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Article: "Getting Around" the Economy: Consumers Find Smart Ways to Travel This Holiday Season, According to Recent Survey of American Express Travel Agents.
- Article from:
- Leisure & Travel Week
- Article date:
- December 6, 2008
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A new survey of more than 900 American Express Travel agents suggests that travelers this holiday season are savvier than ever before, fulfilling their vacation plans in the midst of the current economic downturn by finding smart ways to save. Consumers are stretching their vacation budgets, seeking value in every aspect of their travel plans and cutting costs wherever they can through measures such as redeeming reward points to offset costs, taking shorter trips, visiting alternative destinations, staying closer to home and choosing less expensive hotels.
Seventy-seven percent of agents said vacationers are looking for more value or bargains than in the past, ...