The evidence is on the social networks and confirmed by survey after survey.
The latest Millennial travel data shows they are traveling smarter too. Rather than foregoing vacation days,
Millennials are using them all. Interesting Full Article by Janeen Christoff.
Millennials and the Travel Industry
Expediency in the travel industry has made it all the easier to just pick up and go.
Plus, we grew up with a bunch of baby boomer ad execs telling us to “Just Do It.”
—Writes Michael Schottey of TravelPulse:
As a millennial, it seems like my generation is always getting blamed for everything.
It all started with overwrought think-pieces that blamed us for not getting well-paying jobs and still living with our parents without really admitting young people had nothing to do with the financial crisis thrust upon us.
Then, the conversation devolved into the kind of “kids these days” and “get off my lawn” nonsense that every generation thinks and writes about the generations that come after it.
Lately, the pearl clutching has centered around blaming millennials for various failing industries—golf, retail, chain restaurants, movie theaters, even napkins! For some reason, the conversation never seems to be centered around why “Big Napkin” isn’t changing to meet the times, but why millennials can’t just suck it up and live the exact same lives as the generations before…even though that is not a thing that has ever happened.
That brings us to travel, which is in a serious love affair with millennials right now.
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