Basic introduction of go on road trip

Go on road trip refers to the way that tourists travel by car according to a certain route, which rose in the United States in the middle of last century and became popular in western developed countries. At first, people called weekend driving "Sun-dayDrive", and later it developed into "DriveTravel". Now, self-driving travel has gradually become a popular way of travel around the world.

For the first time in human history, the go on road trip was completed by a woman. She was Berta Ben Ci, karl benz's wife. 129 October,1886,65438+Karl Benz's "car" was patented, but it was a pity that there was more criticism and less praise at that time. Berta Ben Ci always believed that her husband's research was correct and promising. So,1August, 888, she drove a "motorcycle" designed by Karl Benz, and set out from Mannheim with her two sons to visit relatives in Pforzheim. During this journey of 100 kilometers, although the "locomotive" had some minor faults, it finally reached its destination very smoothly.

Go on road trip's definition

Self-driving tour is a kind of self-help tour, which is a new tourism format different from traditional group tour. Self-driving tourism gives tourists more room to expand in choosing objects, participating procedures and experiencing freedom, and has the characteristics of liberalization and personalization, flexibility and comfort, selectivity and seasonality.

Go on road trip is still in its infancy in China. The basis of this judgment: First, the scale and proportion of travel on the road; Second, around travel, there is no perfect service system and strong industrial chain. Economy hotels are very popular, but motels are rare. In other countries, such as New Zealand, go on road trip system is perfect, motels are beautiful in appearance and perfect in function, and car rental companies such as Hertz are spread all over the north and south islands, which easily makes people feel the urge to go to road trip.

Go on road trip, self-help tour and group tour.

The differences between go on road trip, self-help tour and group tour are mainly reflected in the specific means of transportation, the unity of drivers and passengers, and the autonomy of travel itinerary.

In terms of transportation, the vehicles driven or taken by self-driving tourists belong to non-operating passenger vehicles, including private vehicles, non-operating unit vehicles, rental vehicles and so on. From the driver's point of view, drivers and passengers of self-driving tourism activities also have the identity of tourists, and their purpose of driving out is to participate in tourism activities. In the arrangement of travel itinerary, self-driving tourists have obvious autonomy and randomness in the choice of travel destination, the arrangement of travel time and stopovers because they have mastered the means of transportation. It is this autonomy and arbitrariness of go on road trip that provides more space and better opportunities for scenic spots to expand this tourist market.

Self-help tour and go on road trip are two overlapping concepts, with many overlapping parts, but they are not the same. When researching and developing go on road trip market, we should avoid confusing the concepts of go on road trip and self-help tour.