32% of vacationers say they’ll rethink summer season journey if costs preserve rising

Despite hovering gasoline costs, Americans’ urge for food for journey appears insatiable, with Memorial Day weekend journey exhibiting few indicators of any main slowdown.

While costs are about 27% larger year-over-year for summer season journey, in accordance with our companions at Points Path, there have been few indicators of customers giving up on summer season journeys — at the least to date.

However, new polling from TPG and YouGov means that the touring public might quickly attain a breaking level.

Some 32% of those that plan to journey this summer season say they’ll rethink journey if costs preserve rising.

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Still, 71% say they plan to journey about the identical or greater than final summer season — a bit of stunning contemplating costs have jumped so considerably as a consequence of rising gasoline prices.

Here’s what else our newest survey discovered.

Summer journey plans

Of the Americans surveyed, 48% stated they have been planning to journey this summer season both inside or outdoors the U.S. for work or pleasure (or each). Most of that journey is inside the U.S., with simply 14% saying they’d journey outdoors the nation for enterprise or private causes.

As beforehand talked about, most individuals are touring the identical or extra this summer season than they did in 2025: 25% stated they’ll journey extra, and 46% stated they’ll journey about the identical. Only 19% stated they deliberate to journey much less.

We needed to know why those that are touring much less made that call.

As causes for reducing again on journey, 30% cited larger airfare costs, and 39% stated financial insecurity. Only 3% particularly talked about the potential of jet gasoline shortages, and 4% cited security.

We additionally adopted up with those that are touring extra or about the identical to see if they’re reducing again and, if that’s the case, why.

Responses confirmed 26% of individuals saying they plan to alter their mode of journey (similar to driving as a substitute of flying). Meanwhile, 28% stated they’re selecting a less expensive vacation spot or lowering the size of their journeys, and 26% stated they have been reducing again on actions. Interestingly, 38% stated they weren’t making any adjustments to spend much less.

In truth, 68% of these with summer season journey plans stated they have been spending the identical quantity or much more cash on journey this summer season. That’s fairly exceptional contemplating the rise in prices. But 24% did say they’d spend much less this summer season.

Finally, we requested about the potential for costs persevering with to go larger. While we have seen a number of indicators of massive cutbacks in journey this summer season, the info recommend Americans with summer season journey plans might make some adjustments if costs proceed to rise.

In the occasion that airfare and gasoline costs proceed to rise, 32% stated they’d think about canceling their plans. Another 33% stated they would not cancel, however they’d modify their plans. And 28% stated they would not think about canceling plans even when costs proceed to rise.

Bottom line

Despite dramatically larger costs for journey this summer season, Americans appear fairly resilient and keen to pay — at the least for now.

At TPG, we’ve seen few indicators of drops in demand, although that might change if costs proceed to rise. For now, although, the brand new TPG and YouGov polls discover most Americans are planning to journey simply as a lot or much more than they did in earlier years.

Still, there are some purple flags within the knowledge, together with the concept that some 32% of Americans with journey plans say they’d rethink their summer season journeys if costs proceed to rise.

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The Points Guy commissioned YouGov Plc to conduct the survey. All figures, until in any other case acknowledged, are from YouGov Plc. The complete pattern dimension was 2,344 U.S. adults, of whom 1,126 reported having summer season journey plans. Fieldwork was undertaken between nineteenth and twenty first May 2026. The survey was carried out on-line. The figures have been weighted and are consultant of all US adults (aged 18+). The survey was carried out on-line and meets rigorous high quality requirements. It gathered a nonprobability-based pattern and employed demographic quotas and weights to higher align the survey pattern with the broader U.S. inhabitants.