It’s official. What we’ve kind of always suspected but never really knew for sure is true: couples (and sometimes more than that!) have more sex when they’re on holiday.
For travel businesses, that’s obviously something they can’t brochure – on this tour, you’ll enjoy cycling the Seine, cruising the Rhine … and more intimacy with your partner. For travellers though, we’d say it’s news they’d embrace.
In a new study by travel tech and experience company Travello, nearly nine out of every ten (86 per cent) Australians admitted to having more sex with their partner while on holiday.
Analysing the behaviour of Aussie travellers aged between 18 and 54 years, the research also revealed that seven in ten (73%) Australians have a more daring sex life when on vacation (that is intimacy in public, the outdoors and with more than one partner), while more than half (54 per cent) said they have had a holiday fling.
Meanwhile, two in ten (21 per cent) of those polled confessed to ending a holiday early on account of an argument, while more than one in ten (12 per cent) have ended a relationship whilst away.
Seven in ten (71 per cent) Aussies also admitted to needing alone time on holiday.
Perhaps most interestingly, six in ten (57 per cent) Australians said they would choose free travel and the freedom to travel over finding the love of their lives (and being banned from ever travelling again).
The travel-romance marriage
Travello co-founder and CEO Ryan Hanly said the findings “provide a unique insight into the transformative power of travel on relationships”.
“The results of our research reveal the intimate relationship between travel and romance for Australians,” he remarked.
“It highlights the significant impact that holidays can have on personal relationships and the role that travel plays in bringing couples closer together.
“From reigniting the spark in a long-term relationship to creating new and exciting experiences with a partner, holidays provide the perfect setting for couples to deepen their connection.”
Moving from the bedroom to the bathroom (and less glamorous matters), more than half (52 per cent) of those polled said they felt “very uncomfortable” using the toilet in a hotel for a “number two” when their partner was within earshot of them, with three-quarters (76 per cent) finding an excuse to avoid using the toilet in the room next to their new partner.
The Travello study looked at a nationally representative survey of 1,438 Australians aged between 18 and 54 in January 2023.
