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47% of Americans Scale Back Summer Travel as Grocery and Gas Costs Eat Into Vacation Budgets

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New Omnisend study shows many Americans are spending vacation money on everyday essentials and paying off debt

CHARLESTON, S.C., July 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Summer travel isn’t disappearing, but many Americans are scaling back their itineraries this year. A new survey of 1,075  U.S. consumers by Omnisend found that while 59% have travel plans this summer, only 17% are taking a major trip involving flights or paid lodging. Instead, many are choosing more affordable alternatives:

21% say they’re taking a shorter or cheaper trip than originally planned20% are sticking to day trips or local outings14% plan to stay home altogether

Overall, nearly half (47%) say they’ve postponed, shortened, downgraded, or entirely canceled a summer trip because of cost. Among those affected, gas prices were cited most often (46%), along with groceries and everyday bills (29%), hotel or vacation rental (24%), and food costs while traveling (18%).

“Americans aren’t giving up on summer. They’re giving up on the idea that a memorable vacation has to involve flights, hotels, or a hefty price tag. A vacation budget no longer exists in isolation – it’s competing with higher fuel costs, grocery bills and other everyday expenses that have become harder to ignore. So, people are becoming much more creative about finding breaks that fit their budget instead of abandoning the idea of a getaway altogether,” says Marty Bauer, Ecommerce Expert at Omnisend.

Vacation budgets are going to everyday necessities

For many Americans, the money saved by cutting back on travel is being redirected toward more immediate priorities. Twenty-nine percent of those who are spending less on travel this year admit they need the money for essentials. Nearly half (47%) say they’re spending it on groceries, while 28% are putting it toward rent or mortgage payments. Another 23% are using it to pay down debt.

“There was a time when skipping or downgrading a vacation might have meant spending that money on a home renovation or new furniture. Today, that’s increasingly not the case. Before families decide where they want to go, they’re deciding whether that money would be better spent putting food on the table, staying on top of bills or paying down debt. That’s a very different kind of spending than we typically associate with summer,” says Bauer.

Methodology

The survey was commissioned by Omnisend and conducted by Cint in June 2026. A total of 1,075 U.S. consumers took part in the survey. Quotas were placed on age, gender, income, and place of residence to achieve a nationally representative sample among users. The margin of error is +/-3 percent.

More: https://www.omnisend.com/blog/summer-travel-trends-2026/ 

About Omnisend

Omnisend is an email & SMS marketing platform with a suite of features made specifically to help ecommerce stores grow their online businesses faster. One-click integration with major ecommerce platforms, pre-made automation & email templates, and award-winning 24/7/365 live customer support make it easy for brands of any size to sell more – all without the exaggerated cost.

For further information, please contact:

Daniele Kezyte, Public Relations, daniele@omnisend.com

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Advanced Technology Services Earns Top 10 Ranking Among America’s Best Private Companies

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PEORIA, Ill., July 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Advanced Technology Services, Inc. (ATS), a leading provider of technology–driven industrial maintenance and reliability solutions, today announced it has been ranked No. 6 on TIME’s America’s Best Private Companies 2026 list, developed in partnership with Statista.

The inaugural ranking recognizes 500 privately held companies in the United States based on two key measures: employee satisfaction and company impact. According to TIME and Statista, employee satisfaction was evaluated through independent employee survey data, while company impact was assessed across four dimensions: society, knowledge, health, and environment.

“We’re honored to receive this recognition,” said Jeff Owens, CEO of ATS. “Our greatest strength has always been our people. Every day, our team helps manufacturers solve complex problems, improve performance, and prepare for what’s next. As our industry continues to evolve, we’re excited about the opportunities ahead and remain committed to investing in our people, expanding our capabilities, and helping our customers succeed.”

ATS continues to invest in employee development, technical capabilities, and technology-driven service delivery to help manufacturers improve safety, reliability, productivity, and operational performance. Through those investments, the company is helping manufacturers address increasingly complex maintenance and reliability challenges while creating opportunities for employees to build meaningful careers in manufacturing.

About Advanced Technology Services: Advanced Technology Services, Inc. (ATS), is a global services provider with over four decades of proven experience as a single source for industrial maintenance, technology, and parts. Established in 1985, the company has grown to be a market leader supporting over 1,400 customer manufacturing sites. Through its industry-leading safety, people, processes, and technologies, ATS is advancing solutions that make its customers’ operations more productive, more reliable, and more data-driven. Learn how ATS makes factories run better and smarter at www.advancedtech.com.

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Maywood Collaborates with S&P Global Market Intelligence to Integrate its Data into Maywood’s AI Workflows

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NEW YORK, July 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Maywood, the first finance-compliant proactive AI built for investment banking, private equity, and the broader financial services industry, today announced it has collaborated with S&P Global Market Intelligence to integrate its data into Maywood’s proactive AI harness. The integration lets Maywood’s agents proactively track important companies, identify key signals, and help teams do more deals.

Maywood’s collaboration with S&P Global Market Intelligence significantly upgrades the power of its proactive AI agent.

The integration enables Maverick, Maywood’s proactive AI agent, to monitor real-time private and public company financials, transactions, and corporate events as they happen. Financial teams can now stay ahead of the moments that move deals: a target approaching a financing need, a portfolio company nearing an exit, a sponsor’s hold period maturing, a leadership change that signals a new mandate. Rather than running a search after the fact, Maverick watches these signals continuously across a dealmaker’s universe, connects them to the relationships and live deals already in the CRM and deal book, and surfaces the right move, drafted and ready, the moment it matters.

“Senior dealmakers don’t miss opportunities because the data isn’t available. They miss them because no one was watching at the right moment,” said Kent Goodman, Chief Operating Officer of Maywood. “Most artificial intelligence waits to be prompted, which makes the managing director the bottleneck. Maverick inverts that. It’s AI that prompts you, now grounded in S&P Global Market Intelligence’s trusted data, so managing directors and partners are in front of the right person at exactly the right time.”

Maverick is purpose-built for the senior professionals who drive revenue across investment banking, private equity, commercial banking, wealth management, auditing, and business development. It embeds compliant AI into the systems they already use and is built to FINRA and SEC requirements from day one, with human approval at every external boundary.

About Maywood
Maywood is a leader in proactive AI for finance, spanning investment banking, commercial banking, lending, private credit, private equity, wealth management, auditing, and business development. Its agent Maverick is the first finance-compliant proactive AI that runs 24/7, purpose-built for managing directors and partners. Every senior professional carries hundreds of relationships and dozens of live deals, and today’s AI waits to be prompted, making the human the bottleneck. Maywood inverts that: it works in the background across your network and your deal book, surfacing moves, drafting replies, and pushing process forward. For more information, visit www.maywoodai.com and follow us on LinkedIn.

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STI Launches EZ Path® ULTRA Fire-Rated Pathway for Demanding High-Density Cable Applications

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SOMERVILLE, N.J., July 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Specified Technologies Inc. (STI) is raising the bar for high-capacity cable management with the launch of the brand-new EZ Path® ULTRA Fire-Rated Pathway. Engineered to meet the growing demands of today’s data centers and telecommunications infrastructure, ULTRA provides a fire-rated solution for large volumes of data, communications, and power cabling, including high-fill cable tray-supported systems that exceed the capacity of conventional pathway solutions.

ULTRA is specifically designed for cable dense environments, supporting high-fill cable tray systems, main distribution pathways, and backbone routing in data center and telecommunications high-capacity network environments. The fire-rated pathway device promotes efficient, repeatable installation that helps accelerate construction schedules by reducing installation complexity in high-capacity cable environments. Ample entryway headroom accommodates oversized pulling heads or pre-connectorized fiber optic cables for the lifecycle of the device.

The EZ Path® ULTRA accommodates continuous and discontinuous cable tray systems. Appropriately sized devices accommodate 12″, 18″, and 24″ wide cable trays, up to 6″ tall, ensuring firestopping performance for the full capacity of the cable tray.

“We wanted to support the next generation of digital infrastructure with a modern solution purpose-built for cable-dense environments,” says Product Manager Justin Mentuck. “By streamlining installation and simplifying ongoing pathway management, this product helps keep projects on schedule and minimizes downtime in mission-critical facilities.” Documentation for the new EZ Path® ULTRA Fire-Rated Pathway is available here.

Specified Technologies Inc. (STI) is dedicated to advancing life and asset safety through innovative passive fire protection systems and digital solutions that help prevent the spread of fire, smoke, and hot gases. The company’s SpecSeal® and EZ Path® product lines are engineered for simplified installation and high performance, often resulting in lower installed costs. With firestopping as its sole focus, STI concentrates all resources on delivering fully tested, high-quality, and forward-thinking firestopping solutions.

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