Tripology Trend Report Shows Positive Spending Outlook

Tripology announced findings from its newly published Trend Report, revealing a 30 percent increase in consumer travel spending from July 2009 through September 2009 (for travel within the next 133 days) as well as an increase in demand for international travel.

Despite a continued industry trend towards value-priced vacations, the report demonstrates that consumers are willing to spend more to get more this winter travel season –taking advantage of discounted international airfares and the plethora of travel deals worldwide.

The Top Five Requested Cities are Las Vegas, Cancun, Orlando, Rome and Paris. Rome now appears prominently as the fourth most-requested city, after not being ranked in the “top 10 cities” in both 2008 and the first part of 2009. Tripology’s Top Requested Regions include Western Europe, the Caribbean, Asia and Africa. Asia has shown the highest increase in demand from July 2009 to the end of September 2009.

A newcomer to the Top Ten Requested Countries is Puerto Rico (Tripology has counted Puerto Rico separately from the U.S.) A significant positive trend continues at Tripology.com for online consumers looking to be connected with offline travel specialists, even through the recession.

Las Vegas continues to be the destination of choice for many looking for a travel specialist. Roughly 70 percent of traveler’s requests are for trips with a duration of fewer than eight days.