Passenger Trains > Business / leisure travel trends during COVID

There's some interesting trends analysis here.

https://adara.com/traveler-trends-tracker/

From the booking volume chart (below) shows that the leisure family/non-family air travel market has rebounded somewhat, while business travel remains moribund. Prior to the pandemic, the disparity was negligible.

The baseline of 100% is pre-COVID (Jan. 2, 2020.) The two leisure categories are posting numbers in the solid 50% range, whereas business is consistently one-half that.

It's reasonable to conclude from these data that catering predominantly to a leisure clientele is probably the best way forward in the next 3-9 months. The USA's national rail carrier doesn't appear to agree.

Paul Wilson
Arlington, VA



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 09/21/20 14:04 by Dcmcrider.

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Doesn't bode well for Amtrak in general and especially for the high priced Acela product which can't survive without robust expense account business travelers. 

   IMHO-Ross Rowland