Travel Preferences Survey Template

Use this travel preferences survey to learn what prospective travelers want from a trip, including pace, accommodation, and activities. Shape an initial itinerary before discussing specific bookings.

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Start travel planning with the experience people want, not a list of destinations they may not know. This questionnaire provides an initial preference profile for a planning conversation. It does not collect passports or make reservations.

When to use this travel preferences survey

Travel planners and agencies can use this survey before preparing a leisure-trip proposal. It captures preferences rather than feedback on a completed trip or agent service.

7 questions for your travel preferences survey

Use these 7 questions as a starting point. All fields are optional; choose one answer where choices are listed. Leave an irrelevant open field blank.

Respondent introduction:
Tell us what you would prefer for the proposed leisure trip. These answers guide planning and do not create a reservation. Do not include passport or payment details.

How to customize your travel preferences survey

Name the proposed trip context and adapt choices to your service. This version avoids budget amounts because no currency or price range has been supplied. Add a separate reviewed budget question with currency and per-person or per-party meaning if needed. Before sharing widely, try the questions with a few people from the intended audience and clarify anything they interpret differently.

Printable travel preferences survey template

Use this printable travel preferences survey template at a travel-planning consultation. It includes the same questions and space to write, giving people who prefer paper or are less comfortable online another way to take part. SurveyLegend helps you offer both formats. Tell respondents where to return the completed form and who will review it. Paper answers need a separate review or manual entry process; they are not automatically added to online responses.

AI prompt for a travel preferences survey

Use these questions to start a focused conversation about the trip your client wants.

The full prompt below specifies your travel preferences survey, including all 7 questions and response settings. Copy it, register for a free SurveyLegend account, and paste it into SurveyLegend’s AI survey creation tool. Review the result and add your organization’s details before sharing.

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Purpose: Use these questions to start a focused conversation about the trip your client wants.

Creator setup before sharing:
Leisure-trip planning only; specify proposal context. No budget inference, booking, availability, or dietary/medical collection.

Requirements:
- Include exactly 7 fields in the order shown. Preserve wording, field types, choice order, and optional settings verbatim.
- Show every field. Single choice means one selection. Preserve instructions for irrelevant fields; do not invent branching.
- Do not add questions, answers, scores, outcome predictions, certifications, or promises of anonymity.
- Do not invent organization details, dates, offer prices, a concept card, a job criterion, or other required context. Ask the creator for missing setup information before the survey is shared.
- This prompt creates a draft questionnaire. It does not process transactions, change accounts, issue tickets, publish testimonials, or make employment decisions.
- If an exact field or setting is unavailable, explain the limitation separately rather than silently changing it.

Respondent introduction:
Tell us what you would prefer for the proposed leisure trip. These answers guide planning and do not create a reservation. Do not include passport or payment details.

Exact questionnaire:

1. What is the main purpose of this leisure trip?
Field type: Single choice
Answer choices, in order:
- Relaxation
- Exploring a destination
- Visiting friends or family
- A special occasion
- Another purpose
- Not decided
Required: No
Display rule: Always

2. What travel pace would you prefer?
Field type: Single choice
Answer choices, in order:
- Mostly unplanned time
- A relaxed itinerary
- A balance of plans and free time
- A full itinerary
- Not sure
Required: No
Display rule: Always

3. Which accommodation type would you most like considered?
Field type: Single choice
Answer choices, in order:
- Hotel
- Apartment or vacation rental
- Resort
- Guesthouse
- Another type
- No preference
Required: No
Display rule: Always

4. Which activity is your highest priority?
Field type: Single choice
Answer choices, in order:
- Nature and outdoors
- Local food
- History and culture
- Shopping
- Entertainment
- Another activity
- No preference
Required: No
Display rule: Always

5. How flexible are your travel dates?
Field type: Single choice
Answer choices, in order:
- Fixed dates
- Flexible by a few days
- Flexible by several weeks
- Not decided
Required: No
Display rule: Always

6. What would make this trip feel worthwhile to you?
Field type: Long text
Answer choices: none; respondent enters their own text.
Required: No
Display rule: Always

7. What would you prefer to avoid?
Field type: Long text
Answer choices: none; respondent enters their own text.
Required: No
Display rule: Always

Compare every field with this specification before finishing. Report differences separately. Ask the creator to review the draft and required context before sharing. Do not publish automatically.

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How to use the answers

Use trip pace, accommodation, and activity preferences together to prepare options. A relaxed pace and several desired activities call for a discussion about priorities rather than a packed schedule. Confirm dates, availability, costs, and individual requirements before any booking.

Will this reserve a trip?

No. It gathers preferences for a proposal. Booking requires your agency’s separate confirmation process.

Why are there no budget amounts?

Budget choices need a currency and a clear per-person or per-party basis. Add those details before asking about a spending range.

Can a group use one response?

A group organizer can summarize agreed preferences, but a single answer may hide differences. Discuss those before confirming the itinerary.

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