Remember when you were a kid and your trips abroad, including food, activities, accomodation and flights were not your concern? Good times, weren't they?
It seems, for some lucky adults, this is still the case. New research released today by Enterprise Rent-A-Car Ireland shows that most young Irish adults still have holidays paid for by their parents.
The study found that nearly three quarters of young Irish adults (aged 18 - 24) had been on holiday with their parents in the past year, with parents helping to cover costs 85% of the time.
Typically, parents pay for flights (65%), accommodation (58%), and even food (49%) for their adult offspring.
While young adults are most likely to enjoy a free holiday on their parents, they are not the only age group doing so. In fact, 39% of all adults have been on holiday with their parents or in-laws in the last year, and more than two thirds (66%) said their parents or in-laws contributed to some or all of the cost of the trip.
However, while just over one in five adults (21%) admit getting financial help is an ‘upside’ of going away with parents, one in ten said it was the main reason for doing so.
In fact, spending quality time together was a more important factor. More than half of Irish adults said they go on holiday with their parents or in-laws to spend time with them (52%). Others said it allowed them to give something back to them (36%) and help them pay for the trip (21%). Eleven per cent said the main advantage of holidaying with parents was that it allowed them to go on the types of holiday they wouldn’t otherwise be able to afford.
