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(PRWEB) May 18, 2012

Big4.com, the premier social networking forum for professionals and alumni of Accenture, Andersen, BearingPoint, Capgemini, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers, PwC reports on a new Deloitte survey that has more Americans planning to kick-off the summer with a Memorial Day weekend excursion this year.

Nearly one-third (31 percent) of those responding plan on taking a leisure trip, compared to the 24 percent who say they traveled over the Memorial Day weekend last year. For the remainder of the summer travel season, the majority (54 percent) expect to take a trip between June 1 and Labor Day, which is slightly more than those who say they ventured out during the same time period in 2011 (52 percent).

Big4.com notes that two-thirds have noticed an increase in airfare, but just 16 percent changed their summer travel destination or decided not to book a trip that involved flying. Rising fuel costs may change travel plans for lower income households. For people who expect to travel between June 1 and Labor Day and have a total annual income of $ 99,000 or below, one quarter (25 percent) indicate they would cancel a summer trip if gas prices were to increase one dollar, whereas only 11 percent of those earning more than $ 100,000 per year say the same.

Finally Big4.com notes that value-conscious consumers are looking for more in services and added amenities, including complimentary breakfast, free wireless internet access and free parking.

About Big4.com

Big4.com is the accounting, tax, consulting and IT professions’ premier resource, and has been exclusively focused on Big Four firm professionals and alumni for 10 years, providing high quality content, connectivity and commerce. The Big Four Job Board offers fresh job opportunities – clients include the world’s leading companies. Big Four News covers key news, developments, events, survey results, press releases and appointments. The Big Four Blog provides opinion and insight on recent and key developments, news, happenings, management changes, regulations, acquisitions and capital market activities. Big4 Video is a professionally produced news covering key global developments in this space.

Big4.com has a strong presence on key social media platforms:

Youtube: Big4Video is a professionally produced weekly news magazine.

Twitter: twitter.com/big4 has 9,000 followers.

LinkedIn: The Big Four Alumni and Professionals group is the largest corporate and alumni group with 85,000+ members.

Facebook: The Big4 fan page has 5,500 fans at facebook.com/big4page.

Xing: The Big Four Alumni and Professionals group has 1,450+ members.

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Bournemouth, UK (PRWEB UK) 18 May 2012

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Newark, NJ (PRWEB) May 16, 2012

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