I was just surfing the internet to find out websites with B2C Travel Portal that help end-users (customers like you and me) to book hotels, flights, cruises, and tour packages. This research helped me jot down the 10 crucial factors that would be helpful for you while designing your website with B2C Travel Portal. To make it more interesting for you let me mention the advantages right away. When these 10 crucial pointers are kept in mind and the website is designed it helps in customer retention; which is the most important aspect in the online travel industry and with so many competitors o...
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The challenge for Online Travel Sites It is very disappointing to see the visitor reach all the way to the payment page and then pretty much disappears before the transaction has been completed. Visitor abandonment can be due to any number of reasons. So, in this brief article I’d like to help you understand five of the biggest variables in the ever evolving online buyer on the online travel sites, why these factors are hindering your ability to generate actual bookings, and how to beat it to the punch. Tip 1. Support Local Currency According to Kevin May in his article ab...
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Are Travel Agents Dead? Sure, I feel the travel agents are dead because Agents are order takers and online booking engines now do that very very efficiently. But a travel professional, a travel consultant or a travel service provider does exist. And you may not be as familiar with a travel professional because they have disappeared from the main stream but they do exist and provide tremendous value. Some of the main reasons why they are so important are Knowledge: Travel experts have specialized understanding of destinations, things you can do, travel spots to visit, the ver...
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