Living in a consumerist society can afford material abundance, but these gains can bring psychological costs. A developed literature suggests experiential purchases (such as trips or outdoor recreation) represent a more promising route to enduring consumer happiness than the consumption of material goods. The satisfaction from experiences extends across a rather broad time course, including the anticipation of experiential consumption, in-the-moment consumption, and retrospection. This review discusses the underlying reasons for why these effects occur, additional downstream consequences of consuming experiences, and potential directions for future work. This extensive program of research provides a simple lesson people can apply to improve wellbeing in daily life: shifting spending in the direction of doing rather than having would likely be psychologically wise.

生活在消费主义社会可以负担得起物质上的丰富，但这些收获会带来心理成本。发达的文献建议体验式购买（例如旅行或户外休闲）代表了比物质商品消费更有希望的持久消费者幸福的途径。体验带来的满足感跨越了相当广泛的时间过程，包括体验消费的预期、当下的消费和回顾。本综述讨论了这些影响发生的根本原因、消费体验的额外下游后果以及未来工作的潜在方向。这项广泛的研究计划提供了一个简单的教训，人们可以将其应用于改善日常生活中的幸福感：将支出转向做而不是做的方向可能在心理上是明智的。