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Majority of Americans Skipping Travel This Christmas

December 15, 2020

With a new surge in COVID-19 cases and stay-at-home orders in place across the country, two-thirds of Americans say they will not travel this Christmas, according to a national survey commissioned by the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA).

The survey of 2,200 adults was conducted Nov. 2-4, 2020 by Morning Consult on behalf of AHLA. Key findings include:

69 percent of Americans say they are unlikely to travel for Christmas.
74 percent of those traveling overnight for Christmas report they will stay with family or a friend.
Only 32 percent of respondents have taken an overnight vacation or leisure trip since March.
65 percent say they are unlikely to travel for spring break in 2021.
44 percent say their next hotel stay for vacation or leisure travel will be a year or more from now.

Business travel has also taken a severe hit from the pandemic, with only 8 percent of those surveyed saying they have taken an overnight business trip since March, and only 8 percent of respondents expecting to travel for business within the next six months.

Lack of travel during the pandemic has caused a major crisis for the hotel industry, and AHLA warned that 71 percent of hotels will not be able to last another six months without immediate assistance.