La référence québécoise en information sur les tendances en tourisme
In the last few decades, family realities have changed dramatically. While amenities popular with children (like a hotel pool) are still very important when planning a family vacation, the demand for family travel has been affected by the fact that parents from Generation X now head young families. Having had their children much later in [...]
Read moreA 2003 survey by Yesawich, Pepperdine, Brown & Russell (YPB&R) found that one-third of grandparents have travelled with their grandchildren in the last twelve months. In the United States, more than 15% of travel includes children with grandparents. About 21% of this intergenerational travel does not include the children’s parents. Travelling with the family unit [...]
Read moreMore and more children are traveling, with parents, grandparents, on vacations, cruises, study trips, sports excursions, and accompanying Mom or Dad on a business or convention trip. According to the Travel Industry Association (TIA), more than 32 million business trips in 1998 included children, a 250 percent rise in 10 years. And that’s just in [...]
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