A different question for folks.
Are you booking more refundable rates now instead of non-refundable?
I used to book non-refundable because I couldn't fathom not going after booking expensive airfare, which before the pandemic wasn't easy to change, not without a lot in change fees and fare difference, which could run into 4 figures.
But of course, I had a lot of booking for all of 2020 which I'd made in late 2019 and early 2020.
Some I didn't think to ask and some I did ask and some lodgings did give me cash refund back even though they weren't obligated to do so. Most offered hotel credits.
I used most of those credits in 2021 and some in 2022.
A couple outright were telling me basically "TS, you're SOL." So I didn't keep an avoid list but I mentally made that note.
Now I"ve been booking refundable, even though most pandemic restrictions have gone away. I don't think there's the threat of being quarantined, though maybe still in some Asian countries. For instance, Thailand required you to get insurance with a company operating in Thailand which would cover quarantine costs at some special lodgings, which didn't sound appealing at all.
The difference between non-refundable and refundable can be a couple hundred over a few days stay but for now I'm paying refundable.