Travel terms starting with D

40 terms

  1. Day rate Also called a day room. A reduced rate granted for the use of a guest room during the daytime, not overnight occupancy.
  2. Day tour An escorted or unescorted tour that lasts less than 24 hours and usually departs and returns on the same day. See sightseeing tour.
  3. Deadheading Making a trip or a segment of a trip without passengers, such as driving an empty motorcoach somewhere.
  4. Degradation Process wherein the elevation of streambeds, sandbars, and flood plains is lowered by erosion. The opposite of aggradation.
  5. Demand generators Strategies and programs developed by DMOs and suppliers to generate destination demand.
  6. Demands A consumer’s wants backed by the ability to purchase.
  7. Demographics Relating to the statistical study of human populations.
  8. Denomination/Sect A religious group or community.
  9. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) DHS is comprised of three main organizations responsible for immigration policies, procedures, implementation and enforcement of U.S. laws, and more.
  10. Department of Labor (DOL) A cabinet level unit/ministry of the U.S. government that has responsibility for labor issues.
  11. Departure point The location or destination from which a tour officially begins.
  12. Departure tax Fee collected from a traveler by the host country at the time of departure.
  13. Dependent children Children are considered dependent if they are both under the age of 21 and unmarried by the date of immigration.
  14. Deposit An amount of money paid to the court. Hennepin County Housing Court can only accept cash and certified checks; personal checks, third-party checks, and…
  15. Deposit policy A specified amount or a percentage of the total bill due on a specified date prior to arrival.
  16. Derivative Derivatives are financial products, such as futures contracts, options, and mortgage-backed securities.
  17. Derivative Status Getting a status (visa) through another applicant, as provided under immigration law for certain visa categories.
  18. Descriptive research A form of marketing research that is used to provide detailed answers about customer markets.
  19. destination In spatial interaction, the location of the end of a trip. For example, a shop or an office where a consumer or a worker is going.
  20. Destination alliance A DMO that operates as a for-profit association of select suppliers who form a paid membership network to promote their services to travelers.
  21. Destination management company (DMC) A for-profit company that operates similar to a CVB by providing planning and execution services for the convention and meeting market.
  22. Destination Marketing Organization (DMO) A company or other entity involved in the business of increasing tourism to a destination or improving its public image.
  23. Direct flight A flight that stops one or more times on the way to a destination, but does not require travelers to change planes.
  24. Direct marketing Sales and marketing communication that feature direct interaction between a company and its customers without any distribution intermediaries.
  25. Directors An industry council of the Travel Industry Association of America www.tourstates.com
  26. Distance Learning Synonym teletraining.
  27. Diversity Visa Visas based on a lottery system rather than a previously filed petition. Applicants enter themselves only once annually.
  28. Diversity Visa (DV) Program The Department of State has an annual lottery for immigration to the United States.
  29. DMC (Destination Management Company) A local company that handles arrangements for tours, meetings, transportation, etc. for groups originating elsewhere.
  30. DMO (Destination Marketing Organization) A company or other entity involved in the business of increasing tourism to a destination or improving its public image(such as a convention and visitor…
  31. Docent A tour guide who works free of charge at a museum.
  32. Documentarily Qualified The applicant has submitted all documents specified by the consular officer or the National Visa Center (NVC) as sufficient to meet the formal visa…
  33. Domicile Your domicile is your permanent residence, which you demonstrate by using it as your primary home, holding a driver's license using that address, and…
  34. Double double A room with two double beds.
  35. Double-occupancy rate The price per person for a room to be shared with another person; the rate most frequently quoted in tour brochures.
  36. Double-room rate The full price of a room for two people (twice the double-occupancy rate.)
  37. Downgrade 1. Change the security class of an object to one which does not dominate the original [CESG]. 2.
  38. Driver-guide A tour guide who does double duty by driving a vehicle while narrating.
  39. Duration of Status In certain visa categories such as diplomats, students and exchange visitors, the alien may be admitted into the United States for as long as the person…
  40. Duty-free imports Item amounts and categories specified by a government that are fee of tax or duty charges when brought into the country.