Travel Offers

ICICI Bank has announced new offer wherein you will need to use the ICICI Bank Net Banking to transact at IRCTC to book your train tickets online to get free Zoomin Flipbook.

All you have to do is when you are booking train tickets at IRCTC just pay using ICICI Bank Netbanking and do so twice during the entire offer period and get yourself a free flipbook from Zoomin. Booking twice using ICICI Bank Net Banking can only get this free flipbook, else you will not be eligible. This Zoomin Flipbook or photo book is said to be worth Rs. 199 and you get it for free just for transacting to buy your train tickets online which in any case you are going to do, if you are planning for the same till May 10, 2010.

This offer is valid from February 10, 2010 to May 10, 2010. There will be a shipping and service charge of Rs. 35+ when you are getting the free photo book from Zoomin, though.

Check out more details about this offer here.

GoAir airlines has announced special discount for students who choose Go Air to travel. They have announced a flat discount of Rs. 500 on all one-way fares for all the students namely under graduates, graduates and post-graduate students. This discount can be availed only from the GoAir Call Center or Airport Ticket office of GoAir located at various airports in India. This offer is not valid for school students though.

The particular student will need to show their valid student ID in order to get this offer. The booking can be done till April 10, 2010. But the travel is valid till September 30, 2010. GoAir will give the discount of Rs. 500 immediately when you are booking the one way ticket at the above mentioned places. Only limited seats are available it seems and all other terms and conditions apply as well.

Also GoAir is giving away a free gift voucher worth Rs. 1000 for the students who have scored 90% marks in their final examination. This gift voucher worth Rs. 1000 can be redeemed when you travel the next time at Go Air. But you will need to show your original mark sheet for the same. There is no minimum purchase limit mentioned for this particular gift voucher, do check with them before getting it for free.

This seems a different and notable offer targeting students and encouraging them to Fly Smart by Air rather than choosing train, which in fact is the most preferred mode of transport for many students to travel between Indian cities and states.

To know more details, visit www.GoAir.in or call GoAir helpline at 1800-222-111 or 09223-222-111.

Emirates Airlines has announced one of the cheapest rates to fly to Dubai where you fly and return as well as get Visa to Dubai all inclusive of the charges mentioned as below by Emirates. This is said to be the cheapest among the whole lot of airlines that flies from India to Dubai. The cost includes return airfare as well as the Visa cost as well as all applicable tax. But remember the rates mentioned is from Chennai to Dubai and it may vary for other cities to Dubai, do check Emirates website for the same.

For the economy class you can fly to Dubai and return for just Rs. 18,572. For the Business Class you can go to Dubai and return for Rs. 47,997. While for the First Class it would be Rs. 76,465. As said above these rates includes return fares as well as the visa cost and all applicable taxes.

The Dubai Visa will be processed via DVPC (Dubai Visa Processing Centre) which is the official visa processing centre in India. This offer is applicable only if you purchase the tickets in India only, not from any other country or even Dubai. This offer is valid if the travel is completed between February 15, 2010 to March 31, 2010. The approval process of the Visa depends entirely upon the issuing authority and it seems Emirates has no ask in that.

Visit Emirates Website for more details.

Makemytrip.com has announced special offer for this holiday season (summer vacation, etc). You can get up to 75% off on the total air fare and tax on holidays this summer when you book the same from Make My Trip. This up to 75% discount is applicable on all the international holidays and is valid only till February 25, 2010. But you can travel between April to June 2010.

There are special locations and tour packages in which you can get a flat 75% less on the total package cost. This cost includes all the prices including air fare, tax, food, etc and no other conditions do apply for the same. The prices for the special tour packages are mentioned below.

There are specific names given for such tour packages aimed at America, Europe, Malaysia. They are namely: American Extravaganza from which you can visit Washington, New York, Niagara, Colorado, Orlando, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and San Fransisco. Additionally you can enjoy cog railway at Pike’s Peak as well as 4 days Bahamas cruise. This is a 19 days package. This cost around Rs. 2.5 lakhs but you can get it for Rs. 2.22 lakhs during this offer period.

With the European Highlights you can visit Belgium, Britain, Germany, France and Switzerland as well as the world famous Eurostar as a special package. This is a 7 days tour package. This costs Rs. 1,19,990 but you can get it for Rs. 93,690 inclusive of all costs.

Similarly you can get Grand Tour of Europe package which is a 14 days package for Rs. 1.58 lakhs instead of Rs. 1.84 lakhs. With this package you can visit Vatican City, Italy, Austria, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Britain, Switzerlad as well as special visit to Ferrari Gallery.

Finally there is also Singapore and Malaysia holidays for 8 days at Rs. 49,990 as against Rs. 59,990. This is an 8-day tour package. You can book this particular tour package by paying just Rs. 5000 and book the holidays for Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong or Thailand. You will get the 75% off on the total air tickets as well as tax and also special free upgrae to a 5 star hotel of their choice.

With these packages most of the must see sightseeing and places are included and your stay will be at special premium hotels and also meals will be based on your preferences like vegetarian or non-vegetarian or even Jain meals. This is a limited period offer from Makemytrip.

HDFC Bank Credit Card and Cleartrip.com have tied up to offer a flat 50% cash back when booked air tickets via Clear Trip using HDFC Bank Credit Cards. This offer is applicable if you book 4 tickets (either 4 one way or 2 return tickets) at Cleartrip and get 50% cash back instantly on your credit card. You will either get a 50% cash back or Rs. 2500 cash back whichever amount is lesser. If you book two or three tickets in single ticket booking either round trip or one way tickets you will get instant 10% cash back or Rs. 500 whichever amount is lesser. This offer is available only on the base fare.

This offer is valid only if you book ticket at Clear Trip for the following airlines: Jet Airways, Indian Airlines, GoAir, Kingfisher Airlines, IndiGo and SpiceJet. And it is not valid on Kingfisher Red, JetKonnect, and JetLite.

This offer is valid from February 10, 2010 to March 1, 2010 and you can book for any date provided that day is available to book tickets at Cleartrip. You can only book between these days to avail the cash back.

This offer is valid only on HDFC Bank Credit Cards and not even valid on HDFC Bank Debit Cards.

Similarly if you book train tickets at Clear Trip using your HDFC Bank Credit Cards you will get a cash back of 10% or Rs. 100 whichever amount is lesser. This 10% cash back on rail tickets are also only for HDFC credit cards.

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Makemytrip.com and ICICI Bank have come together to come up with a special cash back offer of Rs. 200 on each air ticket booked at Make My Trip. This offer is valid only if you book the air ticket at Makemytrip and pay using your ICICI Bank Net Banking. This is a flat cash back of Rs. 200 on tickets booked on any airlines available at Makemytrip.com except for SpiceJet and Indigo Airlines.

You will need to use the deal code ICICINET at the appropriate place while booking air ticket online at Make My Trip. Else you will not be properly credited with the cash back. The cash back of Rs. 200 is valid only on the base fare which is excluding the taxes and surcharge you will need to pay for buying air tickets online.

This offer is also valid if you book your hotel ticket via Makemytrip.com and pay it using your ICICI Bank Net Banking during this offer period

This offer is valid till March 30, 2010.

Read more details about this offer here.

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Jet Airways and TripAdvisor India have come together to come up with special launch offer where you can earn JPMiles when you write reviews about hotels at Trip Advisor. JP Miles is nothing but the frequent flyer program of Jet Airways. It is also known as JetPrivilege. With this Jet Privilege you can earn points for various tasks, including writing reviews at TripAdvisor India, flying with Jet Airways and more and earn points and use those points or redeem them for flying with Jet Airlines again.

With this offer you can earn up to 4000 JPMiles throughout the year 2010. This partnership came into being from December 1, 2009.

This offer is valid at www.tripadvisor.in website and you will need to write reviews about hotels that you stayed or heard or knew about.

You can earn JP Miles throughout the year 2010.

If you write 3 to 6 hotel reviews from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010 you can earn 500 JPMiles. While if you write 7 or more hotel reviews at Trip Advisor you can earn 1000 JPMiles during this time period. You can qualify to receive new and fresh JP Miles every according to the slab mentioned above, for the following quarters, January to March, April to June, July to September, October to December 2010. So you have a chance to win up to 4000 JP Miles for sure, if you can write at least 28 hotel reviews throughout the year 2010, split into 4 batches.

Also there is a chance of winning 5000 JPMiles or Jet Privilege Miles through the year 2010. This will be applicable if you can write 10 or more reviews during each quarter as mentioned above, in other words if you can write 40 reviews (split into 4 batches for each quarter) or more you will be entered into this sweepstakes.

Get all the other details about this offer here.

This offer was shared to me via email by Vinoth.

GoIbibo.com which is just another travel booking portal from Ibibo and they too are offering various discounts when you book air tickets via them. Likewise they are offering Rs. 700 off on every tickets (return ticket) that is booked on Go Air through them. Similarly you will get Rs. 350 off on the one way ticket booked of Go Air via Go Ibibo.

As well as you will get a flat discount of Rs. 600 when you book tickets of Kingfisher Airlines through goibibo. This is also on return tickets that you book from Kingfisher Airlines. Similarly you will get a flat discount of Rs. 300 on one way ticket booked of Kingfisher Airlines at Go Ibibo.

SOTC, world famous tours, has come up with Great Aussie Bonanza with special Australia tour and holiday packages with up to Rs. 40,000 cash back per family. There are 3 tour packages to Australia to choose from. The first is the 13-day Australian Splendor, second is 10-day Amazing Australia and finally 13-day Wonders of Australia. As well as an add-on holiday namely 8 days New Zealand.

The tour package includes return air tickets, sight seeing, hotel stay, meals, transportation within Australia, Visa, tax and charges for the SOTC Tour Manager.

You will get the Rs. 40,000 off per family if you are one of the lucky ones, i.e., this offer is valid only for the first 100 customers who avail it from SOTC.

You can call SOTC Helpline at 1800 209 3344 to know more details about this offer and other details.

Cox & Kings after their previous offer of up to 200% cash back has come up with or extended the offer into up to 50% cash back offer on International Holidays. This seems to be due to the popular demand, at least what they claim as so. You can choose from various foreign locations for your holidays right from Europe, USA, Fareast, Australia and more. The cash back will be immediate this time as against the previous offer where only select few will be getting it.

For example with the European Experience holidays for 11 days and 10 nights the total price of the holiday would be Rs. 1,38,650 but with this offer of 50% cash back it was reduced to Rs. 69,325. Likewise you can avail up to 50% cash back on various holiday destinations and tour packages like Amazing Australia, Land of Pharaohs, Orient & Magical Far East, European Discovery, European Splendors, American Bonanza, Sri Lankan Sojourn, Kenyan Safari, Turkish Delight, and more.

The prices include economy class airfare, sightseeing, hotel accommodation, Cox & Kings Manager services, meals as well as the Trawell Tag and Insurance. Tax and visa charges and other charges should be paid separately.

You can refer to the 50% cash back brochure for more details or visit www.coxandkings.com or www.ezeego1.com for more details. Or call Cox & Kings at 1800 22 1235. This offer is valid till February 12, 2010 or till stocks last.

Club7 Holidays, which is part of FCH Centrum Direct Ltd and, who are one of the leading holiday and tour operators in India has announced Classic Tours 10 where you can visit Europe and America like never before. Also you can take your child for free for these tours or get Rs. 50,000 off per couple while booking these holidays abroad. Apart from that you will get discounts on tour packages announced by them this year.

The tour packages include the following:

The European Highlights, European Bonanza, European Essentials, Shakahari Tour, America Freestyle, Best of America, Real Scandinavia, Real Spain and Portugal, Bohemian Rhapsody, as well as special and exclusive tour packages suited to one’s need. All tour packages range from 7 days to 21 days and the rates mentioned are inclusive of most of the charges that you need to incur. You will also get special discounts when you book holidays on the above price apart from taking your kid for free or additional discount. They also have special Ala Carte Holidays where you can customize your own tour package even for a small group of 4 or more. All tour packages from this Ala Carte Holidays from Club 7 Holidays are tailor-made according to what you specify or order.

This special Club 7 Holidays Offers is available only for a limited period and is valid for the first 500 passengers who book their holidays till February 9, 2010. Visit www.club7holidays.co.in for more details.