Life Style / Travel Glossary

Destination: (1) the place to which a traveler is going. (2) in the travel industry: any city, area or country which can be marketed as a single entity to tourists.

Destination Marketing Organization (Dmo): An organization that promotes a destination rather than a specific product such as state tourism offices, cvb’s, regional marketing organizations and chambers of commerce.

Dine-Around-Plan: A meal plan, usually prepaid, that allows one to dine at various restaurants in an area.

Diner: The restaurant car of a passenger train.

Direct Access: Refers to a travel agent's ability to get directly into an airlines database to get true last-seat availability and correct pricing a big difference between internet fare ' quoters ' and an . . . View Full Definition

Direct Flight: A flight that passengers are not required to change airplanes, however there may be stops that the air carrier takes for fuel or for exchanging and picking up more passengers.

Disclaimer: A legal document that advises clients that a travel agent acts only as a middleman in the sale of travel products; any liability ultimately lies with the supplier, i.e. Airline, hotel, car r . . . View Full Definition

Discount Fares: Short-term promotional fares or other discounted fares of varied duration.

Domestic Fare: A fare charged by an airline to a customer for travel within a country.

Double: Hotel room with one double bed, or sometimes a room designed to accommodate two people.

Double (Dblb): It refer to a hotel room for occupancy by two people. It may contain a double, queen or king-size bed.

Double Booking: A not-nice practice of holding reservations to the same destination for the same times/days, on the same carriers but through different travel agencies, when only one reservation will ultima . . . View Full Definition

Double Occupancy: The way in which almost all cruise fares and tour packages are quoted, that is, based on two people traveling together. Most hotel rooms are quoted based on two adults to a room, as well.

Double Occupancy Rate: Refers to a charge by a hotel for a room shared by two people.

Draft: The measurement in feet from the waterline to the lowest point of a ship's keel. Typically, a cruise ship has a draft of about 25 feet.

Dress Code: Even the most casual of cruise lines supports an onboard dress code. Although the overall trend is drifting towards a slightly more relaxed, casual dress code (tuxedos and sequined evening g . . . View Full Definition

Drop-Off Charge: The fee added to a car rental when the vehicle is returned to a city other than where it was originally rented. In some states, there is no drop off fee most of the time, such as in florida.

Dry Dock: A sealed docking facility from which water is pumped enabling maintenance and repairs to be performed on a ship's hull and keel. Don't worry - you'll never be onboard when a ship is in dry dock!

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