Jet Setting Hoosiers

Pack your bags, we’re going to Vegas! Or maybe a Caribbean cruise is more your style.

Those are the top domestic and international destinations Hoosier travelers are booking for the rest of 2009, according to a Travel Leaders survey. The travel agency network surveyed some of its agents and owners throughout the state.

Other notable findings in the 2009 fall travel trends survey:

• 65.6% of Indiana travelers are making U.S. travel reservations four weeks or less from the planned departure date
  
• 93.7% of respondents said clients are cutting back on some aspect of travel (such as shortening length of trip)
  
• Other top destinations domestically are: Orlando (ranked No. 2), Tampa/St. Petersburg (3) and Chicago and Dallas (tied at No. 4)
• Hoosiers traveling internationally are heading to: Cancun, Mexico (No. 2); Mediterranean cruises (3); Montego Bay, Jamaica (4); and Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Riviera Maya, Mexico; and Shanghai, China (all tied for No. 5)
  
• Still, 90.6% of Indiana Travel Leader respondents say overall travel bookings are lower than at this time in 2008

Compare these findings to the national travel trends.