EasyJet predicts that jet-setters will be able to 3D print their breakfasts and see the sites in stunning underwater hotels - looking towards the future of travel.
The budget holidaymaker reports that by 2070, the average tourist will have access to smart beds and holographic hotel staff - happy to help inform them on the local sights to see while on their travels.
And should your luggage become lost along the way, the travel and hotel provider predict that 3D printers will be on hand to spew out short shorts and Hawaiian shirts to help outfit you for fun in the sun.
The Mirror reports getting through airport security on the way home will be a breeze as heartbeat passports will do away with the need for physical travel documents. In the future you will arrive home rested and relaxed, having spent a comfortable flight nestled into seats that change according to a passengers’ body shape, height, weight and temperature.
This is how the world of travel will look in 2070, according to the easyJet 2070: The Future Travel Report.
The budget airline commissioned a group of academics and futurists, including Professor Brigitte Andersen of Birkbeck; Dr Melissa Sterry, design scientist and complex systems theorist; and renowned futurists Shivvy Jervis and Dr Patrick Dixon, to make their best guesses for how travel and tourism will change.
As space-age as these predictions seem, the authors insist they won't just be for the super rich. They said: "The goal of the report is to find what the future of travel will look like for everyone.
"Just as 50 years ago the idea of low-cost airline travel seemed like a far-off dream, this is now a common reality, therefore these predictions show what travel for every traveller will be like."
The futurologists believe that every part of your holiday - from the travel agents to the journey, the food to the hotel - will be vastly different to how it is today.
The journey
Your trip through the airport will be much smoother thanks to heartbeat and biometric passports that will replace traditional travel documents. Much like fingerprints and the retina, every person’s cardiac signature is unique, meaning passengers can be identified by a heartbeat signatures and biometric details that will be logged on a global system.
Plane seats with smart materials will adapt to passengers’ body shape, height, weight and temperature, providing the ultimate tailored comfort flying experience. Meanwhile e-VTOL air taxis will do away with the airport car park shuttle, making the journey to the airport much quicker and more convenient than ever before.
The hotel
In the future the average hotel guest will always be right to the extent that they'll be able to magic up exactly what their heart desires. A digital menu will be on hand so you can type in what you want, from omelette to kedgeree, pancakes to a fry up, before a 3D printer spews it out.
The futurologists insist it will "taste just like the real thing".
Your holiday provider could supply you with a digital holographic personal concierge, and driverless transfers will include alerts for staff so they can check you in remotely and be on hand to help with bags. Meanwhile all hotel rooms will be smart rooms with beds pre-made to exactly desired firmness, ambient temperatures and the guests' favourite music playing when they enter the room.
A recyclable clothing service at your destination using 3D printers mean you could "find a wardrobe filled with outfits in your exact size", according to Professor Graham Braithwaite, director of Transport Systems at Cranfield.
He added: "When you leave, clothes can be recycled and reprinted for the next tourist. Not only will this reduce the stress of packing, holiday fashion becomes more sustainable.”
New tech will help hotels keep green, including corridors that can harness human footprints in order to generate power.
Entertainment
While we may not have worked out how to go back in time by 2070, given that would likely require travelling faster than the speed of light, we may have cracked the next best thing. Tomorrow’s travellers will be able to holiday in past by wearing haptic suits, the futurologists predict, which would allow you to experiences sights and sounds of the past in the likes of Ancient Greece, or medieval French markets.
Dr Melissa Sterry said: "Haptic suits could intensify the experience, to make you feel with every fibre of your body that you are actually there, experiencing it just as they would have all those years ago."
Bionic and Meta holiday previews harnessing the same tech will let holidaymakers try before they buy, so disappointing trips to pokey hotels or overcrowded beaches can be avoided.
Relying on Google translate or speaking loudly and slowly to order a full English will also be a thing of the past with in-ear devices to translate local languages in real-time. Meanwhile E-foiling, cable skiing and flyboarding will be normal holiday activities, taking water sports to another level.
Heading up the report, Professor Birgitte Andersen of Birkbeck College, said: “This next 50 years will bring the largest technological advances we have ever seen in travel and tourism.
"Aspects of how we holiday will be transformed beyond recognition; in the future holidaymakers will be queuing at the hotel buffet to have their breakfast omelettes and fry-ups 3D printed by machines, our heartbeat will become our passport, and in-ear devices will translate the local language in real time and enable us to speak the local lingo.
"Looking forward, by the year 2070 the destinations we fly to, the type of accommodation we stay in, and the experiences we have, will have changed immeasurably.”
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