Hostels, tour operators, and rail companies faced collapse. Interrail suspended pass sales. The shutdown erased an estimated €12 billion in youth travel spending in Q2 2020 alone (European Travel Commission, 2021).
Methodologically, we analyzed 50 first-person accounts from travel blogs, Reddit’s r/travel and r/solotravel, and semi-structured interviews with 20 individuals who were on or planning a Grand Tour between March 2020 and August 2021. Mobility data from the European Travel Commission provided macro-level trends. grand tour lockdown
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Jeremy, Richard, and James celebrate classic 1970s American cars. Hostels, tour operators, and rail companies faced collapse
[Institutional Affiliation] Date: April 14, 2026 Reddit’s r/travel and r/solotravel