{"id":272,"date":"2008-09-17T14:42:59","date_gmt":"2008-09-17T19:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/new-york-ranks-best-for-mixing-leisure-business-travel\/"},"modified":"2017-03-30T18:00:33","modified_gmt":"2017-03-30T23:00:33","slug":"new-york-ranks-best-for-mixing-leisure-business-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/new-york-ranks-best-for-mixing-leisure-business-travel\/","title":{"rendered":"New York ranks best for mixing leisure, business travel"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nNew York City<\/a><\/strong> is ideal for combining business travel<\/a><\/strong> with leisure, according to a new Orbitz for Business<\/a><\/strong> survey.<\/p>\n

When business travelers were asked what city makes it easiest to extend work trips with extra leisure time, New York topped the list, which also included San Francisco<\/a><\/strong>, Las Vegas<\/a><\/strong>, Los Angeles<\/a><\/strong>, Chicago<\/a><\/strong>, Orlando<\/a><\/strong> and Washington, D.C.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

For international travel, London<\/a><\/strong> and Paris<\/a><\/strong> were noted most frequently as good places for adding leisure time.<\/p>\n

Here are some other findings in the latest survey by Orbitz for Business and Business Traveler magazine:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Nearly three-fourths (72 percent) of travelers surveyed say they have extended a business trip with a leisure component in the last year.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Eighty-one percent plan to extend an upcoming work trip, or are considering extending it, by adding vacation time with family or friends.<\/p>\n

\u2022 43 percent of respondents said they recently had a spouse, partner or friend accompany them on a business trip, without staying longer but simply sharing a room and seeing them during free time.<\/p>\n

\u2022 69 percent are willing to travel <\/a><\/strong>by car from a business city to a leisure destination; 47 percent are willing to travel 1-3 hours and 22 percent are willing to travel less than one hour.<\/p>\n

Related Orbitz resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n