{"id":31487,"date":"2014-12-24T11:22:03","date_gmt":"2014-12-24T17:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/?p=31487"},"modified":"2016-12-14T17:45:22","modified_gmt":"2016-12-14T23:45:22","slug":"infographic-holiday-travel-stressors-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/infographic-holiday-travel-stressors-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Infographic: The art of stress-free holiday travel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you know how to travel stress free between Thanksgiving and New Year\u2019s? Some of us don\u2019t. Here\u2019s a breakdown of how to stay in the Zen zone while traveling during the holidays&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Plus: Have a laugh at one yogi\u2019s way-overthought out-of-office reply (video).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31497\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-31497 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/The-Art-of-Stress-Free-Holiday-Travel-FINAL.jpg\" alt=\"The-Art-of-Stress-Free-Holiday-Travel-FINAL\" width=\"600\" height=\"5027\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Planning<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Surprisingly, or not, a majority of people polled said they weren\u2019t stressed about the \u201cplanning\u201d part of traveling. But more than double confessed that planning a trip during the winter holiday season is more stressful than planning a trip during any other time of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Women are more likely to be stressed than men, millennials stress out at higher levels than the 35+ crowd and travelers with children are more stressed about travel planning than those without munchkins at home.<\/p>\n<p>To alleviate some planning stress, develop a trip schedule, book tickets for activities in advance and read customer reviews!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Traveling<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The key to stress-free holiday travel? Stay in a hotel for at least part of your escapade and don\u2019t forget to schedule personal time away from friends and family.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Back toreality<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>37% of people reported they were very stressed or somewhat stressed about the transition from travel back to normal life mode.<\/p>\n<p>To maintain a stress-free post-holiday life, remember a few simple things:<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t stay up-to-date on work during your holiday travels; don\u2019t tell your office how to contact you while you\u2019re away; try to stay in touch (at least somewhat) with what\u2019s going on at home while you\u2019re away.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>OK, Have a merry day!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/psi?force=travel-deals\/&amp;GCID=78142\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-32947 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/blogCTA-_dealspage2.jpg\" alt=\"blogCTA _dealspage2\" width=\"500\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/blogCTA-_dealspage2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/blogCTA-_dealspage2-300x90.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pixel.newscred.com\/px.gif?key=YXJ0aWNsZT1kYzBlNTliOTdiYzYwZWVlOTM3NzdhNmViOTliYmE1YQ==\" alt=\"\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" class=\"nc_pixel\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An illustrated look at the who, when and why of harried holiday travel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":31493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1721],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-infographic"],"acf":{"api_active":null,"api_title":null,"api_excerpt":null,"api_featured_image":null,"api_lob":null},"posts_api_cpm_point":"","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Infographic: The art of stress-free holiday travel | Orbitz<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Stress can put a damper on your holiday travel but it doesn&#039;t have to. 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