ABSTRACT
In the chapter I address an important issue for tourism research; criteria for choosing the most appropriate research technique. Based on feminist research principles I argue for the use of the multitude of methods or techniques. The discussions revolve around two underused techniques in feminist research whether this is related to tourism studies or the investigation of other gendered phenomenon; the survey method and the solicited diary. I show that both satisfy feminist goals. The chapter is a result of methodological considerations made while discussing appropriate methods in a feminist PhD project on Norwegian midlife single women's holidaymaking and identity related issues. In the study the holiday was studied in three phases (Clawson & Knetsch, 1966, pp. 33–34); the anticipation and planning of the holiday, the actual holiday and the recollection of the holiday. This chapter revolves around discussion of data collection related to phase two; the actual holiday. This phase was chosen as it always proposes a challenge to the researcher to include a multitude of experiences, as the data collection often is site or time specific.
