March 20 marks the first ever International Day of Happiness, a day established by the United Nations General Assembly. To draw the connection between travel and happiness, we ran a survey and asked you how travel factors into your happiness. Here are the results.
A big thank you to everyone who completed the survey – all 2,321 of you! For every response we received, we donated $1 to Planeterra. Find out how Planeterra will spend the money and spread the happiness here.
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Who answered this survey ? Travel more important than having babies or getting maried, with 1 hour a day dreaming about travell… Travel freaks ?
Hey Julie — the online survey was conducted through Fluid Surveys between February 3 and 14, 2013. Results were based on a sample of 2,321 respondents from G Adventures external global network.
now if only i could figure out how to make enough money to sustain my travelling!!
Julie – Some people choose not to live their lives in the same way as anyone else and prioritise travelling above settling down with a family. Neither way is right or wrong they’re just different viewpoints. Personally I prioritise Travel above most things and barely a moment goes by when I’m not thinking about where I want to go next.
I do however think the above statistics are likely to be skewed in favour of travel purely due to the nature of the site and targeted audience.
This is ridiculous in that it is hardly representative of anything but a narrow group who comprise the g adventure customer base of true travel zealots. Australia #1, Europe #4; central America tied with n. America? C’mon .
What about having it all? Family, kids and a good backpack to strap them in and see the world?
Is the 71% broken down by age or another demographic anywhere? It seems high, but it depends on the respondent sample. For example, it makes sense that young respondents would not prioritize retirement over travel [although they should think about compound interest!]. It also makes sense that older respondents would not think about having a baby [as they probably already have children or have decided not to or cannot have children].