The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® improved again in February, after increasing in January. The Index now stands at 91.3 (1985=100), up from 88.9 in January. … “After three months of consecutive declines in the Present Situation Index, consumers’ assessment of current conditions improved in February,” said Lynn Franco, Senior […] Read more »
Summer of coronavirus: Out with planes, in with rural getaways
As the coronavirus pandemic has upended air and car travel, the winners so far are: short-term vacation rentals such as Airbnb and some rural communities. The summer of 2020 turns out to be the summer of COVID-19 and as vacation time begins in earnest that is likely to have some […] Read more »
Liberals and conservatives even vacation differently
With July 4th in the rearview mirror, we are officially into the season of summer getaways and escapes, but as with so many things, it may be hard to avoid partisan divide that defines the nation’s politics. Data from MRI-Simmons show how deeply the red/blue split runs through the culture, […] Read more »
Space tourism? Majority of Americans say they wouldn’t be interested
… About four-in-ten Americans (42%) say they would definitely or probably be interested in orbiting the Earth in a spacecraft in the future, while roughly six-in-ten (58%) say they would not be interested. CONT. Mark Strauss & Brian Kennedy, Pew Read more »
Americans’ Satisfaction With Job Aspects Up From 2005
Employed Americans’ satisfaction with 13 aspects of their current jobs has largely improved in the last decade. The percentages of workers “completely satisfied” with their health benefits and vacation time have increased the most since 2005, each rising at least 10 percentage points. CONT. Justin McCarthy, Gallup Read more »
How Do Americans Really Feel About Vacation Days?
Does time off make Americans anxious? We can confirm only this: whatever it is we happen to be doing, most of us would rather be working. Or so it seems. CONT. Vanity Fair Read more »