American travel
The Experience Economy Endures: 2023 Deloitte Summer Travel Survey
Deloitte | May 30, 2023
Signs point to a busy season, as pricing pressure does not seem to deter Americans from enjoying their vacations More than two years after the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines helped relaunch the experience economy, this summer is poised to improve on an already buoyant Summer 2022. Half of Americans say they will take a leisure vacation (involving a stay in paid lodging; see figure 1) this summer, up from 46% in 2022. And they are doing so with enthusiasm, taking more international flights and adding an average of one trip to their calendar. Concerns, however, persist—50% of nontravelers say they will stay home due to financial worries. ...
73% of Americans Plan to Travel This Summer – But Inflation Has Forced Some to Alter Their Plans
ValuePenguin | May 26, 2022
ValuePenguin Survey Finds Americans Will Take Fewer Trips but Plan to Spend More Money While on Vacation NEW YORK, May 26, 2022 -- After a 2-year slump, summer travel is heating up. A new ValuePenguin Survey finds that 73% of Americans are ready to cross off coveted destinations from their bucket lists but not everyone is ready to splurge. Soaring costs and a lingering pandemic have some opting out and staying home. Highlights More Americans plan to travel this year - On average they plan to spend about $2,700 per trip, up $300 from 2021. High costs keep others from vacationing - 57% of those who aren't traveling this su...
New Survey Reveals What Americans Are Missing the Most: Travel
Hilton | October 12, 2020
According to a new study released Monday by Hilton, 95% of Americans are missing travel right now – are you one of them? It’s not surprising, after six months of restrictions brought on by a global pandemic which led to working and learning from home and little change in scenery … day after day after day. What is surprising though? That within this time, 188 million Americans already feel a ‘travel memory deficit,’ leading to greater stress and the feeling of FOMO on lost or missed out upon special moments with loved ones. Traveling, it seems, is one of the great American pastimes that brings long-lasting joy, with nine in 10 r...
Study: A Record 768 Million U.S. Vacation Days Went Unused in ’18, Opportunity Cost in the Billions
U.S. Travel Association | August 19, 2019
WASHINGTON American workers left a record number of vacation days on the table last year—768 million days, up 9% from 2017—according to new research from the U.S. Travel Association, Oxford Economics and Ipsos. Of the unused days, 236 million were forfeited completely, equating to $65.5 billion in lost benefits. More than half (55%) of workers reported they did not use all their allotted time off. While American workers are leaving more unused days on the table, they are also taking more days of paid time off; American workers took off an average of 17.2 days in 2017 and 17.4 days in 2018. Employment in the U.S. is st...