Infographic: Where and when travelers are turning to mobile booking services
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Although mobile bookings are on the rise, the majority of bookers taking advantage of these on-the-go reservations are Americans traveling close to home for a last-minute weekend getaway.
For many travelers, skipping town for a bit is also a perfect excuse to get some mental distance from their omnipresent mobile devices. But the desire for digital distance comes with a layer of irony — those mobile devices are increasingly what make travel possible in the first place.
People rely more than ever on mobile technology to find and book travel reservations. A slew of stats from the Internet travel giant Expedia show just how much people plan their trips while already on the go.
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