•Name: Yao
•Gender: female
•Age: 25
•Occupation: employee of government departments and institutions
•Hometown: Southeast Guizhou
•Departure Date: Jan 31, 2014
•Distance from Home: 2,169.5 kilometers
•Route of Travel: Airplane + charted vehicle
•Time Cost of Travel: 8 hours
•Total cost of Travel: 2000 yuan, or 56 percent of monthly income.

•Background: Yao was upset about the holiday arrangement this year because she has to work on the day before the New Year of Chinese lunar calendar and would probably miss the reunion dinner. Even if it takes much money and time for Yao to go back home, she is willing to choose airplane and charted vehicle. Yao believes that family reunion on the New Year’s Eve is so important not only to herself but also to many other Chinese people.