Report: Workplace flexibility lets Americans take longer holiday trips

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This holiday season Americans are eager to travel and certain solutions are allowing them to make it happen. When creating trips, having the opportunity to work remotely is a huge advantage.

According to the Deloitte holiday travel survey, 49% of employed travelers are “laptop luggers,”. Those who intend to work throughout their vacation, up from 34% the previous year. The report states that this flexibility enables employees to extend their vacations. They take trips they might not otherwise be able to. According to the poll, high earners and GenZe defined by Deloitte as those born between 1997 and 2012—make up the largest shares, at 58% and 52%, respectively. Even though laptop luggers are more common across most age groups and income levels.

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In September, Deloitte conducted a survey of 4,074 adult Americans. The group researchers found 2,005 members to be vacationers.

According to Julia Pollak, ZipRecruiter, remote employment has been more popular among job searchers since the pandemic. The data of ZipRecruiter states that 51% of job seekers questioned in the third quarter cited the freedom to work from any location. As their main motivation for choosing a remote job, up from 40.8% in the first quarter of 2022.

According to experts, in addition to working while traveling, tourists are finding other ways to get around the problem. Such as driving rather than flying or reducing other costs.

Experts say that this year’s holiday travel and spending on their travel are being driven by high earners of the society.

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According to poll research firm Morning Consult, 52% of consumers have salaries of $100,000 or more. They stated that they can “easily afford” the cost of holiday travel. When compared to mid- to low-income categories, that is the largest share. Business travelers, defined in this study as people born between 1980 and 1996, also known as millennials, have the largest travel budgets and have planned the most travel. Per the same Deloitte poll, millennials are willing to spend an average of $3,927 and will travel, approximately 2.6 times during the holiday.

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