Want 1990s travel prices? Viral video reveals a best-kept secret in shockingly affordable vacation
Travel like it’s 1999.Travel prices may seem like they are skyrocketing — and that may be true — but digging for deals may be just one magazine away.AAA may be best known for coming to the rescue when drivers get a flat tire through its roadside-assistance services.But AAA Travel is the travel-agency and travel-planning arm of AAA helping members research, plan and book vacations.Lifestyle influencer, who goes by Keith on TikTok, broke down a bunch of deals he spotted in the monthly AAA Travel magazine.
While zines may be a novelty, the social media influencer said it may be the key to an affordable getaway. “My friend was making fun of me and said AAA Travel is for like retired people so maybe all these vacations are for like fixed incomes, but maybe that is the key,” Keith said on TikTok.In the TikTok, the social media star broke down a deal on a holiday where travelers would galavant across Italy for seven days and six nights.Folks would be able to see Rome, Venice, Verona, Florence, and more.Travelers can try glassblowing, they can dine on a Tuscan estate, get fast track entry to the Vatican Museums and other history tours — all for only $2,050.“Do those not seem like 1990s prices or at least 2009 prices?” The TikToker said. And he’s right.
The Post compared prices from the 1990s and found for a one-week Italian vacation all in — including flights, hotels, food, attractions and more — the cost for two Americans would be around $2,700.Not far off from the AAA deal.Keith had his followers try and guess the price of another package — this time a cruise through the Panama Canal with Princess Cruise, an upper-premium class line.For 16 days and 15 nights, passengers will start in Los Angeles and end in Fort Lauderdale.Customers will visit Puerto Vallarta, Costa Rica, Curaçao, Puntarenas and more, where folks can sip tequila, explore the ruins in Huatulco and travel through the Panama Canal.
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