For Dawn Montgomery, the craziness of 2026 is already affecting her summer travel plans.
“Out of the three international trips, I’ve already canceled the first (one),” she told USA TODAY.
Like many American travelers, a combination of rising prices and geopolitical uncertainty are making the journalist and media consultant question if it’s better to stay closer to her home in Decatur, Georgia, or travel farther afield this summer.
“Two of the three trips have already been pre-planned, have already been paid for,” she said. “The one trip that I don’t have planned, which is more so July, do you really want to go somewhere, or do I just want to drive?”
While she’s still planning to visit her son in Italy in June for his 21st birthday, Montgomery said she canceled a trip to St. Maarten in May and is still weighing whether to go to Mexico or stay closer to home and visit Asheville, North Carolina, in July.
