Study title

Vacation and travel habits of the West German population in 1979 as well as vacation plans for the next season. Topics: frequency of travel and regularity of vacation trips; destinations at home and abroad; same destination each year; family members as travel companion; motives for travel and vacation expectations; form of trip; travel information; place of booking; time of travel decision; travel preparation; travel organization; travel counseling and use of travel agency; travel expenditures; point in time of travel and trip duration; means of transport used for the vacation trip; criteria for the selection of the travel accomodation; meals habits on vacation; activities at place of vacation; travel satisfaction; frequency and destinations of short vacation trips; intents to travel and destination for vacation in the following year; expected means of transportation used for travel; reasons against vacation; vacation at home and vacation activity; personal opinion leadership in the matter of vacation; assessment of the general economic development and personal economic situation; vacation requirement and taking vacation; obstacles to vacation; influence of increase in price of energy on vacation plans; expected development of engergy prices; conduct with rising vacation prices; reasons for selection of means of transport; considerations for the selection of another means of transport; duration of travel to place of vacation; duration of return trip; incidents on departure or return; means of transport for excursions at place of vacation; image of means of transport, car, ship, scheduled airline and charter airline; Demography: age; sex; living together with a partner; ages of children in household; religious denomination; school education; occupational position; household income; size of household; composition of household; respondent is head of household; knowledge of foreign languages. Interviewer rating: city size; degree of urbanization; district...