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Avis Study: Business Travelers Waste More Than Three Hours Per Trip

A new study by one of our partners, Avis Rent A Car, has found that frequent business travelers waste as much as three hours or more of an average three-day trip stuck in traffic jams, lost while driving, waiting to pay tolls and trying to find a wireless and/or high-speed Internet connection.

How much time do you spend completing these tasks during a typical 3 day business trip?		Percent of 6,000 Avis customers which reported time spent		Average Time Spent (in minutes)		Percentage who say this is very or extremely inconvenient
Sitting in traffic while driving		81		43.9		52
Waiting in line to pay transit tolls		55		12.4		23
Getting lost while driving		50		30.3		41
Looking for Internet cafes, Wi-Fi hot spots, or other broadband connections		35		23.5		13
Being on-line (internet and/or email) via dial-up or other slow connections		30		86.4		35

About this study: More than 6,000 Avis customers who are current frequent business travelers were asked to rate their level of inconvenience associated with typical business travel delays experienced after arriving at their destination as well as the amount of time spent on each task.