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the annual ritual of paying peak prices to be hot somewhere unfamiliar.
means the seasonal surge of trips taken when school lets out and everyone decides sunburn abroad beats sunburn at home.
from took off with postwar paid vacation laws and cheap jet travel in the 1960s, turning august into one long continental exodus.
peak crowdingeurope sees 3x visitors in july versus february
airfare spikedomestic us fares jump roughly 20 percent in summer
origin wordvacation comes from latin vacare, to be empty
for instance
europe grand tour — 18th century aristocrats spent summers touring italy and france for culture
american road trip — route 66 summer drives peaked in the 1950s-60s
japanese obon travel — mid-august sees mass domestic travel for ancestor remembrance
mediterranean beach exodus — august sees french cities empty as residents flee to the coast