2019 was a fantastic year for us, travel-wise. We made the most of our holiday calendar and stretched it just enough to satiate our appetite for travel. From exploring the millenia old rock-cut Ajanta Caves in Aurangabad to kayaking together for the first time in Palavayal<\/a> (Kerala). And climbing up an eerie fort in Hatgad (Maharashtra) and criss-crossing the gem of the old Silk Road, Uzbekistan. We ended the year becoming tourists in our very own city, Mumbai.<\/p>\n

2020 was supposed to be bigger. We relocated to the exciting city-state of Singapore and were dreaming of our sojourns in Southeast Asia. Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Taiwan – we will cover them all, we thought. Yet, here we are. Nearly half of 2020 has gone by and we are confined to our apartment. Chances of international travel for the rest of the year looking quite bleak.<\/p>\n

Life, as we all know it, has come to a grinding halt across the globe in a truly unprecedented fashion. Offices have shut and employees have been asked to work from home. Restaurants and cafes have had to pivot to cater to online deliveries. Most commercial aeroplanes across the world are now on the ground, in packed tarmacs.<\/p>\n

The impact of the coronavirus has had a far-reaching impact as a pandemic. Economies have been set back by years and, in some cases, even decades. Entire industries like cruise shipping, tourism, retail and hotels are amongst the few that have come to a complete grinding halt.<\/p>\n

We’ve been having several conversations around this, among ourselves and with our friends, on how the post-pandemic world is going to look. Not only from a general perspective, but also a travel perspective.<\/p>\n

It seems increasingly likely there will be a post Covid-19 world which will be totally different from the pre Covid-19 world. Things like how we work, travel to work, dine out, how we view and spend money, government policies and even vacations and holidays are all going to see radical changes. Call it ‘the new normal’ if you will.<\/p>\n

While we may not be able to completely predict the future, here are some things we feel will change the way we travel.<\/p>\n