AARP Travel Research 2017 Travel Bucket Lists
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For travel inspiration, planning, and more, visit . Travel bucket lists are common among Baby Boomers. On average, 38% have one and have already completed 25% of their trips. Other key findings from recent AARP Research on travel bucket lists showed: Approximately half of all Baby Boomers have any kind of bucket list (46%). Among those who do, the overwhelming majority (83%) report having travel-related items on their list.
Millennials and GenXers are more likely to have a Travel Bucket List (51% and 44%, respectively).
Roughly seven-in-ten African Americans, Acculturated Hispanics, and Acculturated Asians have travel-related items on their bucket list.
The creation of a Travel Bucket List is typically triggered when one hits a certain age, for Boomers, GenXers, and Millennials alike, with occasional revisions happening over time. The majority of Boomers (69%) keep a mental list.
On average, Boomers have 8 different destinations on their list; half are international destinations, half are domestic. More than half (52%) identify a specific city or town they would like to visit, as opposed to a different type of location (beach, mountain, park, lake).
Millennials and GenXers have more destinations on their list than Boomers; 15 and 12, respectively.
Traveling to experience the destination in general is the motivation for half of these trips, while a specific attraction or activity is the motivation for the other half.
Although not much planning has actually taken place for the next trip on their list, many anticipate taking the trip in the next 2-5 years, most likely with just a significant other.
Boomers and GenXers, but to a lesser extent, most often report that their list gives them something to look forward to (37% and 27%, respectively) and gives them hope and motivation.
Millennials are more likely to say that their list pushes them to experience new things (24%).
And while there is great joy in the planning and thinking about such trips, the reason for the list is to actually take the trip with most (69%) being fairly optimistic it will actually happen. In fact, just a mere 3% admit the list is just for fun, with no real intention of taking the trips.
GenXers and Millennials are slightly more optimistic about the potential for their next Bucket List trip to actually come to fruition than are Boomers (77% each). A 15-minute online survey was conducted among males and females age 18-plus who have traveled for a leisure trip in the past 2 years. The survey was fielded in December 2016. Final data have been weighted to the U.S. Census for analysis. For more information contact Vicki Gelfeld at . Suggested Citation: Gelfeld, Vicki. AARP Travel Research: 2017 Travel Bucket Lists. Washington, DC: AARP Research, February 2017.
AARP Travel Research 2017 Travel Bucket Lists
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(PDF) (Infographic, PDF) See AlsoFor travel inspiration, planning, and more, visit . Travel bucket lists are common among Baby Boomers. On average, 38% have one and have already completed 25% of their trips. Other key findings from recent AARP Research on travel bucket lists showed: Approximately half of all Baby Boomers have any kind of bucket list (46%). Among those who do, the overwhelming majority (83%) report having travel-related items on their list.
Millennials and GenXers are more likely to have a Travel Bucket List (51% and 44%, respectively).
Roughly seven-in-ten African Americans, Acculturated Hispanics, and Acculturated Asians have travel-related items on their bucket list.
The creation of a Travel Bucket List is typically triggered when one hits a certain age, for Boomers, GenXers, and Millennials alike, with occasional revisions happening over time. The majority of Boomers (69%) keep a mental list.
On average, Boomers have 8 different destinations on their list; half are international destinations, half are domestic. More than half (52%) identify a specific city or town they would like to visit, as opposed to a different type of location (beach, mountain, park, lake).
Millennials and GenXers have more destinations on their list than Boomers; 15 and 12, respectively.
Traveling to experience the destination in general is the motivation for half of these trips, while a specific attraction or activity is the motivation for the other half.
Although not much planning has actually taken place for the next trip on their list, many anticipate taking the trip in the next 2-5 years, most likely with just a significant other.
Boomers and GenXers, but to a lesser extent, most often report that their list gives them something to look forward to (37% and 27%, respectively) and gives them hope and motivation.
Millennials are more likely to say that their list pushes them to experience new things (24%).
And while there is great joy in the planning and thinking about such trips, the reason for the list is to actually take the trip with most (69%) being fairly optimistic it will actually happen. In fact, just a mere 3% admit the list is just for fun, with no real intention of taking the trips.
GenXers and Millennials are slightly more optimistic about the potential for their next Bucket List trip to actually come to fruition than are Boomers (77% each). A 15-minute online survey was conducted among males and females age 18-plus who have traveled for a leisure trip in the past 2 years. The survey was fielded in December 2016. Final data have been weighted to the U.S. Census for analysis. For more information contact Vicki Gelfeld at . Suggested Citation: Gelfeld, Vicki. AARP Travel Research: 2017 Travel Bucket Lists. Washington, DC: AARP Research, February 2017.