TORONTO, Jan. 5, 2015 /CNW/ - With a cold winter ahead, many Canadians will be escaping down south in search of warmer weather. In fact, Travelocity.ca reveals traffic to their website surges after the holiday season. A new Travelocity.ca survey revealed the majority of Canadians said they enjoy an all-inclusive beach vacation with 65 per cent saying they are easy and relaxing with more than one third of Canadians (34 per cent) having taken an all-inclusive beach vacation in the past. Data also revealed top destinations Canadians will head to this winter include classic favourites, like Mexico, Dominican Republic, the Bahamas, Jamaica and Costa Rica.
Despite Canadians' love for all-inclusives, 56 per cent would prefer a different vacation experience than what all-inclusives typically offer; with more than one quarter (27 per cent) feeling they are missing out on the authentic local experiences.
Survey highlights include:
To inspire Canadians to go 'Beyond the Beach' and break the all-inclusive bubble, Travelocity.ca has compiled local secrets for top winter destinations. Cancun to Punta Cana, these local secrets will have every Canadian getting more out of their winter vacation.
Top local secrets include:
For the full list of destinations and more local secrets, click here: http://files.newswire.ca/1369/BeyondTheBeach.pdf
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About the survey:
From November 26th to November 27th 2014 an online survey was conducted among 1,004 randomly selected Canadian adults who are Angus Reid Forum panelists. The margin of error—which measures sampling variability—is +/- 3.1%, 19 times out of 20. The results have been statistically weighted according to education, age, gender and region (and in Quebec, language) Census data to ensure a sample representative of the entire adult population of Canada. Discrepancies in or between totals are due to rounding.
About Travelocity.ca
Travelocity.ca wants to inspire you to taste and travel and is dedicated to being your kindred spirit – a travel companion and a travel instigator, roaming the world beside you while helping make your travelling experience memorable with innovative apps, competitive prices and 24/7 customer service. Based in Southlake (Dallas/Fort Worth), Texas, Travelocity is owned by Sabre, a global technology company whose innovative technology is used by approximately one billion people around the world to plan, book and get to their destination at a time and price that's right for them.
SOURCE Travelocity.ca
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Erin Banting, [email protected], (416) 934-8422
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