Byway releases its travel trends for 2025
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Byway releases its travel trends for 2025
Undertourism, Trip Chaining and Quietcations among predictions
If 2024 was the year that hooked frequent fliers on overland travel, 2025 will see an even deeper thoughtfulness about how globetrotters see the world.
Byway, the first 100% flight-free travel platform that creates customisable and accommodation packages using trains, buses and ferries, has released its travel predictions for the new year.
Trends include:
No FOMO bookings:
More people are booking before Christmas, so they don’t miss out on their bucket-list trips.
Byway bookings made between October and December have grown from 17% of the total annual bookings in 2021 and 19% in 2022 to 24% in 2023. This number is set to be even higher in 2024 and going forward.
Undertourism:
Amidst 2024’s anti-tourism protests and measures elsewhere to monitor the influx of short-term rentals, avoiding overtouristed hotspots is high on this year’s agenda. Byway saw an increase in trips away from touristy hotspots in 2024: 68% of nights we booked were in non-hotspot destinations.
The luxury of time:
Time has never been so precious, and travellers are increasingly booking longer trips. Byway has seen the average length of trip booked with Byway’s Concierge team go from nine days in 2022 to 14 days in 2024.
Trip chaining:
The trend of combining multiple stop-offs for errands is breaking into leisure travel. In 2024, Byway travellers incorporated an average of 4.5 destinations into a single trip, and this is still increasing.
Quietcations:
Travellers are moving away from big, loud cities and looking for smaller, quieter places to slow down and recharge. Flight-free travel is perfect for travellers seeking peace, as it facilitates travel to smaller and rural destinations.
In-season travel:
Forget jetting off to catch some winter sun. It’s time for holidays that embrace the season you’re in rather than run away from it.
Next year is also the 200th anniversary of the modern railway, which makes it the perfect time to rekindle a love for rail and shake off the airline industry's hold on travel.
