From: AJKock

> I am in the Travel industry and we have found that people completing
> an online form has problems understanding when a field means "their
> country of origin" or the "country they want to travel too."
> 
> We have the country field under the "personal details" section, but
> some people still tend to complete it with their country of
> destination.
> 
> Does anybody here have a suggestion on how to solve this? Should we
> change the wording for country to something like "Home Country", Your
> Country" or Country of Origin" or is there another way?

Changing the question can work. 

A strategy that is more likely to work is to ask for country in a more
natural way, which is as a component of their address (if it is appropriate
to ask for their address as part of their personal details).

Note that the country of origin may not be the same as the place that the
live. 

You might do better with "Where does your journey start?" and "Where are you
travelling to?"

Best
Caroline Jarrett
----------------------
"Forms that work: Designing web forms for usability" available from 17th
November 2008
http://www.amazon.com/Forms-that-Work-Interactive-Technologies/dp/1558607102
/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1224758232&sr=8-1

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