Don't wait, take that dream vacation now, advises AARP

AUSTIN (KXAN) — As the holiday gift season nears, AARP found more people are booking what they consider a once-in-a-lifetime trip.

KXAN's Sally Hernandez spoke with AARP travel expert Steve Guilday for a closer look.

HERNANDEZ: "Why do you think more people are of that mindset of I'm not going to wait to take this once-in-a-lifetime trip? Why do it now?"

GUILDAY: Because you might not get the chance right? Health is a barrier, cost is a barrier, so don't put off that once-in-a-lifetime trip for some day that might never arrive. There are ways to make it affordable.

Trips are part of our lives, but once-in-a-lifetime trips are truly meaningful on a different level, and as we at AARP poll Americans every year, they tell us one of the barriers to travel and take once-in-a-lifetime trips i