With the pandemic cooling off and inflation heating up, more Americans are planning summer travel in 2022 than last year, according to a recent survey.
For the past two years, public health crises and economic woes have thrown repeated wrenches into Americans’ summer vacation planning. Not anymore—73% of survey respondents said they’re planning to travel this summer. Here to break down the full survey results and offer some summer vacation hacks to keep your trip affordable is Jerry
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America still loves road trips, even with rising gas prices
According to the survey by ValuePenguin, 79% of those planning summer travel expect to drive to at least one destination. But inflation and sky-high fuel costs are making road trips more expensive—the average cost per trip is about $2,700 in 2022, up $300 from last year. Six in 10 survey takers said that inflation has forced them to make adjustments to their vacation plans:
16% said they’d shaved days off their travel itineraries
15% said they’d leave their car at home and switch to a different mode of transportation.
What does the average summer road trip look like? Well, over half of participants (55%) said they were headed to a destination they’ve already been to, and 65% said they’d stay in a hotel or resort, with just 36% staying with family and 22% in vacation rentals like Airbnb.
In other words, as Americans get back to travel, most of us aren’t looking to embark on totally new adventures. Instead, we’re returning to beloved destinations, visiting family, and even sticking close to home (17% of respondents).
1 in 4 Americans plans to work remotely on vacation
One more reality of pandemic-era summer travel? Work. Roughly a quarter of respondents reported that they plan to spend part of their “vacation” time working remotely, thanks to the new prevalence of work-from-home jobs. The generation most likely to factor work into their vacation plans are millennials, with 31% of respondents aged 26 to 41 planning remote work on vacation.
Summer road trip hacks to save you money
If you’re one of the 73% of Americans planning a summer vacation this year, here are the essential hacks
you need to keep costs low and joy infinite—especially if you’re gearing up for a road trip. Rethink rental car insurance: If you’re renting a car
for your summer trip, you probably need to buy the insurance that comes with it—right? Not necessarily. Read up on rental car insurance
before you sign that dotted line. Update your insurance: Before you leave, take 45 seconds to download the Jerry
app and check for a lower rate on the coverage you need. It’s the quickest way to make more room for fun in your summer travel budget!
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