Business traveller pulse survey 2026

Ipsos UK carried out online interviews with 1,259 US adults and 1,411 UK employees and non-sole trader/gig worker self-employed people. Of this number, 941 were business travellers (537 US adults and 404 UK adults) who had flown for work in the past two years or intend to do so in the next year.

The interviews took place between 9 and 14 January 2026. The online sample from which the business traveller sample was recruited is representative of the wider UK aged 16-75 and the US population aged 18-75, using quotas on age, gender, region and working status. As the make-up of the business traveller universe is unknown in both countries, the data is presented unweighted. Comparisons between groups should be considered as an indicative read on the views of the wider population.