BEING A GOOD BACKPACKER 101

In our popular 2019 Travel Trends Report, we found that while consumer preferences continue to evolve, so do their travel booking habits for tours and activities.With data gathered from bookings processed via TrekkSoft, and qualitative survey responses gathered from tour companies around the world, we'll show you when and where your customers will book their next trip.As will all TrekkSoft webinars, you'll leave with practical tips and ideas on how to be present where your customers are, and what you can do to gear up for a successful 2019.

Join Ashish Sanghrajka, president of Big Five, as he shows you how to go beyond planning family tolerant trips to creating family focused adventures. Discover our unique Kid’s Kouncil™, how it evolved and the basic concept that launched it. Learn how it has progressed with Kid’s Kouncil™ board members creating the first Kid’s Kouncil™ Approved journey – India by City and Country. Explore what your clients are really looking for in a family vacation. We have so little time with our children – just a handful of summer vacations for the most part. We don’t want to waste one of them.

U.S. Travel President and CEO Roger Dow and Senior Vice President of Research David Huether provided a recap of 2018's performance, the economic outlook for our industry in 2019, and U.S. Travel's priorities for the year ahead.

Millennials are increasingly comfortable with last-minute or unexpected bookings, are eager to travel in style and have responded positively to elite (and affordable) travel and lifestyle benefits offered through an online travel club subscription. According to MMGY’s 2016 Portrait of American Travelers, Millennial families went on 36.9 million vacations, spending $50.4 billion. U.S. travelers in general intended to travel 6% more in 2017, but Millennial families intended to travel a whopping 35% more and spend 19% more on vacations. Millennial families represent 16% of all active travelers and account for around 9.5 million households in the U.S.