Top Travel Trends for 2025

In this episode, host Amanda Bauner explores 2025 travel trends, highlighting solo female travel, slow travel, and conscious travel. She discusses the rising popularity of eco-friendly trips, such as visiting Japan’s Yakushima Island and staying at sustainable lodgings in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Other key trends include sleep tourism, train travel, and astro-tourism. 

Resources

• Forbes article written by Michelle Gross: “25 Transformational Travel Experiences in 2025”. 

• Hilton’s 2025 Vacation Trends Report.

• TravelPulse.com’s article “The Top Travel Trends That Will Define 2025.

• Intrepid Travel’s Not Hot List for 2025.

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