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$544,000,000,000
$544,000,000,000 -- travel spend for Top 10% of US households (2026)
The top 10% of US households are estimated to spend $544 billion on travel in 2026.
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Value
$544,000,000,000
Unit
Currency Usd
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Geography
US
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
95
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
35
Freshness
95
Source
Resonance
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Tier A
https://resonanceco.com/insights/what-do-the-wealthiest-u-s-travelers-want-from-you/ ↗
Source Article
What do the wealthiest U.S. travelers want from you?
02 December 2025
by Chris Fair, Resonance President & CEO
22 January 2026
by Chris Fair, Resonance President & CEO
While headlines obsess over recession warnings and consumer pullback, a parallel economy is sprinting in the opposite direction. The Top 10% of American households now control more than…
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Resonance
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Methodology
Resonance estimate of affluent travel spending
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Industrytravel_hospitality
RegionUS
RoleAll marketers
Channelmulti-channel
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Top 10% of US households: $544,000,000,000 travel spend. Source: Resonance (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/affluent-us-travel-spend-2026
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