Western New Year 2016 tour early promotion

Many tourists have the habit of hunting for last-minute tours when travel companies “clear their inventory” to get discounts. However, this year, many companies have confirmed that they have reduced prices to stimulate demand from the beginning.

On the afternoon of December 18, after work, Ms. Le Thanh Nga (Tan Binh District, Ho Chi Minh City) went to Viet Travel Company to pay a deposit for a Singapore - Malaysia tour (7 days 6 nights) for her whole family during the 2016 Lunar New Year holiday.

"Learning from last year's experience, my family did not plan ahead and decided to go close to Tet, so many attractive tours closed early" - Ms. Nga shared.

A group of Vietnamese tourists visit Korea.

According to Ms. Nga, if you just research in advance, you will see that there are many discount and promotion policies for customers who book tours early. Some companies offer direct discounts when buying tours, while others give away tours when buying tours.

In order to change the psychology of customers booking tours early, instead of organizing lucky draw programs for tourists, this year Viet Travel has changed by offering direct incentives for customers registering for group tours.

Accordingly, families and groups of friends traveling together will be refunded up to 6 million VND for domestic tours, and from 30-100 million VND for tours to Asia and the Middle East, long-distance tours to Europe, Australia, America, Africa, etc.

Similarly, a representative of Ben Thanh Tourist Company said that customers who buy Tet tours will receive a free tour to Sa Dec flower village to buy flowers and ornamental plants to decorate their homes during Tet. Meanwhile, at Fiditour Travel Company, the Lunar New Year tour stimulus policies have been applied since the end of November with discounts of up to 20% on some tours as well as corresponding gift policies.

According to Mr. Tran Van Long - General Director of Viet Travel Company, every year, travel companies often hold a large number of Tet tour tickets, but by the end they cannot sell them all, so they suffer heavy losses. To overcome this situation, many businesses have changed from the beginning by selling a moderate number of tickets, at a reasonable tour price, and at the same time launching promotions at the time of sale.

“Closing the books early helps tour buyers proactively arrange their bookings, and travel agencies and partners also have time to prepare to best serve tourists,” Mr. Long emphasized.

According to a survey of travel companies, the stimulus policy from the beginning has been very positive as many customers boldly booked tours early. Some foreign tours such as Hong Kong, Korea, Japan, Dubai, Europe... were chosen early by customers because the fastest visa application procedure takes half a month, some tours take a whole month, not to mention the time to review the application.

According to zing.vn