Skift Take
Labor Day weekend didn’t provide a much-needed boost for the U.S travel sector. In September, 37 percent of Americans traveled, barely one percentage point higher than in August. The path of travel recovery ahead might be even rockier with summer vacation officially behind us.
Labor Day weekend didn’t provide a much-needed boost for the U.S travel sector. According to Skift Research's latest U.S. Travel Tracker survey, 37 percent of Americans traveled in September, which is only one percentage point higher than in August.
July and August travel recovery were led by resumed summer vacations, with vacationing accounting for 41 percent of all trips in July and 39 percent in August. As summer drew to an end, vacation made up only 35 percent of all trips in September. Visiting families and friends rose
