Travel and leisure habits
The car remains the pillar for vacation travel in the summer: More than every second German wants to travel by car or camping/camper van – more than by train and plane together. Against the backdrop of long waiting and check-in times at airports, canceled or heavily overcrowded public transportation, for example in the wake of the €9 monthly travel pass introduced in Germany to cushion rising fuel prices, the safety and comfort of their own car have become more important for 61 percent of German respondents when it comes to their vacation. The vast majority of those who reported having traveled during the pandemic asserted in the survey that they intend to continue using either their car (84 percent) or their camper van/motor home (60 percent) just as much or even more once the pandemic is over.
Pandemic Reinforces Desire for Vacations on Four Wheels
Cars continue to gain in importance as a result of the pandemic and have become an integral part of many people’s travel and leisure-time habits. This is one of the key findings of the representative Continental Mobility Study 2022, which renowned market research company infas conducted worldwide on behalf of Continental. According to the study, a majority of people in Germany regard cars as an essential part of their mobility and their personal living space. 54 percent of study respondents see their car as a place of personal refuge. More than half (53 percent) use a car or camper van/motor home for vacation trips. Against the backdrop of long waiting and check-in times at airports, canceled or heavily overcrowded public transportation, for example in the wake of the €9 monthly travel pass introduced in Germany to cushion rising fuel prices, the safety and comfort of their own car have become more important for 61 percent of German respondents when it comes to their vacation. The vast majority of those who reported having traveled during the pandemic asserted in the survey that they intend to continue using either their car (84 percent) or their camper van/motor home (60 percent) just as much or even more once the pandemic is over...
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The car remains the pillar for vacation travel in the summer: More than half of the German population wants to travel by car or campervan – more than by train and plane combined 
The car remains the pillar for vacation travel in the summer: More than every second German wants to travel by car or camping/camper van – more than by train and plane together. 
The beauty at your doorstep: 69 percent of the German population say that a vacation does not have to be far away 
71% of all respondents say that a vacation trip does not have to be far away. 
When asked about future mobility, the majority in all countries answered that they will still predominantly travel by car. In China, the majority of respondents even plans to increase car use. 
The pandemic has made the car a travel retreat again for many people. 
More than one third of the German, French and US population want to travel with a camper van/mobile home. In China, this is true for even more than half of the population.
Download the results as a PDF here: Continental Mobility Study 2022 - pdf (18.27MB)
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