In 2016, U.S. millennials went on a combined 36.9 million vacations and spent $50.4 billion on them (while also stating they intend to travel 35 percent more in the coming years).
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On average, Americans spend 10 percent of their annual income on vacations, yet 55 percent fail to include it as part of their annual budget, according to Forbes.
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Thirty-three percent of all the world’s airports are inside of the continental United States. 
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88 percent of graduates say that taking a gap year (one year off between high school and college) made them more employable.

[cover photo: Atlas Green on Unsplash // addt'l sources: Portrait of American Travelers, GapYearAssociation.org and StatisticBrain]