 back in april 38 of americans surveyed said they were willing to go into debt to support their travel and then their bills came due at the same time many banks are now reporting credit card delinquencies are on the rise in the short term airfares and many hotel room rates are now slowly starting to come down beginning in august and they may stay down through the end of this year it might be a very good time to strategize for some much more affordable travel through the rest of 2024.