Travelling to different location is the habit of most of us. For Some people it cam be a hobby for some people it is a source to get relieve from day to daily life's frustration. For some people its a method to get new ideas. I mean every body travels irrespective of any reason.
Travel means business and so lots of online websites are there to give every service from ticket booking to hotel booking guide booking food booking etc etc.
In this Age of internet most people use internet to know about the places they can visit, hotel accommodating etc through online searches.
Now a days people are doing starting from booking tickets and hotel every thing is doing through online. Lots of websites are there to provide every facility to its users and competition is severe and you can find lots of offer from them to attract customer. It can be in the form of discount on hotel booking free breakfast etc.
Given below the list of top 10 Online websites for booking any travel destination in India.
Travel means business and so lots of online websites are there to give every service from ticket booking to hotel booking guide booking food booking etc etc.
In this Age of internet most people use internet to know about the places they can visit, hotel accommodating etc through online searches.
Now a days people are doing starting from booking tickets and hotel every thing is doing through online. Lots of websites are there to provide every facility to its users and competition is severe and you can find lots of offer from them to attract customer. It can be in the form of discount on hotel booking free breakfast etc.
Given below the list of top 10 Online websites for booking any travel destination in India.
1.Makemytrip.com
Makemytrip Inc. is an Indian online travel company, founded
by Deep Kalra in 2000. Headquartered in Gurgaon, Haryana, the company provides
online travel services including flight tickets, domestic and international
holiday packages, hotel reservations, rail and bus tickets, etc.
The company
has been recognized as one of India's best travel portals In addition to a
full-service online portal, the company also operates through 65 retail stores across
50 cities in India, along with international offices in New York City and
Sydney.
The company holds close to 25% market share of the OTA hotel
booking segment
Products and services
Flights - MakeMyTrip provides flight tickets for travel in
all major domestic, international as well as low-cost carriers operating in
India.
Rail and Bus tickets - MakeMyTrip sells online rail ticket
to its customers offering features like return tickets with single payment
option, flexi-search and automatic alerts and updates on the availability of
tickets.
Cab Service - MakeMyTrip introduced car hire services on its
Indian website in May 2010. It currently provides car hire services in
conjunction with holiday package bookings.
Hotels and Packages (Holidays) - The company offers hotel
reservations in India and international cities alike. There are over 13,000
hotels and guesthouses in India that can be searched and compared online on the
MakeMyTrip website.
Mobile Solutions - In
2012, MakeMyTrip launched travel mobile applications (Apps) for Windows Phone,
iPhone, Android, and BlackBerry devices.
Route Planner - Makemytrip route planner section provides
all basic required information on more than 1 Million routes in India
Forex - MakeMyTrip offers its customers a complete range of
forex products including foreign currency notes, forex travel cards, traveler's
cheques, demand drafts and international wire transfers in collaboration with
BookMyForex
2.Thomas Cook -
Now the presence of TCIL extends over 233 locations (including 23 airport counters) in 94 cities across India, Sri Lanka and Mauritius.The company received the award for Favourite Outbound Tour Operator at the Outlook Travelers Awards 2015.
Now the presence of TCIL extends over 233 locations (including 23 airport counters) in 94 cities across India, Sri Lanka and Mauritius.The company received the award for Favourite Outbound Tour Operator at the Outlook Travelers Awards 2015.
Products and services
Thomas Cook (India) Limited offers a range of products and
services including holiday travel, foreign exchange, visa and passport
services, foreign exchange, travel insurance, and travel & tourism
education.
Holidays-Thomas Cook India provides a wide range of international and
domestic holiday packages. The company essentially deals in Group Tours (GIT),
Free Individual Tours (FIT), Land Only (excluding flights) and customized tour
packages, including budget holiday and honeymoon packages, as featured on the
Thomas Cook India online portal.
Forex -Thomas Cook India Limited has been offering Foreign Exchange
services to Indian customers for over 100 years. The company is the largest
Foreign Exchange money changer in the Indian market for more and deals in 26
major currencies from across the globe
Visa -Thomas Cook India Limited offers visa application services
for almost all the countries around the world and for different categories.
Travel Insurance -Thomas Cook India also provides online travel insurance
plans that offer coverage for personal accident, medical expenses and
repatriation, loss/delay of checked baggage, loss of passport, and
curtailment/cancellation amongst others.
Flights -Thomas Cook India Limited offers flight searching and ticket
booking services for flights on all major domestic and international airlines.
Flight data from all domestic airlines and international airlines is integrated
in real-time.
Hotels -The company also offers hotel reservation services in Indian
and international cities. Presently, it offers a range of more than 32,000
hotels in India and more than 1,50,000 hotels outside India to choose from.
3.
In April 2012, it was the second largest online travel
website in India, with 30 per cent share of the ₹370 billion (US$5.5 billion)
market for all online travel-related transactions.it also launched a "holiday-cum-shopping
card" with State Bank of India (SBI), India's largest bank
4 Booking.com. -
The website lists approximately 1,200,000 properties in 225
countries and books 1,200,000 room nights per day.[3] The site is available in
40 languages.Booking.com is available in more than 40 languages.
In 2013, the site accounted for more than two thirds of the
revenue of The Priceline Group
5.Expedia -
The company operates more than 200 travel booking websites
in more than 75 countries, and has over 350,000 lodging listings and over 500
airline listings
According to Rich Barton, the first CEO, the word
"Expedia" is derived from a combination of “exploration and speed”
and contains the high-point Scrabble letter "X."
The company has received many awards and accolades
6.Travel Guru -
Travelguru shifted
its focus from offering flights bookings to hotel bookings in the year 2006.
Soon after, Travelguru acquired Desiya.com. The acquisition was regarded as a
significant step up for Travelguru in terms of market, quality and quantity of
hotels.
In October 2007,
Travelguru launched Hotels Ka Guru Ad campaign which received accolades from
all the sectors of the society and the corporate world. The global meltdown in
the year 2008-09 affected the Ecommerce businesses significantly.
This was the time when Travelguru faced financial
difficulties and survived on the small loans from Sequoia-Battery Ltd. The
online travel company was taken over by Travelocity global in the year 2009. In
the year 2011, Travelguru.com forayed into retail market by introducing 12
profitable mall stores all over India. In June 2012, Travelocity global sold
Travelguru.com to the Indian travel giants Yatra.com
7 Clear Trip -
In August 2014, Cleartrip established booking contracts with
over 15,000 hotels across the globe, and reported approximately 15,000 air
transactions and 2,000 hotel bookings on its portal.
Products and Services
Along with the full-service web portal,
Cleartrip also operates Cleartrip for Business.an online corporate travel
management tool; Agent Box,[4] a travel tool for travel agents; and Cleartrip
Mobile a travel booking app for mobile devices.
Flight and Retail Booking
Cleartrip offers services of searching and booking tickets
for flights across major domestic and international airlines. In addition, it
also offers servies for train reservation services by connecting Cleartrip and
IRCTC accounts.
Hotel Reservation
Cleartrip offers an option to book from numerous hotels
around the globe, with options of same-day and next-day check-ins. Cleartrip
also offers the Pay@Hotel feature, wherein users can book their room with
Cleartrip and pay the full amount directly at the hotel.
Hotel Packages
Cleartrip offers a range of holiday packages comprising
flight-and-hotel combination deals for destinations around the world.
Cleartrip Mobile
Cleartrip Mobile is company's flagship app offering all the
features of Cleartrip's full-service portal for mobile devices. Users can
search for information; book seats aboard flights, trains and buses; and make
hotel reservations through this app. Cleartrip Mobile is available for Apple,
Android, and Symbian devices.
Cleartrip for Business
Cleartrip offers travel booking services to 2,000 small and
medium corporate enterprises, through Cleartrip for Business, wherein users can
book flight, trains, and hotels.
AgentBox
AgentBox is an online product for travel agents, powered by
Cleartrip, which allows travel agents and tour companies to book tickets and
receive commissions. AgentBox offers an inventory of domestic and international
flights as well as hotels to registered travel agents across India.
8 Trivago - The company was founded in Düsseldorf, Germany in January 2005 by college friends Rolf Schrömgens, Peter Vinnemeier, Stephan Stubner and Malte Siewert. Seeing an opportunity in the hotel search space, the founding team developed Germany’s first hotel search engine. Shortly after launch, Stubner resigned as Managing Director, but the three other founders remain.
Initially, trivago received €1 million from investors, including the Samwer brothers, Florian Heinemann and Christian Vollmann. .In 2008, Trivago received $1.14 million in Series B funding from the British company HOWZAT media LLP. In December 2010, Trivago sold a quarter of the company for $52.86M to a US investment fund, Insight Venture Partners.
In December 2012, Expedia, an American travel company,
announced that it would acquire a 61.6% stake in Trivago for US$632 million.The
deal was completed in 2013.
Products and features
Hotel search
Trivago's hotel search engine was the first of its kind in
Germany and has websites in 50+ countries. trivago claims to be the world's
largest online hotel search site, comparing rates from over 1 million hotels
and more than 250 booking sites worldwide.
Trivago App
trivago offers a free app for its Hotel Search product on
both iOS and Android In addition to the hotel search feature, the app provides
interactive maps and displays accommodations in close proximity to the user's
current location.
Trivago Hotel Manager
Hotel Manager is Trivago’s B2B platform that allows
hoteliers to manage their presence on the Trivago site.
Hotel Manager Pro
Hotel Manager Pro is the fee-based version of Trivago's
Hotel Manager platform. The Pro version enables hoteliers to update and
customize their own listings, as well as access analytics about competitor
rates.
Direct Connect
Direct Connect is a feature that allows individual hotels to
update their current rates and availability directly via the Trivago Hotel
Manager tool
Travel Advice Calendars
Trivago's Travel Advice Calendars show the most affordable
and most expensive months to visit top destinations. The calendars feature 45
cities across six continents and use the tHPI to provide average monthly hotel
prices.
8 Ticket Goose - Ticketgoose is a safe and secure site to book bus tickets
online.
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