Travel Resolutions for 2019: Top Picks From Skift Staff

Skift staffers are an ambitious bunch, especially when it comes to travel. That’s only fitting for a company that seeks to define the future of travel; we have to know what we’re talking about.

What struck me when my colleagues shared their travel resolutions for the new year wasn’t just that they had big goals — a surprising number of them are planning trips to Japan in 2019 — but that they are thinking hard about how they want to travel,  experience a place, and how they want to feel when that trip is over.

And what made me laugh was the wide range of answers, some of them contradictory. Many colleagues want to embrace loyalty programs fully, though one wants to break out of loyalty confines altogether. Several are eager to travel with their kids, except for those looking forward to child-free getaways. And while multiple Skifters resolve to relax on trips, at least one wants to “master winter camping and bushcrafting.”

The common thread: everyone wants a richer, more meaningful travel experience — whatever that means to them. The travel industry is forever trying to unlock the secret of meeting customers’ shifting demands. Maybe a few keys can be found here.

Be More Loyal (or Maybe Less)

A plane at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. Flickr/Gordon

See New Places

Tokyo in June 2015. Flickr/Yoshikazu Takada

Explore Close to Home

Manhattan as seen from Brooklyn. Flickr/ilirjan rrumbullaku

Travel With Family — or Without

A family traveling in Shanghai. Flickr/Lawrence Wang

Strike a Balance

A man waits for sunset on a beach. Flickr/RV_Navigator