Curious to see how Americans really feel about holiday travel and their plan for holiday gatherings? We were too. Thanks to a recent study from Savanta surveyed 1,000 Americans and asked Americans how they feel about holiday travel and their plan for holiday gatherings.
From the study, it looks like a lot of people will be traveling by car and gone longer than 2 days. I guess with the pandemic, people want to spend as much time with family and friends as possible.
Travel plans this holiday season
- 43% of Americans plan to travel this holiday season
- 47% of Americans do not plan to travel this holiday season
- 10% of Americans are unsure about travel this holiday season.
Projections for holiday gathering size this year
- 14% of Americans strongly disagree that their holiday gatherings will be smaller than years prior
- 25% of Americans neither agree nor disagree that their holiday gatherings will be smaller than years prior
- 22% of Americans strongly agree that their holiday gatherings will be smaller than years prior
- 13% of Americans strongly disagree that their holiday gatherings this year will be the same size as years prior
- 21% of Americans neither agree or disagree that their holiday gatherings this year will be the same size as years prior
- 20% of Americans strongly agree that their holiday gatherings this year will be the same size as years prior
- 29% of Americans strongly disagree that their holiday gathering(s) this year will be larger than years prior
- 25% of Americans neither agree nor disagree that their holiday gathering(s) this year will belarger than years prior
- 11% of Americans strongly agree that their holiday gathering(s) this year will be larger than years prior
Vaccination Status amongst holiday guests and mask etiquette
- 54% of vaccinated Americans strongly prefer those they plan to spend the holidays with to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19
- 22% of vaccinated Americans moderately prefer those they plan to spend the holidays with to be fully vaccinated against Covid-29
- 24% of vaccinated Americans do not have a preference if those they plan to spend the holidays with are fully vaccinated against Covid-19
- 36% of vaccinated Americans strongly expect unvaccinated friends or family to wear a mask during their holiday gatherings
- 20% of vaccinated Americans moderately expect unvaccinated friends or family to wear a mask during their holiday gatherings
- 34% of vaccinated Americans do not have any expectations towards unvaccinated friends or family to wear a mask during their holiday gatherings
- 36% of vaccinated Americans strongly expect unvaccinated friends or family to wear a mask during their holiday gatherings
- 11% of vaccinated Americans say they are not planning to spend the holidays with unvaxxed friends or family
Transportation preference for holiday travel
- 28% of Americans traveling plan to travel by plane
- 69% of Americans traveling plan to travel by car
- 3% of Americans traveling plan to travel by train
Length of time spent outside the home this holiday seaso
- 44% of Americans traveling this season expect to be away from home for 1-3 days
- 41% of Americans traveling this season expect to be away from home for 4-7 days
- 11% of Americans traveling this season expect to be away from home for 8-14 days
- 4% of Americans traveling this season expect to be away from home for longer than 2 weeks
Covid-19 Vaccination Status
- 36% of Americans are not vaccinated at all for Covid-19
- 13% of Americans are partially vaccinated for Covid-19
- 31% of Americans are fully vaccinated at all for Covid-19 but have not received a booster
- 20% of Americans are fully vaccinated at all for Covid-19 and have received a booster
- 51% of Americans are fully vaccinated for Covid-19
Vaccination Status amongst holiday guests and mask etiquette
54% of vaccinated Americans strongly prefer those they plan to spend the holidays with to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19
22% of vaccinated Americans moderately prefer those they plan to spend the holidays with to be fully vaccinated against Covid-29
24% of vaccinated Americans do not have a preference if those they plan to spend the holidays with are fully vaccinated against Covid-19
36% of vaccinated Americans strongly expect unvaccinated friends or family to wear a mask during their holiday gatherings
20% of vaccinated Americans moderatley expect unvaccinated friends or family to wear a mask during their holiday gatherings
34% of vaccinated Americans do not have any expectations towards unvaccinated friends or family to wear a mask during their holiday gatherings
36% of vaccinated Americans strongly expect unvaccinated friends or family to wear a mask during their holiday gatherings
11% of vaccinated Americans say they are not planning to spend the holidays with unvaxxed friends or family