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Travel Trends

Skift Originals

Staycations dying off as pre-recession travel habits return

Staycations was a terrible term for local travel. And local travel as a trend, the engine of local development, isn't going away, it is just morphing in various ways.

Rafat Ali, Skift | 12 years ago

Tourism

New trend sees music festivals moving from land to sea and sky

Coachella on a cruise and DJs dancing on a Virgin flight is just the beginning of a trend where promoters team up traditional travel companies to offer loyal festival-goers a new spin on their favorite events.

Skift | 12 years ago

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Hotels

Hotels cater to a new generation of guests who want better book options

Book exchanges and libraries have been a staple in youth hostels for years, but upscale hotels have caught onto the idea and are now offering pre-loaded e-readers, libraries, and book clubs for guests.

Skift | 12 years ago

SkiftX

What Uber’s ridership data can reveal about a city’s work versus play habits

Uber’s data breakdown provides an interesting comparison for American cities, but it’s difficult to truly extrapolate the data since the majority of any cities’ transportation users don’t rely on the car service.

Skift | 12 years ago

Hotels

Hotels piggyback on success of Fifty Shades of Grey with package deals

Every pop culture hit gets its own tourism tie-ins. It's just that this one is more titillating than New York's "Spider Man Week."

Skift | 12 years ago