AARP Travel Ambassador Samantha Brown Reveals Surprising Info About Boomers And Celebration Vacations

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- AARP Travel's (http://travel.aarp.org) newest research on Celebration Vacations is brought to life by AARP Travel Ambassador Samantha Brown in a new video available for download.  Brown explains why Celebration Vacations are a popular way for America's 76 million baby boomers to commemorate special milestones in life – such as anniversaries, birthdays, family reunions and weddings.

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AARP research found that the joy and satisfaction of travel make it a top choice for celebrating an important milestone, with 78 percent of people 45+ saying that they have taken or intend to take a Celebration Vacation in the next two years. Celebrating anniversaries is the number one reason people 45+ plan a Celebration Vacation, with 87 percent of them choosing a vacation over a party, jewelry, or other big-ticket item to celebrate the occasion.

Highlights include:

• U.S. destinations are most popular with Las Vegas leading the way, followed by Disney, Los Angeles, New York and New Orleans;
• Top tropical Celebration Vacations include the Caribbean, Hawaii and Puerto Rico;
• Boomers are leaving the kids/grandkids at home for Celebration Vacations; and
• Staying on budget and deciding where to go are Celebration Vacation challenges.   

The new AARP Travel website (http://travel.aarp.org) aims to alleviate some of the challenges by providing tools like the Trip Finder to build custom itineraries and the Map Explorer to get a detailed street-level interactive map of attractions, hotels and more.

To watch Samantha Brown talk about AARP Travel's research on Celebration Vacations, please visit: http://origin-qps.onstreammedia.com/origin/multivu_archive/MNR/66070_Sam_Brown_SMT_Selects_with_Slate_0731.mp4

For more information about AARP's research on Celebration Vacation, please visit http://www.aarp.org/about-aarp/press-center/info-07-2014/AARP-Travel-Finds-Celebration-Vacations-Popular-with-Boomer-Travelers.html

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To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click http://www.multivu.com/players/English/66070-aarp-new-travel-website/

SOURCE AARP