Once again, summer break is here, and tourist traffic is beginning to build across top destinations.
But before hitting the road and airports, it is very crucial to check one’s pocket, especially now that frequent travellers are having more financial burdens to bear due to the soaring costs of airfares and hotel accommodation globally.
It is estimated that hotel accommodation and airfare account for over 70 percent of travel budget, giving more opportunities to those with deep pockets, while making travel on budget and loyalty programmes very necessary for frequent travellers.
The rising costs also point to the usefulness of hotel and airline loyalty programmes, especially for members.
In view of the above, this summer, many travellers and hotel guests are going to pay as low as half the price of their airfares and hotel rooms, no matter how long-haul the flight is or how long they stay in the hotel, just because they are members of a loyalty programme and are taking advantage of that to convert their accumulated points to rooms and airfares.
