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This study challenges the top-down theory’s view that travel does not lead to sustained increases in life satisfaction. The impact of travel experience factors on life satisfaction before, during, and after travel was longitudinally evaluated among 252 young travelers (aged 20‐30 years). The survey results showed that expectations before the trip, serendipity during the trip, and savoring after the trip affected life satisfaction directly or indirectly. In particular, the influence of savoring after travel on life satisfaction was much higher than that associated with travel satisfaction. In addition, the effect of travel satisfaction on savoring was nonsignificant, while that of serendipity was significant. Thus, beyond travel satisfaction, serendipity and savoring offer alternative paths to amplify life satisfaction derived from travel experiences.

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