Long Distance Trips are more than 50 miles from home to the furthest destination.

HOW WE TRAVEL

• Nine out of 10 long-distance trips are by personal vehicle
  • 7 percent of long distance trips are by air
  • 2 percent of long distance trips are by bus
  • 1 percent of long distance trips are by train
• Personal vehicles are used for almost all trips less than 300 roundtrip miles
• Nearly three-fourths of trips over 2,000 roundtrip miles were made by airplane

HOW FAR WE TRAVEL

• Americans total 1.3 trillion person-miles of long distance travel a year on about 2.6 billion long distance trips.
• The median distances on these trips are:
  • Air - 2,068 miles
  • Bus - 287 miles
  • Personal vehicle - 194 miles
  • Train - 192 miles

WHY WE TRAVEL

• 56 percent of long distance trips are taken for pleasure — vacations, sightseeing trips, visiting friends or relatives, outdoor recreation
• Business trips are 16 percent of long distance trips
• Commuting to work is 13 percent of long distance trips

WHERE WE TRAVEL

• 98 percent of long-distance trips are to destinations within the United States
• 62 percent of long distance trips are to destinations within the traveler's home state (intrastate travel)

WHO TRAVELS

• Men make 57 percent of long distance trips
• Women make 55 percent of long distance trips taken by bus — men make the most long distance trips by personal vehicle, air and train
• 57 percent of long distance trips are made by travelers with a total household income of $50,000 or more
• Almost two-thirds of long distance trips are made by travelers age 25 to 64

SOURCE: National Household Travel Survey, 2001-2002.