Travel Boom for Boomers
Top 7 BoomerTravel Trendsfor 2016
Summer and Weekends Will Sizzle With Domestic Travel
2016 Hot Spots
Accommodations With Free Wi-Fi Will Be Popular With Boomers
99% 2016of Baby Boomerswill travel for fun in
Most domestic travel willhappen in the summer (31%)with weekend getawaysbeing popular (23%)
Boomers will embracemulti-gen domesticvacations in 2016,but less than in 2015
Romance will take a backseat with 12% planningromantic vacations
43% of Boomers must havefree Wi-Fi in their hoteland 86% in a rental home
About 40% of Boomers willstay at hotels or motels,but Airbnb and VRBO aregaining popularity (9%)
Deal Seekers, But Cost Not a Deal Breaker
Only 42% arebudgeting for travel
Most (63%) say higherairfares won’t impact their plans
will pack fordomestic travel only50% will travel just
internationally5%
will travel both domestically and internationally45%
England
Domestic International
CaribbeanFlorida
California
New York5%
7%
Las Vegas Mexico9%
19% 19%
19%
11%
Boomers Will Check Off Their Bucket List with International Travel32%
20%
29%
will take an internationalbucket list trip andwill takemultigenerational tripsInternational travel will blossom in the spring season
BUCKET LIST
Boomers smile and laughmore on vacation (68%)and spend more timewith loved ones (61%)
Source: AARP Travel Research: 2016 Travel Trends, November 2015 (aarp.org/2016traveltrends)Contacts: Vicki Gelfeld, [email protected]; Patty David, [email protected] (AARP Research)
Cost has dropped as atravel barrier
201551%201645%
201532%201626%
2016 Travel Will Be F-U-N