I'm very fascinated by the oft-repeated factoid that a lot of American families had a lot of extra money to spend during 2020-2021 because the pandemic prevented them from taking their usual vacations, trips, theme parks, etc.
Maybe it's just because I'm not a vacation guy and I super underestimate how often people travel, but like........people had thousands of extra dollars laying around BECAUSE of the pandemic??
They didn't even burn through the savings to bulk up on cleaning supplies, home office setup, home gym equipment, any of that??
I mean obviously the unspoken caveat to that factoid is "upper-middle class Americans" or "Americans who can comfortably work from home" but still...how much yearly income is going towards vacations??? Maybe I'm just too much of an indoor kid. Are people taking like 2 vacations a year every year?
