For many, hitting the road for a well-deserved holiday doesn't mean leaving the work at home. In this case, we don't mean actual work from the office, but the kind you garner at the gym.
Expedia, thanks to some help from Google Consumer Surveys, discovered the fitness practices of fellow travelers who get in some calorie burning away from home.
We know this concept is foreign to many of you, including ourselves. The last thing we want to do is to sweat while on vacation-unless it comes from the unbearable pangs of eating far too much good food.
Ah, but there are so many health motivated people out there, and we salute them. In fact, the study looked at the fitness habits of 7,000 travelers from seven countries-Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States-and found that Australia is the most fitness conscious.
Here is a breakdown of the countries who consider exercise on holiday to be an enterprise that is "very or somewhat important," after Australia (55 percent): United States (53 percent), Canada (51 percent), Spain (49 percent), France (48 percent), Germany (43 percent) and the United Kingdom (42 percent).
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If you have a good mind to drop the hotel malaise and get out and be active, Expedia is helping with its campaign called Fitness Breaks. You get the idea if you peruse the page. Mainly, Expedia partnered with various bloggers to illustrate more fitness-forward itineraries.
Not that everyone will be convinced. The study also found those countries that find the idea of a holiday jog laughable. When it comes to those embracing leisure over Lululemon, France leads the way with 23 percent of its respondents claiming they don't work out while traveling. The United States was seventh with 10 percent shunning fitness the moment they pack the bags.
Of course, as the study discovered, the most treasured way to burn calories is to leave the hotel and explore the city, which we thoroughly encourage to all travelers. In this case, the study found that 16 percent of the French and 13 percent of Australians precisely choose this method of fitness because it also allows them to unveil parts of the city or town they may have otherwise missed.
If you are so inclined, we encourage you to consider some of the fitness guides Expedia has compiled. London, for example, offers an itinerary that will have you enjoying a "Secret London Run" then exploring treasures along the Southbank and in famed museums.
We understand sitting in the hotel bar and then leaving to sit on a tour bus is enticing, but there is a wealth of opportunity if you find the time to burn some calories as you discover the world.
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