It might be bizarre to think that what we now call a “staycation” was the typical vacation back in the day. Only in the 1970s did traveling abroad really catch on, with flight and hotel packages making foreign trips affordable to the masses for the first time. Americans sought out sun in Mexico, Cuba (briefly while the travel ban was lifted), and the Caribbean.

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