A Demographic Perspective on U.S. Consumers’ Out-of-Town Vacationing and Commercial Lodging Usage while on Vacation

Abstract

This study reports on a 24-month series of national measurements of usage for out-of-town vacations and vacation commercial lodging services. The portion of consumers who reported taking an out-of-town vacation in the past 12 months was 59.4%. Of these out-of-town vacationers,59.6% reported using commercial lodging while on vacation. Logistic regression modeling offered insights into demographic patterns characterizing out-of-town vacation usage and vacation commercial lodging usage across demographic groups in the United States. The income variable was the most influential independent variable in each model.