Table of Contents
- Scope and Themes
- What you need to know
- Definition
- Resources used for The Consumer sections
- Abbreviations and terms
- Abbreviations
- Terms
- Executive Summary
- Leisure travel market healthy
- Long vacations not just for the wealthy
- Seniors and college age travelers key demographics
- Consumers struggle to take long breaks
- Internet best caters to shorter trips
- Luxury encourages longer stays
- Cruising revenues robust
- Hispanics a growing factor
- Continued improvement anticipated for long vacations
- Market Drivers and Future Trends
- Key points
- Consumers lack free time
- Figure 1: Employees with access to paid vacation and paid holidays,
1999-2005
- Figure 2: Paid-vacation days available to private sector employees, by
average wage and geographical area, March 2005
- High travel costs take a toll
- Figure 3: Travel Price Index and Consumer Price Index, 2001-07
- Fuel
- Airfare
- Hotel rates
- Rental cars
- Online booking on the rise
- Figure 4: U.S. broadband household ownership, 2000-10
- U.S. economy healthy but faces uncertain future
- Figure 5: U.S. GDP, 2000-06
- Higher-income households driving long vacations
- Figure 6: Median household income, 1995-2006
- Figure 7: Number of households per income group, 1999 and 2005
- Market Size and Trends
- Key points
- Market size
- Figure 8: Total U.S. sales of long domestic vacation and leisure travel,
at current and constant prices, 2002-07
- Market trends
- Culinary travel
- Gay and lesbian travel
- Eco tourism
- Consumer-driven reviews
- Timeshares
- Market Segmentation
- Key points
- Overview
- Figure 9: Sales of long vacation travel, by transportation,
accommodation and long cruises, 2005 and 2007
- Transportation
- Figure 10: Sales of transportation* for long vacations, 2002-07
- Accommodation
- Figure 11: Sales of hotel accommodations for long vacations, 2002-07
- Cruises
- Figure 12: Sales of cruises of five or more days, 2002-07
- Supply Structure
- Key points
- Overview
- Hotels
- Figure 13: World ranking--ten largest hotel groups, by number of hotels,
2006 and 2007
- Figure 14: Forecast of U.S. sales of hotel room rentals, at current and
constant prices, 2007-12
- Car Rental
- Figure 15: Car rental sales, by company, 2004 and 2006
- Airlines
- Figure 16: Operating revenue of U.S. airlines, 2003 and 2006
- Figure 17: Total operating revenue of U.S. passenger, cargo, charter and
other airline, at current and constant prices, 2002-07
- Cruises
- Figure 18: Operating revenue of top three cruise lines, 2005 and 2006
- Travel Agents
- Online travel suppliers
- Expedia, Inc.
- Travelocity
- Orbitz Worldwide
- Priceline
- Other online travel suppliers
- Traditional travel agencies
- American Express
- Carlson Wagonlit Group
- The Consumer--Who Travels
- Introduction
- Summary
- Number of nights away, amount spent on last trip
- Figure 19: Domestic trips in the past year and length of stay, trended,
2002-06
- Length of stay on domestic vacations
- Figure 20: Domestic trips in the past year, by average length of stay,
by gender, age, race/ethnicity, household income, education level and
presence of children, January-October 2006
- Reasons for long vacations
- Figure 21: Reason for last long domestic trip, by gender, age,
race/ethnicity, household income, education level and presence of children,
January-October 2006
- Where long travelers choose to stay when away from home
- Figure 22: Where stayed on last long domestic trip, by gender, age,
race/ethnicity, household income, education level and presence of children,
January-October 2006
- How people travel during long vacations
- Figure 23: How traveled during last long domestic trip, January-October
2006
- The Consumer--Travel Planning and Method of Booking
- Summary
- Travel planning timeline
- Figure 24: Timeline of travel planning for long vacations, by gender,
October 2007
- Figure 25: Timeline of travel planning for long vacations, by age,
October 2007
- Figure 26: Timeline of travel planning for long vacations, by household
income, October 2007
- Figure 27: Timeline of travel planning for long vacations, by
race/ethnicity, October 2007
- Figure 28: Timeline of travel planning for long vacations, by marital
status, October 2007
- Method of booking long vacations
- How flights are booked
- Figure 29: Method of flight booking, October 2007
- Car rental booking method
- Figure 30: Method of rental car booking, October 2007
- Hotel booking methods
- Figure 31: Method of hotel booking, by gender, October 2007
- Figure 32: Method of hotel booking, by age, October 2007
- Figure 33: Method of hotel booking, by household income, October 2007
- Figure 34: Method of hotel booking, by race/ethnicity, October 2007
- The Consumer--Travel Habits and Attitudes
- Summary
- Average spend for trips
- Approximate spend for a trip, four days or longer
- Figure 35: Average spend for long trip, by gender, October 2007
- Figure 36: Average spend for long trip, by age, October 2007
- Figure 37: Average spend for long trip, by household income, October 2007
- Alternate item purchased in lieu of vacation
- Figure 38: Alternate purchase in place of trip, by gender, October 2007
- Figure 39: Alternate purchase in place of trip, by age, October 2007
- Figure 40: Alternate purchase in place of trip, by household income,
October 2007
- Figure 41: Alternate purchase in place of trip, by race/ethnicity,
October 2007
- Market Forecast
- Long vacations market
- Figure 42: Forecast of total U.S. sales of long domestic vacation and
leisure travel, at current and constant prices, 2007-12
- Transportation
- Figure 43: Forecast of U.S. sales of transportation for long vacations,
at current and constant prices, 2007-12
- Accommodation
- Figure 44: Forecast of U.S. sales of hotel accommodations for long
vacations, at current and constant prices, 2007-12
- Cruises
- Figure 45: Forecast of U.S. sales of cruises of five or more days, at
current and constant prices, 2007-12
- Forecast factors
- Appendix: Trade Associations
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