Leisure Report 2025: Ins & Outs

As people deeply invested in and excited about the world of leisure, travel, dining, and drinking, it was fun to look ahead and place some informed guesses on the trends we’ll see unfold in the year ahead.

While mostly just for fun, and even as a way to manifest the things we hope will be true this year, these were also created intentionally and using trends and data we’ve been keeping an eye on for awhile now.

So without further ado, here are the ins and outs we’re predicting for the world of leisure in 2025:

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Ins:

• Revamped historical spaces

• Swim clubs

• Well-executed themed bars

• Grown-up activities in beautiful places (i.e. bougie arcades)

• Physical menus

• Restaurants and bars with live jazz music

• Places you can dance in / clubs

• No phone policies in bars

• Planning a whole trip around seeing a single location

• Quaint towns with one main street or town square

• Ordering the same dish every time if it's what you like

• Slow, thoughtful design

• Treating restaurants and hotels like art galleries

• Working from hotel lobbies

• Weekend getaways that become your whole personality

• Chocolate martinis and retro cocktails

Outs:

• Corporate design vibes

• Restaurants only posting photos of their food

• Over-the-top drinks & food only meant for IG posts

• Publications only posting sponsored content

• Bots buying reservations

• Going places just to post about it

• AirBnb

• Airlines charging more than $8 for terrible wifi

• Entrees turned into martinis

• Bad lighting in restaurants

• Using y*lp to find where to eat

• Fake flowers in restaurants or coffee shops

• Going broke to fly Business or First Class

• Credit card companies who change their point systems

• Reels of restaurants where the brightness is turned down to 2

• Espresso martinis (even if we’ll still order them)

If you have strong opinions on any of these feel free to chime in on Instagram ;) Looking forward to another beautiful and magical year with you all and can’t wait to circle back on all this in early 2026.

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