According to a "Guesthouse Consumer Survey" by Yen Ju-yu, a student in the Applied Life Science Department of Fu Jen Catholic University, the largest group of guesthouse consumers are those aged 21-30 (48 %), followed by the 31-40 age group (33 %). Most are college- or university-educated (71.7 %) and unmarried (56.7 %).
根據輔仁大學生活應用科學系嚴如鈺的論文──「民宿使用者消費型態之研究」，選擇民宿的最大消費族群，將近一半是 21 到 30 歲（48％），其次是 31 到 40 歲（33％）；大專、大學（71.7％）的未婚（56.7％）男女為主。