserved for the retired, heading south for the winter is especially popular this year for northerners leaving lockdowns at home. Expect extended stays, fuller flights, and busier beaches than normal.

One final place you can expect to see travelers? In a nearby hotel. Formerly reserved for the luxurious staycations, local hotels have become workplace respites for those fully remote workers who lack adequate home office space. Though not “technically” travel, many hotels (Hyatt, Marriott, and Hilton, for starters) are offering single-day, day-time only, “work from hotel” deals to help relieve lost revenue and fried nerves of managing co-occurring zoom calls at the kitchen table.

Extended visits: remote relocations

With many children and families, not to mention formerly remote employees, feeling the squeeze of their walls at home, many hotels and villa properties are offering cost-effective extended stays (three weeks or more). Mid-term relocations are becoming incredibly common, with particular flight happening from metro centers in New York City, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C. Individual countries are actively trying to scoop up consumer demand for change of scenery and pace, with countries like Dubai, Jamaica, and the Cayman Islands offering temporary extended work visas to US citizens as a way to revive local tourism.

Short term rental properties such as beach house bookings, waterfront properties, mountain cabins, and southern getaways — or you know, just a yard if you’re a city-dweller — are booking in greater numbers in 2020 than nearly any time in 2019. AirDNA notes, “Among those leading the rebound are beaches, mountain towns, lakeside getaways, and really anything within driving distance of a major urban hub.”

Longer-term remote stays, whether for yourself or your family, are increasingly popular, as are remote work options which, according to Google trend data, have increased by two-times the previous levels pre-pandemic. Searches for extended stay vacations peaked at the end of December 2020, with previous highs in October and April 2020. Moving into 2021, we’ll likely see expanded tourism offerings to match this consumer demand, and also to accommodate pre-quarantine requirements, which vary city to city.

In conclusion

Travel isn’t what it used to be, and for the time being, we’re seeing increasingly important local search activations and feature adoption. And as remote work and location agnostic work becomes more the norm, the lessons we learned from pandemic travel search will help businesses thrive in this new tourism climate moving forward.

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Travel SEO Trends and Pivots from 2020 (and What to Carry into 2021)

Posted by Rachel.Vandernick

If 2020 taught us anything, it’s that you can’t predict the future of tourism. Unlike nearly any other industry, tourism is simultaneously dictated by a number of factors including consumer proclivity, weather and climate, global economics, and government.

Travel was undoubtedly one of the hardest hit sectors in the 2020 shutdowns, which affected every business domain from the largest destination marketing organizations (DMOs) to local small businesses that thrive on the foot traffic tourism normally brings. US Travel’s year-end assessment determined there was a 48% drop in travel-related spending for December 2020 compared to 2019, and a year-long loss of $500 billion. Success in tourism in 2020 meant simply surviving for many businesses, accompanied by total content strategy revamps, product pivots, local SEO investments, and local marketing activations.

What worked in 2020

Locals-only tourism

With out-of-state quarantines in effect for most of the US, and especially prevalent in the northeast, once global destinations and metros became intensely local. Succeeding locally meant celebrating local culture and playing to the hometown advantage, and creating and activating hyper-local content and SEO to sell reimagined experiences and drive renewed interest at home.

Visit Philadelphia, the DMO for the greater Philadelphia region, revamped its 2020 marketing efforts to rollout “Our Turn To Tourist” through winter 2021, a “regional marketing initiative [that] encourages people to take staycations and close-to-home drive trips.”

Visit Philadelphia’s main objective is to attract tourists from all over the country to the city of Philadelphia. With millions of out-of-state visitors each year, and huge growth each year proceeding 2020, Visit Philadelphia had the early foresight to create content geared towards both locals and visitors, and adopted a local-first SEO strategy for things to do, see, and eat nearby.

The organization went so far as to create local-centric mini itineraries based off of current restrictions, optimizing for local tourism and attraction-related keywords, and widely distributing new COVID-19 content. This campaign supported not only the hotels and attractions in the city, but also the local restaurants and small businesses.

While not totally divergent in its approach, the long-term investment that Visit Philadelphia has made into winning at local search, snagging SERP features, and embracing new features like Discover, helps ensure it will continue to be a successful advocate for Philadelphia as “the greatest city in the USA to spend the weekend”.

Reinvented experiences

Tourism and experience-based companies hadn’t extensively ventured into the virtual space prior to 2020 — after all, why plan to watch the action from home when you could board a plane and take part live and in-person?

Philadelphia-based Beyond the Bell Tours, the only LGBTQ+-owned-and-run tour operator in the city, faced a critical decision in May 2020: Their hallmark Pride-themed “Drag Me Along” drag queen trolly bar crawl was unable to launch with bars closed indefinitely and social gatherings restricted. As searches continued to increase for virtual events, virtual gatherings, and virtual things to do, businesses that rose to meet the demand found success. For Beyond the Bell, that meant turning the “Drag Me Along” concept into “Pride In A Box”: a series of five different themed Pride boxes that included products and experiential components for use at home.

Though their website was originally built on a tour-booking engine, to execute a pivoted product strategy, they restructured it to allow an e-commerce integrated function, and optimized to sell products and experiences for Pride.

Founder Rebecca Fisher said, “We thought about how a box could embody a community. We highlighted queer people, businesses, and queer products, and held weekly events for Pride, all proceeds of which were donated to racial justice. A single ‘box’ purchased during Pride supported many queer businesses, and we wanted people to feel that impact.”

Ultimately, businesses that adapted quickly to changes in consumer search behavior, and that conducted and implemented keyword research for new content targeting previously unranked/low-volume terms, were better positioned to maintain consumer support and visibility even though actual travelers continued to drop.

Up-to-date info on expanding and changing regulations

Domestic travel is rarely regulated in the US, so when cities across the country responded to shut down orders, hot spots beloved by locals and tourists alike emptied out and revenue began to drastically fall.

As an SEO community (especially local!) we’re always advocates of the value of keeping local listings in Google My Business up-to-date, and it never mattered more than in 2020. Coming out on top were those who updated hours, COVID-19 policies and procedures, and published delivery or third-party partnerships. Unsurprisingly, AirBnB’s and VRBO’s new Covid content “enhanced cleaning protocol” and “guidelines for owners” come out top in searches for short term rental cleaning best practices, and cleanliness related to travel accomodations. Updated local listings allowed exasperated consumers to easily see what businesses were open, and allowed search-savvy businesses to leverage their GMB to position themselves as safety-conscious, accessible, and prioritize addressing consumer concerns (not to mention the features released to help businesses access these tools).

What to expect from tourism in 2021

It’s hard to remember a time of greater collective cabin fever. Though with border closings, pre-travel testing, and business closures remaining a moving target, we can still expect that a majority of travel will happen closer to home in early 2021. Here’s where we can expect to see growth first.

Short term stays: road trips, workspace respites, and snow birds

What's ahead for short-term travels? Continued RV sales, for one, which were up 4.5% annually in 2020. These growth indicators, as well as public perceptions of travel safety, continue to slate hometown and close-by exploration as the early 2021 winners.

Outdoor and spaced-out activities show continued interest in search volume and sales. Yellowstone National Park alone saw a 21% increase in year-over-year visitation in September 2020. Don’t expect this to slow down any time soon.

Another trend we expect to see continue in early 2021? Snow birding. Once reserved for the retired, heading south for the winter is especially popular this year for northerners leaving lockdowns at home. Expect extended stays, fuller flights, and busier beaches than normal.

One final place you can expect to see travelers? In a nearby hotel. Formerly reserved for the luxurious staycations, local hotels have become workplace respites for those fully remote workers who lack adequate home office space. Though not “technically” travel, many hotels (Hyatt, Marriott, and Hilton, for starters) are offering single-day, day-time only, “work from hotel” deals to help relieve lost revenue and fried nerves of managing co-occurring zoom calls at the kitchen table.

Extended visits: remote relocations

With many children and families, not to mention formerly remote employees, feeling the squeeze of their walls at home, many hotels and villa properties are offering cost-effective extended stays (three weeks or more). Mid-term relocations are becoming incredibly common, with particular flight happening from metro centers in New York City, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C. Individual countries are actively trying to scoop up consumer demand for change of scenery and pace, with countries like Dubai, Jamaica, and the Cayman Islands offering temporary extended work visas to US citizens as a way to revive local tourism.

Short term rental properties such as beach house bookings, waterfront properties, mountain cabins, and southern getaways — or you know, just a yard if you’re a city-dweller — are booking in greater numbers in 2020 than nearly any time in 2019. AirDNA notes, “Among those leading the rebound are beaches, mountain towns, lakeside getaways, and really anything within driving distance of a major urban hub.”

Longer-term remote stays, whether for yourself or your family, are increasingly popular, as are remote work options which, according to Google trend data, have increased by two-times the previous levels pre-pandemic. Searches for extended stay vacations peaked at the end of December 2020, with previous highs in October and April 2020. Moving into 2021, we’ll likely see expanded tourism offerings to match this consumer demand, and also to accommodate pre-quarantine requirements, which vary city to city.

In conclusion

Travel isn’t what it used to be, and for the time being, we’re seeing increasingly important local search activations and feature adoption. And as remote work and location agnostic work becomes more the norm, the lessons we learned from pandemic travel search will help businesses thrive in this new tourism climate moving forward.

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Travel SEO Trends and Pivots from 2020 (and What to Carry into 2021)

Posted by Rachel.Vandernick

If 2020 taught us anything, it’s that you can’t predict the future of tourism. Unlike nearly any other industry, tourism is simultaneously dictated by a number of factors including consumer proclivity, weather and climate, global economics, and government.

Travel was undoubtedly one of the hardest hit sectors in the 2020 shutdowns, which affected every business domain from the largest destination marketing organizations (DMOs) to local small businesses that thrive on the foot traffic tourism normally brings. US Travel’s year-end assessment determined there was a 48% drop in travel-related spending for December 2020 compared to 2019, and a year-long loss of $500 billion. Success in tourism in 2020 meant simply surviving for many businesses, accompanied by total content strategy revamps, product pivots, local SEO investments, and local marketing activations.

What worked in 2020

Locals-only tourism

With out-of-state quarantines in effect for most of the US, and especially prevalent in the northeast, once global destinations and metros became intensely local. Succeeding locally meant celebrating local culture and playing to the hometown advantage, and creating and activating hyper-local content and SEO to sell reimagined experiences and drive renewed interest at home.

Visit Philadelphia, the DMO for the greater Philadelphia region, revamped its 2020 marketing efforts to rollout “Our Turn To Tourist” through winter 2021, a “regional marketing initiative [that] encourages people to take staycations and close-to-home drive trips.”

Visit Philadelphia’s main objective is to attract tourists from all over the country to the city of Philadelphia. With millions of out-of-state visitors each year, and huge growth each year proceeding 2020, Visit Philadelphia had the early foresight to create content geared towards both locals and visitors, and adopted a local-first SEO strategy for things to do, see, and eat nearby.

The organization went so far as to create local-centric mini itineraries based off of current restrictions, optimizing for local tourism and attraction-related keywords, and widely distributing new COVID-19 content. This campaign supported not only the hotels and attractions in the city, but also the local restaurants and small businesses.

While not totally divergent in its approach, the long-term investment that Visit Philadelphia has made into winning at local search, snagging SERP features, and embracing new features like Discover, helps ensure it will continue to be a successful advocate for Philadelphia as “the greatest city in the USA to spend the weekend”.

Reinvented experiences

Tourism and experience-based companies hadn’t extensively ventured into the virtual space prior to 2020 — after all, why plan to watch the action from home when you could board a plane and take part live and in-person?

Philadelphia-based Beyond the Bell Tours, the only LGBTQ+-owned-and-run tour operator in the city, faced a critical decision in May 2020: Their hallmark Pride-themed “Drag Me Along” drag queen trolly bar crawl was unable to launch with bars closed indefinitely and social gatherings restricted. As searches continued to increase for virtual events, virtual gatherings, and virtual things to do, businesses that rose to meet the demand found success. For Beyond the Bell, that meant turning the “Drag Me Along” concept into “Pride In A Box”: a series of five different themed Pride boxes that included products and experiential components for use at home.

Though their website was originally built on a tour-booking engine, to execute a pivoted product strategy, they restructured it to allow an e-commerce integrated function, and optimized to sell products and experiences for Pride.

Founder Rebecca Fisher said, “We thought about how a box could embody a community. We highlighted queer people, businesses, and queer products, and held weekly events for Pride, all proceeds of which were donated to racial justice. A single ‘box’ purchased during Pride supported many queer businesses, and we wanted people to feel that impact.”

Ultimately, businesses that adapted quickly to changes in consumer search behavior, and that conducted and implemented keyword research for new content targeting previously unranked/low-volume terms, were better positioned to maintain consumer support and visibility even though actual travelers continued to drop.

Up-to-date info on expanding and changing regulations

Domestic travel is rarely regulated in the US, so when cities across the country responded to shut down orders, hot spots beloved by locals and tourists alike emptied out and revenue began to drastically fall.

As an SEO community (especially local!) we’re always advocates of the value of keeping local listings in Google My Business up-to-date, and it never mattered more than in 2020. Coming out on top were those who updated hours, COVID-19 policies and procedures, and published delivery or third-party partnerships. Unsurprisingly, AirBnB’s and VRBO’s new Covid content “enhanced cleaning protocol” and “guidelines for owners” come out top in searches for short term rental cleaning best practices, and cleanliness related to travel accomodations. Updated local listings allowed exasperated consumers to easily see what businesses were open, and allowed search-savvy businesses to leverage their GMB to position themselves as safety-conscious, accessible, and prioritize addressing consumer concerns (not to mention the features released to help businesses access these tools).

What to expect from tourism in 2021

It’s hard to remember a time of greater collective cabin fever. Though with border closings, pre-travel testing, and business closures remaining a moving target, we can still expect that a majority of travel will happen closer to home in early 2021. Here’s where we can expect to see growth first.

Short term stays: road trips, workspace respites, and snow birds

What's ahead for short-term travels? Continued RV sales, for one, which were up 4.5% annually in 2020. These growth indicators, as well as public perceptions of travel safety, continue to slate hometown and close-by exploration as the early 2021 winners.

Outdoor and spaced-out activities show continued interest in search volume and sales. Yellowstone National Park alone saw a 21% increase in year-over-year visitation in September 2020. Don’t expect this to slow down any time soon.

Another trend we expect to see continue in early 2021? Snow birding. Once reserved for the retired, heading south for the winter is especially popular this year for northerners leaving lockdowns at home. Expect extended stays, fuller flights, and busier beaches than normal.

One final place you can expect to see travelers? In a nearby hotel. Formerly reserved for the luxurious staycations, local hotels have become workplace respites for those fully remote workers who lack adequate home office space. Though not “technically” travel, many hotels (Hyatt, Marriott, and Hilton, for starters) are offering single-day, day-time only, “work from hotel” deals to help relieve lost revenue and fried nerves of managing co-occurring zoom calls at the kitchen table.

Extended visits: remote relocations

With many children and families, not to mention formerly remote employees, feeling the squeeze of their walls at home, many hotels and villa properties are offering cost-effective extended stays (three weeks or more). Mid-term relocations are becoming incredibly common, with particular flight happening from metro centers in New York City, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C. Individual countries are actively trying to scoop up consumer demand for change of scenery and pace, with countries like Dubai, Jamaica, and the Cayman Islands offering temporary extended work visas to US citizens as a way to revive local tourism.

Short term rental properties such as beach house bookings, waterfront properties, mountain cabins, and southern getaways — or you know, just a yard if you’re a city-dweller — are booking in greater numbers in 2020 than nearly any time in 2019. AirDNA notes, “Among those leading the rebound are beaches, mountain towns, lakeside getaways, and really anything within driving distance of a major urban hub.”

Longer-term remote stays, whether for yourself or your family, are increasingly popular, as are remote work options which, according to Google trend data, have increased by two-times the previous levels pre-pandemic. Searches for extended stay vacations peaked at the end of December 2020, with previous highs in October and April 2020. Moving into 2021, we’ll likely see expanded tourism offerings to match this consumer demand, and also to accommodate pre-quarantine requirements, which vary city to city.

In conclusion

Travel isn’t what it used to be, and for the time being, we’re seeing increasingly important local search activations and feature adoption. And as remote work and location agnostic work becomes more the norm, the lessons we learned from pandemic travel search will help businesses thrive in this new tourism climate moving forward.

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