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Top Bleisure Statistics
- Every six in 10 US workers plan to add leisure time to their next business trip.
- 80% of business travelers have engaged in bleisure in recent years.
- Some 46% of bleisure travelers combine business and leisure travel because it makes business trips more fun.
- Managers are nearly twice as likely as regular employees to blend leisure with business, at 50% compared to 28%.
- Bleisure trips typically last 2–3 days.
Bleisure Impact on Wellbeing and Work-Life Balance
- 54% of business travelers consider bleisure the best way to maintain a work-life balance.
- People who engage in bleisure travel feel more satisfied with their quality of life on the road compared to regular travelers (91% vs. 79%).
- Bleisure tourists feel more refreshed upon return than business travelers: 54% vs. 35%.
- Bleisure travelers report they’re more likely to follow a healthy diet while away than regular travelers (41% vs. 32%).
Motivation, Behavior, and Career Implications
- Bleisure can motivate people to exercise more than traditional business trips: 53% vs. 41%.
- 79% of travelers say they’re more likely to take a business trip if they can extend their trip for leisure.
- Bleisure practitioners are more than twice as likely to search for a job that involves traveling compared to regular travelers (39% vs. 15%).
- 57% admit they look for work trips to places their partners would love to visit.
Employer Policies and Demographic Differences
- Only 4% of Americans say their company reimburses leisure costs during a business trip.
- 78% of employees report their company reimburses only the business part of the trip, and the employee fully covers the leisure aspect of it.
- 10% of workers state their company doesn’t refund the cost of travel if the employee extends the business trip for leisure activities.
- Millennials (86%) are more likely to take a bleisure trip than Baby Boomers (73%).
- Gen Y can focus on work better than Baby Boomers during a bleisure trip: 67% vs. 56%.
- Millennials return to work feeling more refreshed after a bleisure trip than Boomers (55% vs. 42%).
- Male bleisure travelers are more likely to take their partner along than female travelers, at 58% compared to 48%.
- Males tend to adopt healthier habits while on bleisure trips, compared to females. This includes taking alone time (68% vs. 58%), exercising (57% vs. 45%), and having a healthy diet (44% vs. 35%).
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Sources
- BCD Travel, “Traveler Survey: Wellbeing”
- Crowne Plaza, “The Future of Blended Travel”
- Global Business Travel Association, “Business Travel Recovery Poll Results”
- Global Business Travel Association, “Business Travel Recovery Poll Results”
- Hilton, “Summer Travel Trends”
- Morning Brew, “The Future Of Business Travel”
- Morning Consult, “Economic Concerns Are Softening the Blended Travel Boom”
- Morning Consult, “When It Comes to Travel, Blended Is the New Business”
- Statista, “Likelihood of Mixing Business Trips with Leisure Trips According to Business Travelers Worldwide”
- Statista, “Preferred Work-Life Balance Support Measures of Business Travelers Worldwide”
- Statista, “Work-Life Balance Support Measures Offered to Business Travelers Worldwide”
- Visit Anaheim, “Visit Anaheim Survey Reveals Rising Trend of “Bleisure” Travel”
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