Domestic Travel
| %Comp | Index | |
| Took air trip within the US past 12 months | 74.4% | 121 |
| Average trips taken | 5.1 | |
| Regions visited | ||
| South Atlantic | 47.5% | |
| Middle Atlantic | 42.3% | |
| New England | 31.8% | |
| Pacific | 38.1% | |
| Mountain | 31.3% | |
| East North Central | 22.6% | |
| West South Central | 16.4% | |
| West North Central | 11.4% | |
| East South Central | 10.9% | |
| Alaska | 2.5% | 150 |
| Hawaii | 5.7% | 113 |
| Travel expenditures past 12 months | ||
| Total travel expenditures | ||
| Spent $10,000+ | 29.0% | 262 |
| Average expenditure | $9,700 | 219 |
| Personal Travel and Vacations within the US | ||
| Average expenditure | $4,100 | 193 |
| Average # night spent in hotel/motel past 12 months | 16.1 |
Source: 2008 Ipsos Mendelsohn Natural History Subscriber Study. Indexes based on 2008 Mendelsohn Affluent Survey
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