Group travel on the rise

This is an excerpt from a recent release from TripHub that points to the growing friends and family travel trend:

According to a Yesawich, Pepperdine, Brown & Russell poll, almost 80% of active leisure travelers took at least one vacation with extended family or friends in the past five years, and the trend is growing.

A great example of group travel is family reunions. According to the Travel Industry Association, 34% of U.S. adults traveled to a family reunion in the past three years. This translates into nearly 72 million U.S. adults.

TripHub looks to capitalize on this trend by making it easier to plan and purchase group travel online. Check out a recent posting about TripHub's official launch on John Cook's blog.

Also, I was recently a guest blogger on TripHub's Group Travel Advisor blog on the topic of airfare tips. (Disclosure: I am an advisor to TripHub.)