At YMT, we want to create the ultimate travel experience for our customers. We value your satisfaction and strive to provide you with the best bang for your buck. We are all about affordable and exciting adventures. We are a trusted company who has been in business over 42 years, and while we work hard, we also know that sometimes you have to play hard too. Vacations are about having fun and creating lasting memories.
We know that the planning process of going on a trip is often stressful, so that’s why we thought it was a good idea to bring you a fun blog post this time. Read on for some fun vacation facts.
- In 1987, American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class.-1
- As printed on an American Airlines package of peanuts: "Instructions: Open packet, eat nuts."-1
- The shortest scheduled airline flight is from the Scottish island of Westray to its neighbor island, Papa Westray. Flight time: 2 minutes!-1
- Shopping is the most popular domestic trip activity, and is included in 30 percent of all domestic trips.-2
Each U.S. household would pay $924 more in taxes without the tax revenue generated by the travel and tourism industry.-2- Approximately 2.6 million hotels rooms are sold everyday in the United States. That is enough rooms to lodge every person living in San Francisco, Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Miami, and Denver combined.-2
- There are over 375 National Parks in the United States covering 77,900,807 acres. Our first National Park was Yellowstone National Park-3
- Mass transit is usually cheaper than taking a taxi, no matter what city you are in.-3
- Chicago's O'Hare International Airport is the world's busiest airport. An airplane takes off or lands every 37 seconds.-4
- The first women flight attendants in 1930 were required to weigh no more than 115 pounds, be nurses, and unmarried.-4
- Average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000.-4
- Back in the 1920's a plane ticket cost $5.-4
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