Exploring Family Roles in Purchasing Decisions During Vacation Planning

Kids on Board: Exploring the Choice Process and Vacation Needs of Asian Parents With Young Children in Resort Hotels

“…Family holidays are purported to strengthen social connectedness and positively contribute to social identity formation (Schanzel, Yeoman, & Backer, 2012). Within the realm of consumer research, the family remains an important consumption unit that has been studied primarily for its decision-making processes, buying habits, and behavior (Epp & Price, 2008;Filiatrault & Ritchie, 1980;Lehto et al, 2012;Nanda, Hu, & Bai, 2006). In the tourism field, past research investigates mainly the role of husband and wife in family vacation decisionmaking (Bronner & de Hoog, 2008;Jenkins, 1978;Kim, Choi, Argusa, Wang, & Kim, 2010;Litvin, Xu, & Kang, 2004).…”

Measuring adolescents’ tourism satisfaction: The role of mood and perceived parental style

“…Families are recognised as a prominent decision-making and consumption unit in marketing, consumer behaviour and the tourism literature (Blichfeldt, 2008;Lehto et al, 2012;Nanda et al, 2007;Spiers, 2017). In relation to research on family holidays, traditionally the parents act as respondents (Nickerson and Jurowski, 2001); firstly, because it is assumed that the parents qualify as reliable respondents (Blichfeldt et al, 2010) and, secondly, because children have traditionally been viewed as unsophisticated or incompetent respondents (Schänzel and Carr, 2016).…”

“…It is important that children are not considered as a homogenous group as age is a big differentiator (from infancy to adolescence) with different needs at different developmental stages (Schänzel and Yeoman, 2014). Nanda et al (2007) stated that the place of children in the family and their influence on other family members is likely to depend on their age. Increasing age may also bring an ability to negotiate, thereby creating an expectation of flexibility or willingness to accept compromises not expected from younger children (Khoo-Lattimore et al, 2015).…”

Beyond Adoption of Travel Technology: Its Application to Unplanned Travel Behaviors

“…According to , once travel desire is created, a variety of information behavior is undertaken to acquire deeper knowledge about destinations and to make a range of comprehensive decisions, which generates travel demands and revenues. A major stream of research on travel information search behavior uses a structural decisionmaking model in which there are five steps in a problem-solving sequence: recognition of vacation needs and wants, search for travel information, evaluation of travel alternative, final choices, and making and arranging travel purchases (Moutinho, 1987;Nanda et al, 2007). This model is primarily supply-oriented and focuses on the pre-trip stage (Fodness & Murray, 1999;Gitelson & Crompton, 1983;Snepenger, 1987;Vogt, 1993).…”

“…Traditional perspectives on travel decision-making explain that people generally undergo the following steps when making a travel decision: (1) recognition of vacation needs and wants; (2) search for travel information; (3) evaluation of travel alternatives; (4) making final choices; and (5) making and arranging travel purchases. These steps focus on decisions made at home, before the trip stage (Crotts, 2000;Moutinho, 1987;Nanda, Hu, & Bai, 2007). This traditional approach views travel decision-making as a logical and stable process and, as a result, the context delimits travel decisions within irreversible sets (Becken & Wilson, 2007).…”