
New Surveys Shows that While Americans Have Less Money, They Will Travel
May 6, 2008
New Surveys Shows that While Americans Have Less Money, They Will Travel
New Surveys Shows that While Americans Have Less Money, They Will Travel May 6, 2008 – A new survey from AOL Travel and Zogby International shows that 57 percent of Americans feel they have less money to spend this year on summer vacations than they did in 2007 and are looking at ways to save on their travel costs. However, 69 percent of those surveyed said fuel prices will not influence where they plan to vacation.
According to the survey, 33 percent of Americans are planning to stay with friends of family in order to save money on their summer vacations, while 37 percent plan to drive rather than fly. Additionally, 53 percent of Americans are planning week-long or longer vacations and 60 percent of those surveyed are planning to travel to destinations that are more than six hours from their homes.
The survey also revealed that 66 percent of Americans plan to stay in the U.S. this summer. Of the Americans planning to take trips overseas, 10 percent plan to travel to Europe, 19 percent plan to travel internationally to destinations other than Europe and 12 percent plan to take a cruise. In addition, the survey showed that 56 percent plan to return to a destination they have visited before and more than 67 percent do not plan to make the beach their primary summer vacation destination or include an amusement park in their plans.
The AOL Travel/Zogby survey also showed that 51 percent of those surveyed plan to book all of their summer vacation plans on the Internet but 42 percent prefer to speak with a real person when booking summer travel. Of those surveyed, 48 percent said they are influenced by Internet user reviews of where to go and that these reviews play a role in helping them decide where they will stay.
The full survey results can be found at AOL Travel.