ayuda porfavor As flights, events, and media trips are
canceled and hospitality marketers
tighten their budgets over coronavirus
fears, travel influencers are scrambling.
Dana H. Freeman, a travel influencer in
Vermont, was supposed to board a
cruise ship from San Diegoon Thursday,
only to have the trip canceled over the
weekend. Merissa Principe, 29, a travel
influencer from New York, said her trip to
Washington, D.C., was just canceled.
Sheri Griffiths, 45, a cruise influencer, said
all of her travel through April has been
canceled over the past week.
Influencers, who alongside many in the gig economy, make money through
freelance assignments, includingpromoting hotels, destinations, airlines and other
travel brands, now face canceled sponsored trips. Many arestruggling to cope with
how to move forward as the hospitality industry craters.
“It’s absolutely affecting our business,” Ms. Griffiths said.
“In the past 48 hours I have lost five campaigns,” said Scott Eddy, a travel influencer and
marketing consultant. “I dothink they’ll come back to the table, but no one can predict
when this will end. It’s all been put on indefinite hold.” His losses as of Wednesday
accounted for more than $25,000 in income, he said.
Those influencers currently on trips are faced with worries about how to get home, in
some cases cutting their excursions short. On Wednesday night, President Trump
announced new travel restrictions from Europe.
Sarah Gallo, 27, another travel influencer, is in northern Norway on a sponsored trip but has
been forced to
rework her itinerary multiple times over the last few days. She was originally supposed to
venture to Ethiopia afterher time in the arctic, but as of Wednesday had reconsidered.
“I need to be careful about the places I’m visiting,” Ms. Gallo said. I have to think, Is this where
I want to be
quarantined for a week or two months?”
On Thursday, she found out that because she had recently traveled outside of the Nordic
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