If the pandemic had done nothing else in the past few years, it has convinced travel advisors and guests to buy travel insurance. The thought of being stranded in a foreign hospital, or quarantine facility, and possibly being prohibited from flying home on a scheduled airline has made nearly everyone a believer. It has convinced nearly everyone they need a travel insurance policy that treats COVID-19 as "any other illness or accident.”

Some guests are signing up for CFAR (Cancel for Any Reason) travel insurance that entitles guests to a refund for almost any reason. CFAR policies are often 30-40 percent more expensive than other policies offering the same benefits, and some only pay off in credits for a future trip. Also, some apply a percentage…

Just a few days after the United States dropped its testing requirement for inbound travelers, Mandee Migliaccio at Stepping Out Travel Services in New Jersey already has booked a client who called to say, “finally I feel like I can travel freely”—and is off to Italy. Globus rolled out a “Better Together Flash Sale” on destinations from Scotland to Morocco. Hurtigruten Expeditions offered “Save Big on Bucket-List Destinations.”

Hold on to your hats, travel advisors. An already hectic summer for international travel season is likely to get even crazier, and suppliers are rolling out products to lure Americans to Europe even as we speak. The latest Portrait of the American Traveler has the hard data to back up what…