In a national survey of moms planning 2010 vacations, 80 percent said they will make sacrifices to guarantee a family vacation this year.
Some 57 percent plan summer-break vacations, and 24 percent have targeted spring break, the second most active travel period.
Conducted by Nashville-based WhyMomsRule.com, the poll of 602 women with at least one child at home showed moms don’t want a repeat of vacation cutbacks many endured in 2009 and are willing to make trade-offs.
To afford vacations, moms said they expect to eat out less during the year (42 percent), spend less on entertainment (33 percent) and forego major purchases (23 percent). To save while on vacation, many will seek less expensive destinations, stay shorter times and drive instead of fly.
— PR Newswire
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