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Workers' Average Commute Round-Trip Is 46 Minutes in a Typical Day

Commute to and from work is not stressful for most workers

August 24, 2007
A recent Gallup Poll finds U.S. workers saying they spend an average of 45.6 minutes traveling to and from work each day. Higher income workers and those who work at least 40 hours per week tend to have longer commutes than others. The vast majority of workers say their commute is not that stressful, but workers who spend more time commuting are much more likely than those who spend less time traveling to work to say their commute is stressful.More ...
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Daily Drive Time

August 23, 2007
Gallup reveals how much time Americans on average spend commuting each day.

Investor Optimism Declines in June but Remains Above March, April Levels

Top investor concerns include gas prices, international tensions, budget deficits, illegal immigration

June 25, 2007
A new June UBS/Gallup Index of Investor Optimism survey shows investor optimism fell from last month as investors' confidence about the future performance of their investment portfolios declined. In sharp contrast, investor optimism about the future direction of the overall U.S. economy during the next 12 months continued to increase.More ...

Higher Gas Prices Won't Spoil Summer Vacation Plans

Of those whose plans have changed, most will shorten trip, choose different destination

May 30, 2007
Even though gas prices are soaring, a recent Gallup Panel poll finds that most Americans don't intend to alter their summer vacation plans as a result. Also, most American workers anticipate making no major changes to their commute in order to save gas money, such as taking mass transit, carpooling, or moving closer to work.More ...

Thirteen Percent of Americans Bothered to Stay on Hotels' 13th Floor

Most who are bothered would ask for a room on a different floor

March 15, 2007
The superstitious fear of the number 13 has economic implications for developers who have to decide whether to include a 13th floor in hotels and office buildings. A recent Gallup found that exactly 13% of Americans would be bothered by staying on the 13th floor of a hotel and that 9% would ask to be moved to a new room on a different floor.More ...

Security Hassles at Airports Are Air Travelers' Biggest Complaints

Travelers also dislike waiting around, uncomfortable seats, crowded flights

January 15, 2007
Air travelers are most frustrated with the hassles and inconvenience of security measures at airports when they are traveling, according to a recent Gallup Poll. Travelers also say they dislike the requirements to arrive early for flights, uncomfortable seats, and crowded planes. Overall, Americans report that they have taken an average of two air trips in the past year, but more than half have not flown at all.More ...

Most Americans Say Lives Not "Permanently Changed" by 9/11

Thirty percent remain less likely to fly

September 11, 2006
On the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks against the United States, only 22% of Americans say they have permanently changed the way they live as a result of 9/11. Slightly more, 30%, remain less willing to travel by airplane, down from 43% in 2001. Most believe another terrorist event is likely, but only 37% predict terrorists will succeed in repeating the tactic of crashing a hijacked airplane into a building.More ...

"Grin and Bear It" Is Motto for Most Air Travelers

Seven in 10 see new liquids ban as justified

September 6, 2006
New security procedures to prevent terrorism since 9/11 are taken in stride by Americans, who mostly perceive them as effective and unlikely to ever be reversed. Seven in 10 favor the new prohibition against carrying liquids on board, and just over half say they would favor extra security targeting Arab passengers. The majority oppose a potential ban on all carry-on luggage.More ...

Hawaii Tops List of Dream Vacation Destinations

Most Americans would travel internationally

June 2, 2006
A Gallup Panel poll finds Hawaii to be the most preferred travel destination when Americans are asked to say where they would go on their dream vacation. Overall, most Americans would travel outside the United States on their dream vacation, and only about one in six would stay in the continental United States. Europe is the continent that Americans would most likely travel to on their ideal trip.More ...

Americans' Vacation Habits

About one in five traveled abroad in past year

December 20, 2005
In the recent annual Lifestyle poll, Gallup asked Americans about their vacation travel. The results show that most Americans took vacations away from home in the past year, but slightly fewer did so in 2005 than in 2001. Travel outside the United States is far less common. Vacations and foreign travel are much more common among wealthier Americans.More ...
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