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Quiz: What's Your Travel Personality?
The scientific study of the relationship between personality and travel started more than 30 years ago, when 16 companies-including TWA and Reader's Digest-commissioned social scientist Stanley C. Plog to find out why nearly 75 percent of the population had never flown. The airlines had just ordered jets, and their capacity was about to increase by twenty percent," says Plog. "They were wondering how they were going to fill these things."
What's really impressive is that they take a stab at outlining your media, shopping and sports preferences as well as listing suggested domestic and international trips for your particular travel personality type. I was pegged for a "Centric Venturer" which I totally agree with but they were off on nearly everything else in terms of habits. Take a guess at which one they'll peg you for then take the quiz and let us know if you agree-(2).jpg)
If you're anything like me, you love a good quiz. Conde Nast has a fantastic article in this month's issue on page 61 that explores the various types of "Travel Personalities." Christian Wright's "Head Trips" (also available online) is so good that even if you disagree with their assessment of your travel preferences, you'll still be likely to forward this one around to your friends and co-workers. He describes the birth of the study of travel habits:
Reader Comments (Page 2 of 2)
Celeste Jan 23rd 2007 9:31AM
wow... missed the mark... not even in the same hemisphere.
Kathleen Jan 23rd 2007 1:15PM
The quiz was fairly accurate for my travel preferences and shopping habits, but was so-so for my media and way off on the sports. The trips they proposed sounded interesting and were added to my travel wish list.
Editors Jan 25th 2007 3:40PM
We had a lot of fun with this quiz, too! One of our editors shares the results of her test today at The Window Seat: http://windowseat.travelocity.com/2007/01/personality_check_1.html#more
gerry Jan 27th 2007 3:53PM
This wasn't exactly on line for me. I am a centric venturer traveler, however I don't watch t.v. hardly at all. I love books. I do love small villages in Europe as opposed to the large cities, however nothing that doesn't have clean amenities. No jungles or tents please!!
Wendy Perrin Jan 30th 2007 2:19AM
Attention, quiz lovers and savvy travelers: You might enjoy my Test Your Travel Smarts quiz at http://cntraveler.com/travelsmarts. Good luck!
Wendy Perrin
Conde Nast Traveler Magazine
http://cntraveler.com/perrinpost