Australians will beat the budget to keep travelling

With the Abbott 2014 Federal budget poised to put pressure on household budgets, leading travel and lifestyle website lastminute.com.au has released insights from travellers about what they’d be willing to sacrifice in order to keep travelling.

So, despite ‘budget blues’, what would Australians sacrifice spending-wise if it meant travelling more this year?

Women:

65%     clothes shopping

62%     eating out

57%     magazines

56%     buying the latest tech gadgets

53%     alcohol / buying drinks out

49%     beauty regime

38%     buying a car

36%     gym membership

31%     smoking / buying cigarettes

Men:

56%     buying the latest tech gadgets

55%     clothes shopping

54%     eating out

47%     alcohol / buying drinks out

46%     magazines

38%     buying a car

37%     smoking / buying cigarettes

36%     gym membership

 
lastminute.com.au spokesperson, Louise Ryan said: “Aussies love to travel, and even when their household budget is squeezed, holidays remain high on the must do list. In order to travel more this year, the top sacrifices men and women are willing to make include saying no to shopping and eating out. The urge to travel is so strong that many people also claim they’d change their partying ways by giving up smoking and drinking in order to explore the world. Of course, we have plenty of bargain travel deals, available right up until the last minute, to help them escape the budget blues.”

lastminute.com.au’s 2014 Travel and Lifestyle Report surveyed 5,700 Australians.