Apparently, it isn’t just for Lent anymore. USA Today reports a Trivago poll indicates that “38% of Americans would give up sex for a year if they could resume traveling immediately. For Brits, the number was even higher:40%.”
Posted by
Philadelphia, USA
246 posts
I agree that most already gave up on sex but as someone who hasn’t, I absolutely would give it up for a year if it meant I got to travel immediately again 🤣
Posted by
CA
2073 posts
Oh my! What a sad state we find ourselves in!
Posted by
Northamptonshire, England
32705 posts
don't suppose the company conducting the poll had anything to do with the way the question was asked or how the results were collated?
Anybody know what Trivago sells?
How do you think a similar poll by Tripadvisor or Expedia would come out if they wanted to encourage travel?
Posted by
Narberth, PA
1225 posts
Trivago is a hotel booking site - compare prices, get lowest prices, that kind of thing.
Posted by
The Hague, NL (AMS)
2207 posts
While Trivago started as a German travel website, they are now primarily owned by Expedia (since 2012). They display hotel listings from over 200 different booking sites including a few owned by their competitors. (info from Forbes) Expedia used to own Tripadvisor until they spun them off in 2011.
It is amazing how interconnected many online travel sites are. In 2019, Tripadvisor earned 33% of its revenues from Expedia Group and Booking Holdings and their subsidiaries, primarily for pay-per-click advertising. The company's other websites include Airfarewatchdog, Bokun.io, Bookingbuddy.com, Cruise Critic, Familyvacationcritic.com, FlipKey.com, Thefork.com (including Lafourchette.com, Eltenedor.com, and Iens.nl), Holidaylettings.co.uk, Holiday Watchdog, Housetrip.com, Jetsetter.com, Niumba.com, Onetime.com, Oyster.com, SeatGuru.com, Smartertravel.com, Tingo.com, Vacationhomerentals.com, and Viator.com. Expedia operates Expedia.com, Vrbo (previously HomeAway), Hotels.com, Hotwire.com, Orbitz, Travelocity, trivago and CarRentals.com. (info from wiki)
Posted by
Almost Heaven
2943 posts
Give up sex for a year? Uh, no way in hell. My wife would kill me.
I suspect Wally is probably right.
Posted by
The Heartland USA
8423 posts
The website interconnection thing is annoying and actually quite scary. Over the weekend, I googled (Binged?) Tilbury, a town east of London, looking it up in Wikipedia. No big deal. The next day I got a message from TripAdvisor, asking if I wanted to continue researching Tilbury as they had a selection of hotels and deals to offer.
Posted by
Washington DC
27062 posts
I don't complain much about the travel ads since I dealt with months of Google returns on my tablet computer in Polish after having traveled to Poland. That was just a bit of a problem.
Posted by
Colorado Mountains, USA
7328 posts
International travel is monitored by Passport control, and there are flight and border crossing records. Who’s keeping score on sex activity - how could anyone agreeing to that deal be held accountable?
Then there’s that “back door” thing ...
Posted by
Chicago
1323 posts
But what if you have sex while on vacation? Rick always advises to get to know a friendly local!