Travel Trends For 2025

Whether it’s saying goodbye to WiFi and ‘Real Roaming’ your way around, or embracing the latest technology and creating an ‘AI-tinerary’ to plan your holiday, these are the trends* London Luton Airport is predicting for travellers in 2025.

Want to explore somewhere new this year? Discover over 130 destinations from London Luton Airport across Europe, North Africa and beyond.

Don’t look back, wander

If Noel and Liam Gallagher can get the band back together, then you can reunite with your family too! One-fifth of holidaymakers are planning trips to visit long-lost relatives over the next 12 months, hoping to bond with extended family during their time away.

Make 2025 the year of rediscovering family connections.

Flyrox

Training for an event? Head to the finish line and join the 20% of people who plan to travel abroad in 2025 for a fitness competition. No relaxing here, these endurance enthusiasts redefine what it means to ‘holiday’.

Whether it’s running the EDP Lisbon Half Marathon or taking part in Hyrox Warsaw, plan your travel around fitness feats.

Real Roaming

Put down the phone. Turn off the laptop. Disconnect with the virtual world and immerse yourself in what’s going on around you. On average, people spend over two and a half hours less on their devices per day when they’re travelling, and they’re using that time to live in the moment.

Savour the sights and sounds – not the screenshots!

Scene Seeking

With blockbuster remakes dominating the big screen in 2025, it’s no surprise that nearly half of travellers want to visit places from their favourite films and TV shows. Take your pick from hundreds of destinations from London Luton Airport!

Romeo and Juliet fans can get their romance fix in Verona, or comedy lovers can relive Derry Girls scenes in Northern Ireland. 2025 is the time to make what you see on screen a reality.

AI-tinerary

Going on a last-minute getaway with no time to plan? That’s where people are letting AI do all the hard work for them. More than half of holidaymakers now use AI-powered tools to plan trips… Will you join them?

* Survey of 2,000 nationally representative UK-based adults (18+), who have been on holiday in the UK or abroad in the last 12 months, or are planning to travel abroad in the next 12 months, carried out by Censuswide between 3rd - 5th December 2024.