# The road warrior is now the road squad Companies now adopt a squadron mindset when it comes to business travel. Trips in 2025 more often involve 2+ travelers, and orgs are splurging on offsites. **URL Source:** https://www.brex.com/journal/brex-benchmark-corporate-travel-trends-2025 --- The Brex Benchmark The road warrior is now the road squad. _The Brex Benchmark is a monthly snapshot of the top software and AI vendors by dollar spend using Brex. With 30,000+ customers spending billions of dollars on Brex, we have an inside look at the top tools driving modern business. This edition explores 2025 travel trends among Brex customers._ **The state of business travel, 2025** The solo‑traveling salesperson has been replaced by squad travel. Companies are flying in pods for revenue moments and splurging on offsites that look straight out of “White Lotus.” The center of gravity has shifted from lone wolves to coordinated teams, and it’s changing budgets, bookings, and business outcomes. From lone wolves to wolf packs Solo business trips fell from **70% (2019)** to **50% (2022)** and are now just **35% (2025)** of all trips. Trips with 2+ travelers rose to **65%** of all travel, with **10+ person** itineraries growing from **<5% (2022)** to **15% (2025)**. ![Group travel now accounts for 65% of business trips, with 15% being offsites](https://brand.brex.com/transform/c5855611-9866-46bd-84bb-046b21692df5/Group_solo) Offsites are more regular — and more global About **25%** of traveling customers also run a 10+ person offsite every quarter (vs **5% pre‑pandemic**). And more of them are international trips. ![25% of companies take a quarterly offsite with 10+ people](https://brand.brex.com/transform/d7acd52a-c6d5-4ec1-922a-008731fe40b2/The-offsite-surge) ![The share of global offsites has increased 50% since 2021](https://brand.brex.com/transform/da840e2e-6eb0-48c1-8f2e-949bc079ebc0/Passports-required) What employee experience leads should know For **employee experience leads** out there, larger offsites signal larger ambitions. And don’t sweat finding the right hotel space. Airbnbs offer plenty of amenities and flexibility to turn group travel into a strategic lever. - **Revenue:** Teams are tackling clients with bigger teams — multi‑threading accounts and compressing sales cycles. - **Culture ROI:** Quarterly offsites institutionalize strategy resets and cross‑functional trust in ways Zoom can’t. - **Supplier leverage shifts:** Destinations with an “offsite‑only” profile command premium average daily rates and group blocks; secondary cities with high Airbnb indices offer budget relief without sacrificing space. The Offsite Index: Top offsite-only destinations To inspire the travel planners, we took a look at the top offsite-only cities. These locales had the highest share of 10+ person trips out of all the business trips they had, and many are hot spots for incentive trips, team-building events, and corporate retreats. ![Top offsite destinations](https://brand.brex.com/transform/48ed84b4-b613-4e6a-8350-9e8f66ed393f/Offsite-index) Team resets with a beach-to-boardroom flow From Brex’s data, we have some hotspots for each of the top-3 offsite destinations. **24 hours in the Bahamas** - **Stay** at **Rosewood Baha Mar**, **Grand Hyatt Baha Mar**, or **Atlantis**. - **Team dinner** at **[Twin Brothers](#).** Conch, grilled fish; set the tone with wins and roadblocks. - **Nightcaps** at **[The Swimming Pig](#).** Light agenda: recognition round. **24 hours in the Dominican Republic** - **Stay** at **El Embajador, a Royal Hideaway,** or **Marriott** in‑city options; resort‑inclined leaders consider a separate **Casa de Campo** block. - **Dinner** at **[Adrian Tropical](#)** (waterfront**).** Leadership Q&A and recognize frontline stories. - **Drinks** at **[Don Pepe](#).** Celebrate around the cocktail tables. **24 hours in Cancun** - **Stay** at **Kempinski Cancún**, **Garza Blanca Cancún**, or **Azul Beach Resort Riviera**. - **Dinner** at **[El Caribeño](#)** for Caribbean bites with a view. - **Drinks** and a rooftop debrief at **[Mumma](#).** The Airbnb Index: Where houses beat hotels for business travel In a handful of US metros, business travelers are booking more **rooms with living rooms**. Brex data shows 11 cities where teams choose Airbnbs over hotels more than anywhere else, turning houses into “war rooms” for offsites, sprints, and revenue runs. ![Top cities for Airbnb bookings, per Brex data](https://brand.brex.com/transform/af890694-0ba1-4e35-a71a-aa58f8f743d7/airbnb-index) If your **party size ≥ 8** and **≥ 60%** of your agenda is internal work, book a **team house** in these cities. In the right markets, the most productive “conference room” has a fridge, a whiteboard, and a front door code. Plan accordingly. _Sumeet Marwaha is the Senior Manager of Data Science at Brex, supporting the Go-To-Market team in understanding how Brex customers spend, adopt tools, and grow their businesses._ _All analysis conducted for this report that uses Brex internal customer data is anonymized and aggregated for privacy. 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