{"id":28203,"date":"2026-04-06T10:08:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T14:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/?p=28203"},"modified":"2026-04-12T10:15:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T14:15:34","slug":"newsweek-why-gen-z-is-choosing-staycations-insights-from-makarand-mody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/2026\/04\/06\/newsweek-why-gen-z-is-choosing-staycations-insights-from-makarand-mody\/","title":{"rendered":"[Newsweek] Why Gen Z Is Choosing Staycations: Insights from Makarand Mody"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/profile\/makarand-mody\/\">Makarand Mody<\/a>, Associate Professor at Boston University School of Hospitality Administration, is featured in a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\">Newsweek<\/a> article examining how Generation Z is approaching travel decisions.<\/p>\n<p>Mody explains that while Gen Z travelers often aspire to international travel, many are choosing domestic trips as a practical response to financial pressures. Rather than signaling a shift in preference, he notes this reflects a strategic adjustment, young travelers remain highly motivated to travel but are making trade-offs around affordability, flexibility, and value. His insights highlight how economic realities are shaping travel behavior, with Gen Z demonstrating both strong interest in travel and a pragmatic approach to navigating financial constraints.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/hospitality\/files\/2026\/04\/newsweek-636x627.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"382\" height=\"377\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-28204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/files\/2026\/04\/newsweek-636x627.png 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/files\/2026\/04\/newsweek-1024x1010.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/files\/2026\/04\/newsweek-768x758.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/files\/2026\/04\/newsweek-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/files\/2026\/04\/newsweek.png 1196w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"546\" data-end=\"919\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/gen-z-is-choosing-staycations-even-if-theyd-prefer-not-to-11762321\">Link to article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>Date: April 03<span>, 2026<\/span><\/li>\n<li>News source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\">Newsweek<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Makarand Mody, Associate Professor at Boston University School of Hospitality Administration, is featured in a recent Newsweek article examining how Generation Z is approaching travel decisions. Mody explains that while Gen Z travelers often aspire to international travel, many are choosing domestic trips as a practical response to financial pressures. Rather than signaling a shift [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25559,"featured_media":28265,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[449,338,325],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28203"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25559"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28203"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28205,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28203\/revisions\/28205"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}