@Sharon1014, I think travel will never be the same, not till we get a few years down the track, then only if the vaccines can have very high efficacy and tremendous reduction of complications... removing the mortality rate, or making it more a rare event.
We all still want to travel, but this virus won’t have travel insurance cover, so the risk internationally will be very high. Assuming you can actually leave the country, which we cannot.
As for local interstate travel, the opening and closing of borders and quarantining flights whilst they are mid air, is not encouraging travel either... To constantly lose the face value of air fares, facing 14 days of paying for supervised quarantine or having flights cancelled, needs to improve dramatically for confidence to return overall. It’s a long way off............
As for AIrbnb, I would normally have NO guests at this time of year. I’m amazed I have a 3 day and a 4 day booking this month. Both interstate (SA + VIC). So travel is changing and feels opportunistic, not planned. I must admit, I’ve no interest in using a hotel/motel currently and I think others might be thinking the same: feeling safer in a less travelled space, where the owner is accountable.
Grabbing a quick trip to visit family (but staying here) or having a new experience. Last minute decisions taking advantage between border changes and outbreaks.
So Airbnb will most definitely suffer, like other business models they cannot plan ahead.
So, contrary to the immediate challenges and investments in the last few years, they need to draw down and return back to basics. Protect the original interests of hosts and local experiences. This can still happen, but not so much where there is community transmission. We are very blessed.....
Oh and on a personal note, we’ve also just purchased a camper van, something we haven’t owned for at least fifteen years. Travel is changing for the interim, so subtly.