Domestic vacations in the UK by family status

Domestic holiday travel in Great Britain was most common among adults aged over 55, accounting for 36 percent of overnight vacations in 2019. Adults aged 35 to 54 with children took close to a quarter of all domestic vacations that year, compared to 17 percent of 35 to 54 year olds without children.

Share of domestic overnight holiday trips taken in Great Britain in 2019, by lifecycle

Characteristic	Share of trips
55+	36%
35-54 with children	24%
35-54 no children	17%
16-34 with children	10%
16-34 unmarried no children	8%
16-34 married no children	5%

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Release date

May 2020

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Region

United Kingdom (Great Britain)

Survey time period

2019

Number of respondents

100,000*

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

* Data is taken from the Great British Tourism Survey. Annually 100,000 respondents are contacted and asked about trips taken within the past four weeks.

The source adds the following information: "Trips’ are classified as trips or journeys away from home involving an overnight stay, taken by adults aged 16 and over and accompanying children aged up to 15. Each adult or child present on the trip counts as a trip, for example, a family of 2 adults and 2 children taking a trip away would count as 4 trips."

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