Travel Packages

Cruise control: How to plan for your luxury getaway on the sea

Travel to Singapore, the Caribbean, Dubai, or Goa and indulge yourself on the ship with food and entertainment

Amazon expands partnership with Railways for deliveries in festive season

National transporter enables company to meet delivery promises to customers in the hinterlands

Focus on tour operators to manage tax at source on overseas travel

Travellers whose incomes are below the taxable limit will have to file a return to claim the refund on this tax

Tour operators promising guaranteed departures, low cancellation charges

Your summer holiday is safe and on schedule, say travel firms

Hit by slowdown, holiday-goers opt for budget-friendly locations for travel

Share of travel to expensive destinations like US, Europe, Australia has come down to 19 per cent from 25 per cent in August

Thomas Cook falls: What next for the company that survived two world wars?

Thomas Cook employs 21,000 people and is the world's oldest travel company, founded in 1841

Travel packages and discounts: Book your summer holiday before rates climb

Locking in now will help in ensuring that your budget doesn't get disturbed in case the dollar surges

It's raining discounts as Cox & Kings offers packages starting at Rs 1,099

For Rs 1,099 one can spend two days and one night in Aurangabad, Mahabaleshwar or Daman

Travellers prefer budget tours for holidays abroad

Holiday goers are opting for budget rather premium packages this summer owing to the revision in service tax. Tour operators are witnessing an increase in bookings for overseas tours and expect this summer season to be better than last year but companies are also seeing a growing customer trend to book value tours rather than more expensive tours.Rajeev Kale, President and country head of leisure travel, Thomas Cook said overall tour costs have increased by around 5 per cent as a result of service tax revision. "Customers are taking more of value tours than premium ones," he said.Typically, bookings for summer season begin in October-November of the previous year and demand was muted in the initial months due to demonetisation. But that has not dented the demand."We are expecting 20 per cent growth in volume for overseas tours in summer. We are seeing a positive sentiment and we have seen a good traction with the launch of our holiday sale," Kale said. He added that the company is ...