Budget hotels are the preferred accommodation option for travellers
August 10, New Delhi: Yatra.com, one of India’s leading online travel portals stated that the upcoming Independence Day long weekend has seen a surge of more than two-fold in bookings by travellers, as compared to the corresponding period last year. With Janmashtami and Independence Day falling consecutively on August 14th and 15th, travellers are finding this the perfect opportunity to take some time off. As per Yatra’s data, budget hotels continue to be the most popular category of accommodation for the upcoming weekends.
Yatra has seen some key trends in booking patterns for the upcoming long weekend:
Popular mini vacation destinations this year
North Jaipur, Varanasi, Amritsar, Shimla and Ladakh
South Coorg, Kerala, Pondicherry, Ooty, Tirupati
East Shillong, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Guwahati
West Goa, Mahabaleshwar, Ahmedabad
International destinations Dubai, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Malaysia
90% increase in the number of rooms booked for this period. 3 Star hotels have seen the maximum increase in bookings for the weekend
The tariffs for 5 star hotels have reduced compared to the same time last year which has led to a rise in bookings for this category
International air fares have witnessed a dip of 6% compared to the corresponding weekend last year
Yatra has seen an increase in advance bookings for this period on account of frequent airline sales over the last couple of months
Expect a last minute dash for bookings basis last year’s trend, where 43% of the bookings happened in the last 2 days
Sharat Dhall, COO (B2C), Yatra.com, “The trend of taking frequent breaks on long weekends has been growing over the past few years as people are looking for a quick, short respite from their monotonous urban lives. The upcoming long weekend has seen a huge surge in hotel bookings at destinations close to the metros, with a number of these being sold out already. We have also seen a tremendous pick up in holiday packages from all major cities. ”
Fare comparison on popular routes, as per Yatra.com data (all in INR);
Routes 12-15 August, 2016 (Avg advance fares) 11-15 August, 2017 (Avg advance fares) Last minute fares D-2 (2017)
BOM-DEL 3674 3229 5204
DEL-BOM 3377 2959 6806
DEL-BLR 4233 3833 7590
BLR-DEL 4668 4141 5240
Routes 12-15th August, 2016 (Avg advance fares) 11-15th August, 2017
(Avg advance fares) Last minute fares
D-2, (2017)
DEL-PUNE 4313 3456 8004
BOM-BLR 3012 2920 5571
BLR-BOM 3003 3053 3745
PUNE-DEL 4195 3559 6174
HYD-DEL 4025 3684 7286
DEL-HYD 3694 3341 5966
DEL-GOA 6180 5591 7659
BOM-GOA 3501 3261 8623
BLR-GOA 3118 3749 7109
BOM-JAI 3381 3303 5049
About Yatra:
Yatra, based in Gurugram, is a one-stop marketplace for all travel-related services. The company provides information, pricing, availability, and booking facility for domestic and international air travel, domestic and international hotel bookings, holiday packages, buses, trains, in city activities, inter-city and point-to-point cabs, homestays and cruises. As a leading consolidator of accommodation options, Yatra provides real-time bookings for more than 64,500 hotels in India and over 500,000 hotels around the world.
Customers can access Yatra in multiple ways: through a user-friendly website, mobile optimised WAP site and applications, a multi-lingual call centre, a countrywide network of Holiday Lounges and Yatra Travel Express stores.
Launched in August 2006, Yatra was ranked the Most Trusted e-Commerce Travel Brand in India in the Economics Times Brand Equity Survey 2016 for the second successive year, and has won the award for ‘First Prize – Domestic Tour Operator (Rest of India)’ at the India Tourism Awards held in July 2016.
Yatra’s parent company, Yatra Online Inc. is a Nasdaq listed entity.
