A recent Hilton Garden Inn survey conducted by Opinion Research Corp. revealed that female business travelers enjoy hotel perks most when traveling for work. Specifically, women enjoyed having someone clean up after them (71% vs. 58% for men) along with having breakfast prepared for them (62% vs. 49% for men). The majority of women also appreciated having a bed to themselves for the night (51% vs. 37% for men).
Female Business Traveler © Leonidas Konstantinidis
The survey results may be attributed to women doing more of the cleaning and cooking at home. A Swedish researcher found that women are still expected to prioritize their homes and children because of deeply-rooted perceptions of gender roles, and conventional overnight work travel is not compatible with this norm. Regardless of the reasons for the findings, it would be smart of hotels that cater to women business travelers to take note.
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Featured photo © Florian Lehmuth
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Jess
Glad to see that more women are traveling for business and they certainly deserve those perks. I am often on the road for business and it’s definitely nice to relax after a meeting and not have to worry about the little things. Makes up for other aspect of having to stay in a hotel.
Ashley
Have to agree that it’s because a lot more women are doing that cleaning and cooking at home. If not, the survey numbers for men and women would be closer.
Agree with Jess that I love seeing more women traveling for business though it’s still about 3 to 1 in favor of men.
Shiels
Yep! Just having a break from doing for 5 people is nice 🙂
Kay
It’s nice for us women to have stuff done for us once in a while! After all! Karlene
Gennaro
@Jess Women seem to be catching up, but still far behind in total numbers
@Kay Absolutely!
ViaHerLette
@Gennaro. Not that “far” behind in terms of numbers. Over 50% of business travelers are women (in the US at least) vs 43% in 2003, 25% in 1991 and less than 5% in 1970.
Great to see that number growing but I also wish hotels would do more for women travelers.