2022 Household Journey Survey Finds Pandemic’s Lasting Affect on Journey Developments

The Family Travel Association (FTA) and associate NYU Faculty of Skilled Research Jonathan M. Tisch Center of Hospitality printed its annual 2022 US Family Travel Survey, highlighting the impression of the pandemic and its restoration on household journey tendencies.

The outcomes of the survey recommend that demand for journey is larger than it was pre-pandemic; that extra households are using journey advisors than they did previously; that they’re extra concerned with journey that provides versatile cancellation insurance policies and in buying journey insurance coverage; and that some pre-pandemic tendencies, like metropolis stays, are rising in popularity as soon as extra.

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The survey was performed in June and July of this 12 months and surveyed over 1,000 mother and father throughout the nation. Eighty-five p.c of these respondents are very more likely to journey with their kids within the subsequent 12 months, with 57 p.c feeling extra assured and cozy touring. A smaller although nonetheless massive p.c of oldsters nonetheless really feel cautious about touring (43 p.c).

“With the worldwide Covid pandemic now largely behind us in 2022, we’ve got seen that household and multigenerational journey has been an essential pressure within the tourism trade’s restoration,” stated Rainer Jenss, FTA Founder. “This speaks volumes to the precedence households are actually inserting on spending time collectively and touring. Now could be the time to double down on household journey.”

Whereas inflation is making households search for cheaper lodging and methods to get the place they need to go, one pattern stays robust: the necessity for a journey advisor. Fifty-two p.c of oldsters are keen to make use of a journey advisor or have already used one, a pointy improve from final 12 months, when solely 17 p.c reported utilizing a journey advisor.

The highest three household trip kinds are additionally altering. The curiosity in nature-focused or extra lively household holidays is waning in desire in direction of seashore holidays (66 p.c), metropolis holidays (65 p.c) and visiting family and friends (61 p.c).

Households proceed to fret about affordability and coping with potential cancellations probably the most, over and above every other travel-related concerns.

“This 12 months’s survey exhibits that whereas the pandemic impacts household journey lower than final 12 months, the final two years have additionally led to adjustments which might be more likely to final,” stated Dr. Lynn Minnaert, former medical affiliate professor on the Tisch Heart. “Households are excited to get again on the market, however peace of thoughts and worth for cash are key priorities once they make journey selections.”

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