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PR Poll: Holiday Travel
  • November 1, 2006
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Questionnaire Flow
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Highlights (1)
  • The majority of Travelocity members surveyed (86%) indicate they will be traveling more than 50 miles away from their home during the November/December holiday season.
  • Those people traveling in December are significantly more likely to stay with friends & family while traveling (72.7%).
  • Three-fifths (59.6%) are planning their holiday travel 2-3 months out.
  • Recent terrorist attempts did not affect the members decisions to travel over the holiday season (91%).
  • Increased security alert levels only have an affect if the security code is red (35.7%), otherwise it has no affect on holiday travel plans (45.3%).
  • The recent airport security changes do not necessarily make people feel any safer while they are traveling (50.5%), while 20% didn’t even realize there had been changes to airport security.



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Highlights (2)
  • Catching up with family and friends is what people look most forward to during the holidays (72.3%).
  • Getting to and from their holiday destination is the number one thing people dread about the holidays (40.9%), followed by dreading going back to work (31.5%) and gaining a few extra pounds (23.6%).



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Holiday Travel Tendencies
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The majority of people surveyed do have plans to travel at some point during the holiday season
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Travelers are typically booking their holiday travel 2-3 months out
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Travelers are typically booking their holiday travel 2-3 months out
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Affects of Terrorist attempts and Heightened Security
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Surprisingly, 45% of travelers would not change their travel plans due to heightened level of security alerts
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The recent security alerts did not effect holiday travel plans
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Half of the members indicate that the recent airport security changes do not make them feel any safer
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Catching up with family & friends is what people look forward to, while traveling to/from their holiday destination tends to lead to be what they dread
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Methodology
  • Data collection period:                     October 25 – October 31, 2006
  • Sample requirements:
    Segment 1:  Travelocity members who shopped or purchased on TVLY in past 12 months
    Segment 2:  Travelocity members who will be traveling between Nov 15 & Nov 29, 2006
    Segment 3:  Travelocity members who will be traveling between Dec 15 & Jan 3, 2007


  • Incentive: No incentive was given
  • Response statistics:







  • Significant differences (at the 95% confidence level):
    • Within group n ~ 1700 +/- 2.3%
      Within group n ~ 500 +/- 4.3%