{
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "updated": "2026-09-14",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "Claira Travel Research",
    "url": "https://getclaira.app/research",
    "organization": "https://getclaira.app/#organization"
  },
  "methodology_url": "https://getclaira.app/research-methodology",
  "citation_guidance_url": "https://getclaira.app/research-methodology#citing-claira-research",
  "contact": "chris@getclaira.app",
  "default_modeled_data_caveat": "Unless a study explicitly says otherwise, Claira benchmark figures are standardized planning scenarios. They are not live prices, customer-trip data, market averages, observed cancellation statistics, or forecasts.",
  "studies": [
    {
      "title": "Group Flight Fairness Index 2026",
      "canonical_url": "https://getclaira.app/blog/group-flight-fairness-index-2026",
      "evidence_type": "modeled",
      "dataset_url": "https://getclaira.app/research/group-flight-fairness-index-2026.csv",
      "summary": "Tests when the lowest average airfare is not the fairest group-flight plan once maximum fare, nonstop coverage, arrival spread, and travel-time equity are considered.",
      "headline_result": "9 of 12 modeled scenarios"
    },
    {
      "title": "The Group Travel Dropout Tax",
      "canonical_url": "https://getclaira.app/blog/group-travel-dropout-tax-2027",
      "evidence_type": "modeled",
      "dataset_url": "https://getclaira.app/research-data/group-travel-dropout-tax-2027.csv",
      "graphic_url": "https://getclaira.app/research-data/group-travel-dropout-tax-2027.svg",
      "summary": "Measures how one traveler dropping out can raise the remaining travelers' share of fixed lodging and other shared trip costs across 18 standardized scenarios.",
      "headline_result": "$151 median modeled impact per remaining traveler",
      "modeled_range": "$47-$297 per remaining traveler"
    },
    {
      "title": "Group Trip Cost Benchmark 2027",
      "canonical_url": "https://getclaira.app/blog/group-trip-cost-benchmark-2027",
      "evidence_type": "modeled",
      "dataset_url": "https://getclaira.app/research-data/group-trip-cost-benchmark-2027.csv",
      "graphic_url": "https://getclaira.app/research-data/group-trip-cost-benchmark-2027.svg",
      "summary": "Applies one standardized planning model across six popular group-trip destinations so readers can see which assumptions drive the cost spread.",
      "headline_result": "6 destinations compared"
    },
    {
      "title": "Ski Trip Cost Benchmark 2027",
      "canonical_url": "https://getclaira.app/blog/ski-trip-cost-benchmark-2027",
      "evidence_type": "modeled",
      "dataset_url": "https://getclaira.app/research-data/ski-trip-cost-benchmark-2027.csv",
      "graphic_url": "https://getclaira.app/research-data/ski-trip-cost-benchmark-2027.svg",
      "summary": "Compares standardized ski-trip scenarios while distinguishing modeled planning assumptions from live resort quotes or observed traveler spending.",
      "headline_result": "6 ski destinations compared"
    },
    {
      "title": "Formula 1 Trip Cost Benchmark 2026",
      "canonical_url": "https://getclaira.app/blog/f1-trip-cost-benchmark-2026",
      "evidence_type": "modeled",
      "dataset_url": "https://getclaira.app/research-data/f1-trip-cost-benchmark-2026.csv",
      "graphic_url": "https://getclaira.app/research-data/f1-trip-cost-benchmark-2026.svg",
      "summary": "Models the group-travel economics of six Formula 1 race weekends, including the effect of fixed shared costs when fewer travelers split the bill.",
      "headline_result": "6 race weekends compared"
    },
    {
      "title": "Group Travel Statistics 2026",
      "canonical_url": "https://getclaira.app/blog/group-travel-statistics-2026",
      "evidence_type": "mixed-source synthesis",
      "summary": "Synthesizes traveler surveys, observed booking data, and Claira modeled benchmarks while labeling geography, sample scope, and evidence type for each cited statistic."
    }
  ]
}