
A survey gauging consumers' comfort levels with various modes of travel found that 38% of respondents felt "very comfortable" or "somewhat comfortable" when renting a car. Road trips leads the list, while flying internationally is at the bottom.
A survey gauging consumers' comfort levels with various modes of travel found that 38% of respondents felt "very comfortable" or "somewhat comfortable" when renting a car. Road trips leads the list, while flying internationally is at the bottom.
Most Americans who decide to travel will do so by car, with road trips accounting for 96% of holiday travel.
Despite a rise in COVID-19 cases, the Transportation Security Administration screened at least 1 million people on four of the last 10 days through Sunday. That's still only half the volume from the same period last year.
An imbalance of cars and the high cost to move them to where they’re needed, rentals booked for low rates in April, and higher incidences of fraud and damage plague the shift to local rentals during the COVID-19 pandemic.
While Portuguese tourists can help revive the hotel and restaurant industry, car rental relies primarily on foreign tourists.
According to data from Kayak, Las Vegas saw the biggest spike in searches following the reopening of casinos, while U.S. searches to Europe are down 65% year over year.
With the return of the Great American Road Trip, here are steps car rental operators can take to meet these travelers’ needs and protect their fleet.
While AAA will not issue a Memorial Day travel forecast, the association predicts few people will hit the road.
The forecast is the most in nearly 20 years, and represents an increase of 3.9% over last year, or 4.3 million more people packing up their sleighs for a holiday getaway.
The 2019 GBTA convention, held in Chicago, drew a crowd of more than 7,000 travel professionals and industry leaders.