Travel 2.0 in India
Air Travel and Web 2.0 are making a tremendous impact in India. Here is the definitive list of Travel 2.0 in India.
Travel 2.0 portals in India
Travel 2.0 portals in India - Extended list
- makemytrip: comprehensive, nice deals
- yatra: good holiday packages, nice deals
- cleartrip: amazing user-interface, best ease-of-use
- ezeego1: excellent deals (cashback)
- travelguru: nice international holiday packages
- travelocity: no comment
- ixigo: no comment
- 90 degrees: trains in addition to flights
- travelmartindia: nice packages, average user-interface
- zoomtra: no comment (yet)
- mobissimo: no comment (yet)
Travel 1.0 or holiday packages and clubs:
Recommendations from fellow travellers:
Itinerary checking services for international flights:
For tickets booked on Amadeus system.
For tickets booked on Galileo system.
For tickets booked on Worldspan system.
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Hi, My name is Rohit & I am looking for some thing which is not just a travel agent or travel booking portal. I want to explore those parts of the world & India that are not been yet explored by Tourists. For example: Arunachal Pradesh…or the small towns & villages in between two cities of South Africa. Please revert!
Rohit Mittal
24 Apr 08 at 4:17 pm
Hi Rohit, Many of the above sites offer holiday packages, and some of them are in remote not-so-touristy places that you may like. Check them out!
Saket
25 Apr 08 at 7:58 am
A good list, may I add one which helps with Air + Train travel:
90 Degrees:
http://www.90di.com/
Piyush Goel
25 Apr 08 at 10:21 am
@Piyush, thanks. I’ve added it to the list :P
Saket
25 Apr 08 at 11:44 am
Piyush, that site was already posted. Secondly, it is amazing that India seems to have more travel booking sites than the USA now, and I am thrilled to see so.
Myspace Quizzes
27 Apr 08 at 4:53 am
that was indeed a really good list
jyoti
27 Apr 08 at 5:38 am
Hi, Saket Exhaustive list. Thanks.
Shaku
30 Apr 08 at 2:24 am
Just came across these sites with a good interface:
Zoomtra:
http://www.zoomtra.com/
Mobissimo:
http://www.in.mobissimo.com/
Piyush Goel
1 May 08 at 8:47 am
@Piyush, I’ve added the ones you’ve recommended. Thanks!
Saket
4 May 08 at 10:18 pm
Indian flights vary a lot, for example, I looked up prices for 2 adults flight tickets Kolkata to Jaipur 5th Dec 2008, and here is the sample for your reference:
mmt: 16.9
yatra: 10.6
cleartrip: 10.6
ezeego1: 16.6
travelguru: 11.7
travelmartindia: 13.6
travelocity: 10.0 - cheapest so far
arzoo: 10.5
90di.com: 10.4
zoomtra: 21
mobissimo: 10.4
ixigo: 10.4
All prices in thousands of Rupees.
Anonymous
17 Oct 08 at 5:29 pm
Ok, Arzoo sucks big time. Said 7,160.00, bill total is 7,923.00 and says card charged for 7,497.00. Yuck yuck yuck! Demoted and removed from this list.
Update: Called customer service twice, horrible experience!
Saket
19 Oct 08 at 11:46 am
A few more comparisons:
2 Adults, Dec 2008, X to Y:
mmt: 16.4 (17.7 indigo+paramount@1650, 18.1 indigo+jet@1525)
yatra: 19.7
cleartrip: 19.9
ezeego: 18.4
travelguru: 19.9
arzoo: 19.1
travelmartindia: no flights
travelocity: 19.4 - best timings
ixigo: 15.3 (16.9 indigo+paramount@1650, 17.7 indigo+jet@1525)
90di: 15 (17.7 indigo+jet@1525, 19.4 indigo+kingfisher@1220)
zoomtra: no flights
mobissimo: 22
And A to B:
mmt: 11.8 (13.4 jetlite@0925-1325, 14.2 jetlite@1230-1530)
yatra: 11.8 (14.2 jetlite@0925-1325, 14.2 jetlite@1230-1530)
cleartrip: 12.6 (14.2 jetlite@1230-1530)
ezeego: 13.2 (14.0 jetlite@1230-1530)
travelguru: 12.5 (14.1 jetlite@1230-1530)
arzoo: 11.6 (13.8 jetlite@1230-1530)
travelmartindia: 14.2
travelocity: 11.1 (13.5 jetlite@1230-1530)
ixigo: 11.6 (14.0 jetlite@0925-1325, 14.0 jetlite@1230-1530)
rest skipped
Anonymous
19 Oct 08 at 12:31 pm
Few more:
mmt: 20.4 indian+go@1500-2050@via-BOM (20.8 @1920)
yatra: 22.6
cleartrip: 26.8
ezeego: 26.1
travelguru: 27.1
arzoo: 22.1
travelmartindia: no flights
travelocity: 20.9
ixigo: 16 (only 1hr in b/w)
90di: 16 (only 1hr in b/w or next day)
zoomtra: no flights
mobissimo: 26
mmt: 16.9 (17.7, 18.1)
yatra: 14.9
cleartrip: 14.9
ezeego: 14.7
travelguru: 15.7
arzoo: 14.6
travelmartindia: 16
travelocity: 14.3
ixigo: 15.2
90di: 14.6
Manual via BOM (x + y):
x
mmt: 12.88 AirIndia@1500-1650 +
yatra: 12.88 +
cleartrip: 12.88 +
ezeego: 16.4 +
travelguru: 13.9 +
arzoo: 12.64 +
travelocity: 12.28 +
ixigo: 12.6 +
90di: 12.6 +
y
mmt: 7.45 Go@1910-2050
yatra: 7.45 (7.55 Go)
cleartrip: 7.43
ezeego: 7.25
travelguru: 7.25 (early)
arzoo: 7.16
travelocity: 7.15 (early)
ixigo: 7.25
90di: 7.25
Manual via Chennai (x + y):
x
mmt: 7.25 (early/late) (8.65 paramount@1100-1210)
yatra: 7.26 (early/late)
cleartrip: 7.25 jet@1225-1405 (8.23 paramount)
ezeego: 7.06 jet
travelguru: 7.64 (early) 8.19 jet
arzoo: 17.6
travelocity: 6.56 jet
ixigo: 7.05 jet (8.04 paramount)
y
mmt: 15.4 (early)
yatra: 12.24 indigo@1510-1920
cleartrip: 12.25
ezeego: 12.04
travelguru: 19.55
arzoo: 12.10
travelocity: 12.16
ixigo: 12.05
Manual via B’lore (x + y):
x
mmt: 7.25 jet@1640-1810
yatra: 6.45 kingfisher@1700-1830
cleartrip: 6.45 kingfisher, 7.25 jet
ezeego: 7.05 jet
travelguru: 7.04 kingfisher, 9.23 jet
arzoo: 6.36 kingfisher, 7.15 jet
travelocity: 5.75 kingfisher, 6.56 jet
ixigo: 6.25 kingfisher, 7.05 jet
y
mmt: 9.1 (early), 17.8 (night)
yatra:
cleartrip:
ezeego:
travelguru:
arzoo:
travelocity:
ixigo:
Anonymous
19 Oct 08 at 12:33 pm