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The coronavirus has disrupted how travelers want to spend their money.
As lockdown restrictions ease, industry experts expect
travelers to stay closer to home and take road trips rather than flights.
RV dealers are seeing
an influx of new customers who want to buy or rent.
Traveling by RV is inherently socially distanced because travelers are in self-contained units and can control their surroundings, the chairman of the RV Industry Association told Business Insider.
Roadside motels may also see a surge in popularity because their design allows guests fewer opportunities to be exposed to other people indoors, hoteliers say.
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The coronavirus has
disrupted travel in unprecedented ways, grounding airlines and emptying out hotel rooms.
But as lockdown restrictions begin to lift around the world, people are once again thinking about travel — and the best ways to do it during a pandemic.
Travel experts expect the summer of 2020 to be
the summer of the road trip.