I think AAPL is a long term safe bet for the most part, but there are better gains/rewards elsewhere. Regardless, you don't really have to buy it since 401k and ETF large caps have AAPL in it already.
Regarding travel, definitely agree with that. Bought a few thousand shares of Carnival stock ($8) and Jetblue ($7.50) near their lowest and have triggers in place to exit just in case.
I think the distinction is the travel and airline stocks are a trade. I missed those but got into Winnebago and also set triggers. I did some oil as well and am already out. Again those are trades. Nobody right now is going to buy airlines and hold them 20 years. I am not a long term believer of Winnebago. I also think some of the catch up stocks are trading on overly optimistic expectations. Disney has been on a tear and I love Disney but is the run justified with parks at 25% capacity, along with theaters. Some of the prices are now as if business is back to normal and other than a handful of companies it's not.
If they run up after I sell so be it. The way to buy Apple now is from profits you are taking from other catch up plays.
My strategy is to sell and trade into things like Apple and Amazon if they remain stagnant. But LOL at the people that think this is bad news or make it out to be. They will say Apple is uninvestable when we revisit the stock when it surpasses $2 trillion.
Wait until Apple gets into healthcare in a big way like Cook keeps saying they will.
Another thing I haven't seen mentioned is Apple is keeping their buyback program and it has a lot of money to do so.