From misplaced baggage to canceled flights, this primary post-pandemic summer time of ‘revenge journey’ has been crammed with quite a few complications for vacationers.

Hovering demand, shorthanded airways and stormy climate turned the tables on many vacationers who have been decided to journey similar to it was 2019.

With the US Division of Transportation (US DOT) proposing a brand new rule that may enhance protections for passengers, the business specialists determined to search out out precisely how airline chaos has impacted vacationers this summer time.

After surveying 2,000 vacationers, the analysts discovered that 61% skilled a flight delay or cancellation this summer time, and in consequence, 83% misplaced cash spent on pay as you go lodge rooms, cruises and different actions.

Total, summer time vacationers misplaced a mean of $838 – greater than double the nationwide common value of a home flight.

17% of the summer time vacationers missed milestone occasions, similar to weddings, graduations and household reunions.

Misplaced and delayed baggage was one other frequent journey snafu.

48% of respondents stated their luggage have been misplaced or delayed whereas touring.

44% of vacationers stated their baggage was broken when returned to them. 

High ways in which journey chaos upended summer time journey plans: 

• Vacationers that skilled baggage delays have been with out their baggage for a mean of 4 days, and 11% by no means acquired their suitcases. 

• Vacationers spent a mean of $556 to interchange the contents of their misplaced or delayed baggage. 

• 54% of summer time vacationers needed to take a flight to choose up their misplaced baggage and 33% needed to fly to a far-away airport to retrieve their luggage. 

• On common, flight delays and cancellations left vacationers stranded on the airport for greater than 5 hours.

• 19% of vacationers misplaced cash on pay as you go actions they missed because of delays or cancellations and 17% needed to cancel their journey plans completely and misplaced cash on airport parking, transportation, canine kenneling and unused lodge rooms.

• 13% of vacationers missed a cruise because of flight cancellations and delays. 

• Canceled flights, delays and misplaced baggage have been commonest for passengers touring inside the US.