Travel Boom for Boomers

Top 7 BoomerTravel Trendsfor 2016

Summer and Weekends Will Sizzle With Domestic Travel

2016 Hot Spots

Accommodations With Free Wi-Fi Will Be Popular With Boomers

99% 2016of Baby Boomerswill travel for fun in

Most domestic travel willhappen in the summer (31%)with weekend getawaysbeing popular (23%)

Boomers will embracemulti-gen domesticvacations in 2016,but less than in 2015

Romance will take a backseat with 12% planningromantic vacations

43% of Boomers must havefree Wi-Fi in their hoteland 86% in a rental home

About 40% of Boomers willstay at hotels or motels,but Airbnb and VRBO aregaining popularity (9%)

Deal Seekers, But Cost Not a Deal Breaker

Only 42% arebudgeting for travel

Most (63%) say higherairfares won’t impact their plans

will pack fordomestic travel only50% will travel just

internationally5%

will travel both domestically and internationally45%

England

Domestic International

CaribbeanFlorida

California

New York5%

7%

Las Vegas Mexico9%

19% 19%

19%

11%

Boomers Will Check Off Their Bucket List with International Travel32%

20%

29%

will take an internationalbucket list trip andwill takemultigenerational tripsInternational travel will blossom in the spring season

BUCKET LIST

Boomers smile and laughmore on vacation (68%)and spend more timewith loved ones (61%)

Source: AARP Travel Research: 2016 Travel Trends, November 2015 (aarp.org/2016traveltrends)Contacts: Vicki Gelfeld, vgelfeld@aarp.org; Patty David, pdavid@aarp.org (AARP Research)

Cost has dropped as atravel barrier

201551%201645%

201532%201626%

2016 Travel Will Be F-U-N