Vacation Rules
Vacation Rules is an exploration of the psychology of travel: what makes for a happy vacation, and how greater happiness and well-being can be achieved through a different approach to planning and experiencing vacations.

The book is based on the PERMA model of positive psychology, and proposes 36 “rules” to assist its readers plan and enjoy their vacations. It suggests that rather than concentrating on the mechanics of travel—who we fly with, where we stay, which car we rent, which tour we take—we should first consider exactly why we want to go on vacation, what our current state of mind is, who we are traveling with, how we manage expectations and interruptions, and other issues of a strategic nature.

Written by a travel industry veteran and an academic focused on travel happiness, Vacation Rules distills the results of years of academic research into travel, happiness and well being into an easy to read format, and invites readers to submit their own "vacation rules" for publication in future editions.
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Vacation Rules
Vacation Rules is an exploration of the psychology of travel: what makes for a happy vacation, and how greater happiness and well-being can be achieved through a different approach to planning and experiencing vacations.

The book is based on the PERMA model of positive psychology, and proposes 36 “rules” to assist its readers plan and enjoy their vacations. It suggests that rather than concentrating on the mechanics of travel—who we fly with, where we stay, which car we rent, which tour we take—we should first consider exactly why we want to go on vacation, what our current state of mind is, who we are traveling with, how we manage expectations and interruptions, and other issues of a strategic nature.

Written by a travel industry veteran and an academic focused on travel happiness, Vacation Rules distills the results of years of academic research into travel, happiness and well being into an easy to read format, and invites readers to submit their own "vacation rules" for publication in future editions.
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Vacation Rules

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Vacation Rules is an exploration of the psychology of travel: what makes for a happy vacation, and how greater happiness and well-being can be achieved through a different approach to planning and experiencing vacations.

The book is based on the PERMA model of positive psychology, and proposes 36 “rules” to assist its readers plan and enjoy their vacations. It suggests that rather than concentrating on the mechanics of travel—who we fly with, where we stay, which car we rent, which tour we take—we should first consider exactly why we want to go on vacation, what our current state of mind is, who we are traveling with, how we manage expectations and interruptions, and other issues of a strategic nature.

Written by a travel industry veteran and an academic focused on travel happiness, Vacation Rules distills the results of years of academic research into travel, happiness and well being into an easy to read format, and invites readers to submit their own "vacation rules" for publication in future editions.

Product Details

BN ID: 2940016179315
Publisher: VR PUBLISHING
Publication date: 03/04/2013
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 1 MB

About the Author

Rod Cuthbert is founder and chairman emeritus of Viator.com, the leading online seller of vacation activities, tours, and sightseeing, and CEO of Rome2rio, an online travel company specializing in door-to-door transport search. He has been in the travel industry since 1995 and is a frequent speaker at industry events and an advisor to a number of online travel companies. He is a native of Tasmania who divides his time between San Francisco and Melbourne.

Dr. Sebastian Filep, PhD, is a tourist behavior researcher with an interest in research on happiness. He is a lead editor of Tourist Experience and Fulfilment: Insights from Positive Psychology and a co-author of Tourists, Tourism and the Good Life, both published by Routledge. Dr. Filep is an Assistant Professor at the University of Otago, New Zealand, and Honorary Research Fellow at Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia. He lives in Dunedin, New Zealand.
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