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Luxury Traveler Profile

Characteristics of a Luxury Traveler

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Luxury Traveler Profile

Luxury travelers seek unique, uncrowded getaways.

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You’re a luxury traveler and you want the best of everything. It’s not that you’re a spendthrift: You simply expect good value along with exceptional comfort and snap-to-it service. You appreciate dining in top restaurants and sleeping in top hotels and don’t mind sharing your travel tips with other cognoscenti.

As a luxury traveler, you prefer oceanfront rooms to garden views, suites to deluxe rooms, and table service rather than buffets. Regardless of whether you travel to a sand-rimmed island or a glittering city, when you emerge from your suite, you want to be where the action is.

Although you can easily make your own arrangements (and often do), you will turn to a top travel agent or tour operator to plan an exceptional luxury vacation when you want to visit a faraway place for the first time.

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Note: This profile is one of the four types of travelers identified in the What Travel Type Are You? quiz.

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