A modification of the solvation model of Ohe is proposed for the calculation of vapor-liquid equilibria (VLE) in alcohol-water-salt systems. The modified method employs the Bromley equation to calculate the activity of water in salt solutions, and a one-parameter empirical expression to calculate the activity of the alcohol. The single parameter is obtained by fitting ternary alcohol-water-salt data. The method is simple to use and does not require data on the vapor-pressures of alcohol-salt mixtures that are seldom available in the literature. Experimental data for 17 salts in 36 alcohol-water-salt systems, covering a temperature range from 298 to 375 K, and salt concentrations up to about 8 m, were correlated using the new approach. In all, 69 data sets and 1045 data points were correlated satisfactorily. The method was also used to predict VLE in four ternary alcohol-alcohol-salt systems and one quaternary alcohol-alcohol-water-salt system with satisfactory results. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.