U.S. Travelers Rush to Cancel Domestic Travel Plans: New Skift Research Poll


Skift Take

This was the week that broke the camel’s back. Skift Research believes that effectively all short-term bookings in the U.S. have been canceled at this point. Three weeks ago that would’ve been a shocking statement; today not so much.

Coronavirus has been making its way across the globe, shutting down travel in its wake. First Asia, then Europe, and now the U.S. travel industry is coming to a halt as well. Skift Research shows that nearly half of Americans who were still holding travel plans canceled them this past week. Skift Research is continuing its data-driven approach to tracking the impact of coronavirus on the travel industry by updating our polling of the U.S. traveling public. Our third coronavirus cancellation poll of the U.S. online