Working Americans aged ~46+ without children at home are taking multiple short leisure trips rather than one big annual vacation, favoring car travel and hotels and prioritizing cleanliness and price. They also underutilize travel insurance when going abroad, suggesting a gap between risk exposure and protective purchase.
— This behavioral shift reshapes demand for regional tourism, hotel operations, travel insurance penetration, and local economic planning for aging-but-working cohorts.
2026.09.11
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YouGov Profiles finds 66% of working empty nesters took two or more short breaks in the past 12 months; 67% traveled by car; 60% stayed in hotels; and 53% who traveled abroad did not buy travel insurance.
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