Podbit · The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway
74% of millennials and Gen Z consider travel non-negotiable, and two-thirds would sacrifice job benefits for more flexibility to travel. This isn't just YOLO spending — it reflects the reality that traditional asset purchases like homes are increasingly out of reach.
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Pine and Gilmore wrote in 1998, the same year Google was founded, and couldn't have anticipated how digital technologies would atomize society and make in-person contact scarce. The pandemic supercharged this dynamic. When COVID restrictions lifted in 2021, consumers embraced revenge travel — a term defined by an American Society of Travel Advisors spokesperson as the YOLO conviction that 'life is short, I want to experience the world.' That attitude has persisted, particularly among the young. A 2026 American Express report found that 74% of millennials and Gen Z consider travel non-negotiable, and two-thirds would accept fewer job benefits for more travel flexibility [1] — George Hahn "74% of millennials and Gen Z consider travel non-negotiable, and two-thirds would sacrifice job benefits for more flexibility to travel. Th…" 04:20 . Galloway frames this not purely as optimism but as a structural response to scarcity: young people are spending on experiences partly because traditional wealth-building assets like homes are increasingly out of reach.
A 2026 American Express report found that 74% of millennials and Gen Z consider travel non-negotiable.
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