Based in Tampa, Florida, Josh Vignona directs a Business consulting firm and is active with the Project Management Institute. One area of focus for Josh Vignona is business travel and a trend of professionals combining corporate trips with leisure activities.

With remote working, online meetings, high air ticket prices, and environmental awareness a backdrop, CWT, a corporate travel agency, reports a 25 percent fall in one-day domestic trips from 2019 levels. Looking at Australia, Flight Centre Travel Group, Ltd., data reveals that domestic business trips have increased substantially to an average of four days each. At the same time, business route traffic is falling, with the Los Angeles-San Francisco route dropping from first to eighth in North America. Meanwhile, the Honolulu-Maui and Las Vegas-Los Angeles leisure-dominated routes have ascended to the top.

Reflecting these trends, several United States airlines have added midweek flights that allow Longer Trips extending through weekends. This has led Tuesdays and Wednesdays to shed their status as difficult days within the traditional week. One seasoned business traveler noted that these longer trips work to his benefit, particularly when flights get delayed. Losing a couple of hours on a three-day business leisure trip is not a major issue, but it can be a major disruption on a one-day trip.