Who’s peeking?

Who’s looking over your shoulder? If you’re one of the millions of business or pleasure travellers working on a laptop during a flight, chances are the person sitting next to you or across from you has stolen a peek, or two, at what you’re working on.

According to a recent survey of 600 travellers commissioned by Fodor’s, more than one-third of travellers said they had looked at someone else’s laptop while in-flight. While business travellers are more likely to let their eyes wander, there’s no rest for the 28 percent of pleasure travellers who still feel compelled to glimpse at your screen.

“Younger travellers feel a need to know ,” notes Bonnie Ammer, president of Fodor’s Travel Publications. “Forty-nine percent of men and forty percent of women under 40 admitted to looking at what their seatmate was working on. So if you’re working on a top-secret document, seat selection may mean everything!”