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# The staycation is dead, new survey finds 83% of Americans say they will vacation away from home
- URL: https://hospitality.pro/the-staycation-is-dead-new-survey-finds-83-of-americans-say-they-will-vacation-away-from-home/
- Published: 2013-08-16T07:53:16.000Z
- Updated: 2013-08-16T07:53:16.000Z
- Author: H L
- Tags: Hospitality Industry News, News, Tourism News, #wordpress, #Import 2026-04-16 12:15

NORWALK – The results are a marked departure from past years of increased economic uncertainty, when some surveys cited up to 30%\*, even 50% of Americans choosing to vacation close to home.? These new findings were compiled from priceline’s annual Summer Travel Survey, conducted earlier this year.

*“Staycations were popular between 2007 and 2010, when economic uncertainty had many Americans concerned about their finances and their jobs,”*?said?**Priceline**‘s Travel Ekspert,?**Brian Ek**.?*?”But anyone who’s tried a staycation finds out very quickly that it’s not very relaxing.? There isn’t that clean break with everyday responsibilities and activities, like checking in at the office and doing household chores.? A vacation away from home lets people truly disconnect from the daily grind and recharge.”*

That’s not to say that vacationing Americans are throwing their checkbooks and bank accounts out the window.? They’re keenly aware of escalating travel costs.? Approximately 45% said that airfare has risen the most in the last five years, followed by gasoline (20%), hotel room rates (15%) and tickets to theme parks and other attractions (9%).

And they’re doing something about it.? Here’s what Americans admitted to doing in order to save some money on their travels

- 31% have driven nonstop to their destination,
- 16% have packed a week’s worth of food into a suitcase and cooler,
- 12% have stretched the day’s food budget by smuggling free hotel breakfast items, and
- 11% have slept in their cars.

Why go to such lengths to save on vacation?? Forget those travel movies with the stressed-out parents.? A whopping 87% of families surveyed said they return relaxed after taking a family vacation.

The survey also found that Mom rules the roost when it comes to vacation planning and even more so when it comes to vacation spending.? Mom is 30% more likely than Dad to determine what the family will do for vacation, and she’s 60% more likely than Dad to decide how the vacation money is going to be spent.

###### Source Travel Daily News