Travelers who use agents to book
their trips continue to be the biggest spenders, according to Travel Weekly's
annual Consumer Trends survey. But the latest report and other recent research
show a surprising shift in who it is that's doing the luxury spending.
According to this year's Consumer
Trends survey, those who used the services of travel agents in the past 12
months spent, on average, $10,843 a year, compared with $4,939 among those who
didn't use an agent. That is about the same as last year.
The big difference is that spending
by travelers over age 55, the group that traditionally leads all ages in
average travel spend, declined significantly, from $8,430 to $5,840. And the
proportion of those age 55 and over who spent less than $1,000 increased from
6% last year to 23% in this year's survey.
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