Travelers choose budget travel over staycations
Budgets have gotten tighter in 2009, but that hasn’t prevented travelers from finding ways to reach their destinations. A recent survey suggests that most would rather cut corners than stay home.
Conducted by GO Group, LLC, the nation’s largest airport and ground transportation provider, the survey polled 259 travelers. Of that number, less than half (47.9 percent) plan to travel less. Most plan to make budget cuts in other aspects of travel.
Some 53 percent plan to use shared-ride shuttle services to get to the airport, 46 percent plan to book through discount travel Web sites and 24 percent will stop checking luggage to avoid fees now imposed by the airlines.
"In our current economic environment, both business and leisure travelers are looking for low cost alternative," says John McCarthy, president of GO Airport Express.
GO Group LLC launched in August 2007 as a convenient, one-stop source for door-to-door airport shuttle services. Each year, its members transport nearly 29 million passengers to 110 airports around the world using a fleet of nearly 4,000 vehicles.
Travelers can book ground transportation to and from both departure and destination airports through GO’s Web site, www.goairportshuttle.com.
Karen
Vegas’s Billion-Dollar Secrets – What They Don’t Want Tourists to Know
Visit Florida’s New CEO Bryan Griffin Shares His Vision for State Tourism with Graham
Chicago’s Tourism Renaissance: Graham Interviews Kristin Reynolds of Choose Chicago
Graham Talks with Cassandra McCauley of MMGY NextFactor About the Latest Industry Research
Destination International’s Andreas Weissenborn: Research, Advocacy, and Destination Impact
Graham and Don Welsh Discuss the Success of Destinations International’s Annual Conference
Graham and CEO Andre Kiwitz on Ventura Travel’s UK Move and Recruitment for the Role
Brett Laiken and Graham Discuss Florida’s Tourism Momentum and Global Appeal
Graham and Elliot Ferguson on Positioning DC as a Cultural and Inclusive Global Destination
Graham Talks to Fraser Last About His England-to-Ireland Trek for Mental Health Awareness
Kathy Nelson Tells Graham About the Honour of Hosting the World Cup and Kansas City’s Future
Graham McKenzie on Sir Richie Richardson’s Dual Passion for Golf and His Homeland, Antigua
ADS PRO 
Qatar Airways offers reduced timetable to over 60 destinations
Hands In, UATP join forces for airline multi-card payments
AirlineRatings reveals world's safest airline rankings for 2026
Vietnam warns airlines of possible flight reductions amid jet fuel shortages
Fliggy opens AI-powered travel bookings and developer tools