ISU students are changing their immediate travel plans in response to recent terrorist attacks, but it’s too soon to tell if Thanksgiving or Christmas plans will change.

“Obviously, in the few weeks after the [attacks], there have been a lot of [flight] cancellations,” said Steve Austin, manager of Sail Aweigh Travel, 406 Main St.

Although airlines are losing some business, Amtrak is gaining riders, he said.

“There has been quite a large increase in the sale of Amtrak tickets, partly because flights have been canceled [by the airlines] and also because people are hoping that’s a safer way to go,” Austin said.

Mike Plummer, owner of the Ames Greyhound Station, 836 N. Second St., said business has picked up since the tragedy, because people are afraid to fly and feel safer taking the bus.

The seven-day advance rate, normally a two-week advance deal, is $49 for a one-way ticket and $98 round trip, depending on the destination, he said.

Although travel agencies are relating the change in business to people’s fear of flying, some students say they are not afraid to fly.

Ruth Spiva, sophomore in sociology, said she thinks now is the safest time to fly because of the extra security. Spiva is flying home to Phoenix in October for a wedding, and she is flying also for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Spiva said she wants to fly more because of the recent terrorist attack.

“I wasn’t planning on going back in October, but all of this has made me want to see my family,” she said.

Marisol Martinez, student in engineering, is taking the bus to Chicago for Thanksgiving and flying home to Mexico for Christmas.

“I had already planned to go on the bus, but now with all of the problems we’ve been having, [I will] definitely [take] the bus,” she said.

Martinez said she isn’t afraid of terrorists being on the plane, but she has other fears about flying.

“I’m more afraid of how I may be treated [at the airport] as an international student,” she said.

Travel agencies are not concerned about students changing their Thanksgiving or Christmas vacation plans.

“It’s too early to tell, but it looks like people will keep their Thanksgiving and Christmas travel plans,” Austin said. “Hopefully things will be back to normal by then.”