FAMILY REUNIONS On the road again

If you've traveled far to get to a family reunion lately, well -- welcome to the family. Thirty-four percent of U.S. adults, have traveled to a family reunion in the last three years, according to a poll by the Travel Industry Association of America. In the last year alone, 22 percent of adults said they took a family reunion trip. The association's poll, based on a representative sample of 1,300 adults, also found:
Married adults were more likely to take a trip to attend a family reunion than those not married, 38 percent vs. 30 percent.People with children younger than 18 were more likely than those without children to take a family-reunion trip, 39 percent vs. 32 percent.Thirty-four percent traveled 500 or more miles, one way, away from home; 34 percent traveled 150 to 499 miles; 32 percent traveled less than 150 miles to their reunion.The survey results showed that more than half the time, 52 percent, family reunions were held in someone's home; city or town parks were the sites of 12 percent of the reunions; and national and state parks or forests were the locations for 6 percent of reunions.
Reunion planners have more resources today than a decade ago. Among guides are "Your Family Reunion: How to Plan It, Organize It, and Enjoy It" by George G. Morgan (Ancestry Publishing, 2001); "How to Plan Your African-American Family Reunion" by Krystal Williams (Citadel Press, 2000), and "Family Reunion Handbook: A Complete Guide for Reunion Planners" by Tom Ninkovich (Reunion Research, second edition, 1998).
Source: Knight Ridder Newspapers