That's true, these days when you book an interstate flight it's definitely with a bit of anxiety around last minute changes - will you be able to go, will you be able to get back. I think it's going to take pretty widespread vaccination to properly get us past that point.
But despite that, I've noticed a huge uptick in interstate travel from my friends, colleagues etc - I get the sense that a lot of people who have been sitting tight until now are finally deciding it's time to try travelling again.
The next 6 months will be weird, no question. But I think we'll be surprised by how quickly things really are back very close to where they were. Interesting that AirNZ said back in March that they're at 90% of pre-pandemic levels for domestic business travel in NZ, and the economic indicators in Australia and around the world are all pointing to a pretty robust recovery. Barring new Covid variants overcoming the vaccine effect, it does look like things are starting to get better quite quickly.