Travel industry in India has grown too huge with international tourists pouring in and Indians travelling nationwide. Thanks to the government who has taken steps to create and enhance tourist attractions nationwide. The travel industry has been dormant and under-developed until 2010 with a few main players in the market. But now the industry has grown with several players doing flight and hotel bookings, tour planning etc. As of today the new start-ups like India hike, adventure nation, thrillophila, triptoto, triphobo are most sought after for activities bookings, while for hotel and flight bookings, people opt for old-school portals like makemytrip, yatra, goibibo, cleartrip etc. Below is a list of top 5 travel booking companies in India
- Makemytrip– com, India’s leading online travel company was founded in the year 2000 by Deep Kalra. Initially, The Company focused on conducting US-India Trips. Goa being centre of tourism for India, MakeMyTrip.com get’s most of the business out of Goa… from booking flights to Goa to adventure activities and hotels in Goa After being successful in its venture in USA, it was launched in India in 2005. Now this online travel company caters to both Indian and International destinations. The company offers deals in domestic and international flight, train and bus tickets, holiday packages, hotel reservations and other products and services. MakeMyTrip is the market-leader with 47% market-share in India. Makemytrip provides supportive customer service and has offices in 20 cities over India as well as 2 international offices in New York and San Francisco. This is hence the best portal for international bookings like flights from London to goa or Mumbai etc.
- Yatra.com– Yatra.com was established in year 2006 by Manish Amin & Dhruv Shringi. It has contracted over 61,000 hotels in over 1,100 cities across India; Yatra.com is India’s largest platform for domestic hotels. Yatra has associations with credit cards and there is a lot you save up if you enjoy planning and booking your travel packages with Yatra. The benefits are more specifically for frequent users of the service. Yatra has emerged as the most trusted travel brand in India as it has won many awards in the field of “Best Travel Website of India”
- Cox & Kings- Cox & Kings is the longest established travel company in the world. It was established way back in 1758. In India, operations are headquartered in Mumbai and it has the status of a limited company. It has over 12 offices in India in cities such as New Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Kochi, Hyderabad, Pune, Goa, Nagpur and Jaipur. Cox and Kings has a good office in Goa and many a times flights to Goa appear cheaper than in other portals. Cox and Kings provide solutions for personal travels as well as professional travel needs. It can be a short trip or an office off site that needs to be organised
- Expedia- com was launched by a small division within Microsoft in year 1996; it is giving consumers a revolutionary new way to research and book travel. It can be used to book airline tickets, hotel reservations, car rentals, cruises, vacation packages and various attractions and services via the internet or telephone agents Expedia, Inc. has become one of the world’s leading online travel companies. Expedia makes it its highest priority to ensure the security and confidentiality of the personally identifiable information that the customer provides. It has become one of the most trusted brands
- Goibibo– Goibibo is the largest online hotels booking engine in India and also one of the leading air aggregator. Goibibo is also the number one ranked mobile app under the travel category. It has made a significant impact on the travel scenario of India. The organization has been there for long now and has influenced its place to well. The input and audits have dependably been great which demonstrates that individuals prefer the arrangements given by the company to the travellers. The organization highlights different travel administrations and items which enable the client to explore the largest range of destinations and hotels.
This article was about the 5 best travel portals available in the market today. If you are an avid traveller, you would surely be using one of these. Hope you enjoyed the article and best of luck for your next travel.
