Visiting friends and relatives

How it is used

Often abbreviated VFR in tourism research; it describes purpose, not necessarily where someone sleeps.

Example sentences

1. The survey recorded visiting friends and relatives as her main reason for travelling.

   The category concerns the reason for the trip rather than its transport or booking channel.

2. Guests visiting friends and relatives may still need hotel rooms when family homes are full.

   This travel purpose does not require accommodation in the host family's home.

Common collocations

• visiting friends and relatives travel
• visiting friends and relatives market

Related terms

• guest profileA record in the hotel system with a guest's personal details, past stays, preferences and special notes.
• accommodationA place to stay, such as a hotel room, apartment or guesthouse, or the service of providing somewhere to sleep for travellers.

More terms: Travel Agencies & Tour Operators

• travel agency
• transfer
• tour operator
• high season
• package holiday
• voucher
• allotment
• rooming list
• OTA
• commission
• low season
• travel agent