Enhancing Joy in Travel

Removing Obstacles to Satisfaction
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-1-949443-21-9
Verlag: Business Expert Press

Buch, Englisch, 150 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 242 g

Why do so many of us love to travel? What does travel at its best offer? What causes us to be disappointed sometimes in our trips, and how can people in the travel industry work with us to prevent such disappointment and promote optimal travel experiences?

As a clinical psychologist and an avid traveller, the author wanted to write a book that offers fresh perspectives on these questions. The reader will learn to think about the nature of travel and about solutions to common travel problems in a new way. Strategies informed by psychological theory and research that travel providers can use to enhance our travel encounters will be given.

Questions explored include:

- What does our personality have to do with our travel satisfaction?

- Why can seeking perfection in travel be so detrimental to our trip happiness?

- What can be done to overcome travel fatigue and boredom?

- How does trying to keep up with the often unrealistic depictions of travel on social media undermine our travel joy?

- How do we prepare for trips in ways that spark excitement and receptivity for what is to come?

- What can enhance the enjoyment trips give us long after they are over?

This book will be of great interest to those in the hospitality and travel industry (both students and professionals) and general readers who want to better understand the complexities of the psychology of travel. It will serve as an invaluable guide to all who would like to learn what it means to travel well.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Murphy-Berman, Virginia

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Dienstleistungssektor & Branchen Tourismuswirtschaft, Gastgewerbe

Über Autor(innen)

Virginia Murphy-Berman received her PhD in clinical psychology from Northwestern University. She has been an active researcher and teacher in the field of psychology for over 40 years. For 12 years, she was a professor of psychology in the psychology department at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY, where she regularly taught courses on the psychology of well-being and cross-cultural psychology. Dr. Murphy-Berman has served as a reviewer for numerous journals in the field and is on two journal editorial boards. She has published over 50 articles, books and book chapters in various areas of psychology, including two books recently published by Momentum Press: Justice in Life and Society: How We Decide What is Fair (2016); and, Finding Happiness: It All Depends on Your Focus (2018). Being an avid world traveler, Dr. Murphy-Berman has had the opportunity to take numerous trips throughout The United States, Asia and Europe, and to live abroad for extended periods of time in several different countries. She is currently retired and lives with her husband in Saratoga Springs, NY