Travel trends: Noctourism, Coolcation, Set-jetting, Glowcation and Quietcation

Travel trends

Element	How to plan the trip?
Length of stay	To begin with, choose one travel theme rather than several trends at once, so the plan stays coherent.
Key points	The most important elements are the purpose of the trip, season, weather, budget, activity level and need for rest.
Pace	The trend should organise the plan, not force attractions that do not fit the traveller.
Logistics	Before booking, check whether this travel style makes sense in the chosen place and season.
Practical rule	First choose the purpose and season, then match the route, accommodation and pace to the real number of days.

Noctourism, Coolcation and new travel styles

Travel trends show how the way we plan trips is changing. Increasingly, it is not only about the destination, but about the intention: the night sky, holidays without extreme heat, film locations, regeneration, silence or challenge.

Noctourism • Coolcation • Quietcation • Glowcation • Darecation • Set-jetting

Choose your travel trend

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Choose a trend

Travel trends on OndaTravel

Choose your travel style and go to the full guide: night skies, cooler destinations, film locations, regeneration, silence or a trip with a challenge.

Cover image for Noctourism: travel after dark with the northern lights and the night sky.

Night travel

Guide

Noctourism

Northern lights, the night sky, stars, meteors and places that work best after sunset.

See Noctourism

Holidays with a challenge

Trend

Darecation

Active trips, trekking, cold weather, adrenaline and journeys that are more than classic relaxation.

See Darecation

Without extreme heat

Guide

Coolcation

Cooler destinations, northern Europe, Iceland, Norway, the Baltic Sea and the Alps as an alternative to holidays in the heat.

See Coolcation

Films and series

Film tourism

Set-jetting

Trips in the footsteps of films and series: screen-famous locations, cinematic Iceland, cities from series and places known from cinema.

See Set-jetting

Regeneration

Wellness

Glowcation

Hot springs, sauna, geothermal bathing, a slower pace and trips after which you really come back rested.

See Glowcation

Quietcation — a calm northern landscape as a journey in silence, nature and without crowds.

Silence and nature

Slow travel

Quietcation

Fewer stimuli, more space, digital detox, nature, northern Europe and calmer route planning.

See Quietcation

How to choose the right travel trend for you?

If you are looking for the night sky, auroras and astronomical phenomena, start with Noctourism. If you want to escape the heat, choose Coolcation. If your trip needs a film-inspired theme, check Set-jetting. If you need regeneration, Glowcation is the best starting point. If silence, nature and avoiding crowds matter most, choose Quietcation. And if you want a challenge and a stronger experience, go to Darecation.

All these trends connect with OndaTravel’s main travel directions: Iceland, Norway, the North, city breaks from Gdańsk i warm destinations.

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