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Is there a difference between those who can't afford to travel and those who believe they can't afford it, but could? I cannot tell you how many times those with far greater resources than I have said to me that they wished they could travel. The obvious reason is priorities, not lack of funds. To tell you the truth, I'm surprised it wasn't higher than 41%. I'm also surprised at what they describe as "the other end of the spectrum", those who took more than 20 days. A measly 20 days being...

You're certainly right about the prioritiess and affordability; I've never understood, for instance, couples who put off having a glorious honeymoon in order to pay for a fancy wedding. Or who save for years for a big trip instead of camping with the kids while they are young... At the other end, though, there are lots of people who've had very hard times the last few years, and may be cashing in vacation time for home repair or mortgage payment. And as for the 20 days (4 working...

I think a lot of it is due to a bad economy. Many many working people out there are struggling and don't have spare funds to take a family on a trip. Travel for 4 people is often 3-4 x as expensive as travel for one person. And as PM points out, it's also a matter of priorities. To some folks vacation means going in style, like staying at an all inclusive luxury resort, not just camping. I'm actually curious if the 40% who said they didn't actually take vacation would even consider going...

Everything has relative value -- a hungry person would pick the free meal, for instance -- but at some point people pay for comfort. Many already pay a little extra for legroom by sitting in the exit row (or use points to do so). There comes a point where, especially on longer flights, you want to be comfortable and are willing to pay a little more to achieve that. I definitely consider the pitch and width of airline seats when making purchases, especially overseas purchases. I'll pay a...

I'd agree...in fact, the issue of space is what keeps me from considering some longer flights...and I have been known to change flights for the possibility of a 2-seat row rather than 3...better an aisle and a window without a middle!

I'm a little surprised that there's so much interest in the USA given the relative strength of the US dollar currently. But it is regarded as a fairly safe place to go and airfares are cheap now, so that may be the driving force behind this.

Now that many countries are not recommended for a vacation us Brits are looking west instead of east. I'll be over in 2 weeks !

Travel-industry news site Skift has been surveying U.S. vacation habits, and has come up with a new startler. In an online survey conducted in the first few days of 2015, they found that 41% of those surveyed took  NO vacation at all in 2014!...

The 2015 PORTRAIT OF THE U.S. MILLENNIAL TRAVELER Survey that profiles habits of travelers 18-34 had a  surprising result. 40% of the 1189 people surveyed said they use Airbnb often or regularly but only 11% of them said it was their...

Half the population of France, apparently, is confused by common road signs—perhaps because there have come to be so many—according to a recent survey.   And if it's that hard for the locals, imagine the effect on tourists, especially...

From all the online discussions and articles highlighting the increasingly uncomfortable seating in economy, you'd think that "more room in coach" (as the old American Airlines slogan had it) would be most passengers' first choice of a perk, if...

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Jonathan L takes us to the Met Breuer for a tour through the history of sculpture.

Denmark's on a roll, returning to the top of the World Happiness Survey, but it's also gotten marks as Europe's most wasteful nation. Is that fair?

Competitive prices and a perception that some other places are unsafe has given the U.S. a boost in overseas travelers.

I am actually not surprised by this.

Seems to be always my role to poke at the assumptions of statistical reports (at least in part because sometimes the media publishing reports of the surveys don't). In this case, however, the author of the TNooz article did an excellent job of pointing out the many inconsistencies in the results. Millenials, he points out, are labeled as being very social; yet the survey shows "privacy" as high on their list for what they want in a hotel. They're very independent-minded—but they want...

On their description of the survey, Resonance Consultancy seemed to point out the contradictory stereotypes of Millennials. I think it's really hard to group age groups together. From Resonance Consultancy: "This enigmatic group has been identified, stereotyped and analyzed in myriad and often contradictory ways. They’re selfish and they’re sharing; they’re lazy and they’re entrepreneurial. They’re labelled “boomerang” kids, yet some are just barely old enough to have left their parents’...

In a recent Fortune 500 survey of the top performing women in America : 80% of the most successful women in America were "Young and into Sports" Opinions are often perceived and not factual.

Glad I saw this survey, because I've been interchanging UK with GB for years totally unaware.

When I was in 7th or 8th grade, a British friend explained the difference to our class (Great Britain is an island, he said, and the United Kingdom is a nation). From the back of the room, someone wanted to know if Ireland were Little Britain.

Good thing they left the Commonwealth out of the quiz... Probably would have gone into high double digits then!

This from National Geographic Today: About 11 percent of young citizens of the U.S. couldn't even locate the U.S. on a map. The Pacific Ocean's location was a mystery to 29 percent; Japan, to 58 percent; France, to 65 percent; and the United Kingdom, to 69 percent.