Journal of Travel Research · 1978 · 172 citations · 4 references
ManagementDecision SciencesTourism ManagementFamily BusinessFamily StudiesTourismFamily Decision-makingHousehold Travel BehaviorTourism PlanningTourism PolicyTourist BehaviorTravel BehaviourDecision Roles In FamiliesFamily Decision ProcessesFamily Decision-making RulesTourism Travel BehaviorTourist Travel BehaviorTourist Travel Decision-makingVacation Policies
Understanding the family vacation decision-making process is important to everyone in tourism related industries—travel agents, governments, and private business. This article describes a study conducted on Columbus, Ohio, husband-and-wife teams to determine subdecision areas of the vacation decision process, each family member's influence in these subdecision areas, and criteria that they felt important in making these subdecisions.
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