April showers bring May flowers, or so the saying goes. Everyday life duties notwithstanding, the weather is practically begging us to escape. But only few lucky ones get to go on mini getaways during this time of the year, instead, the most the rest of us can do is dream about how best to spend our two weeks off in August.
Planning your big, once-a-year vacation is half the fun. When you’re with your significant other(s) and you’re deciding where to go next summer, looking up at nice country houses, hipster hostels or five-star luxury hotels to hit is the adrenaline rush that helps you get through the day.
New millenium travellers are no children who need to be carefully guided and led through the various steps that precede a journey. On the contrary, they tend to have a proactive approach, converting into their own vacation planners.
Groupon Escape, the new cheap deal finder based on the same business model that proved successful for the Chicago-based group-buying site, is the last find in the self-made vacation planning market.
Low-cost airlines were the ones who made this trend possible. Self planning has become the norm rather than the exception and travel agencies have consequently experienced a crisis, whose magnitude was analyzed once again in a recent article. Just to mention a number, 199 travel agencies closed last year in Catalunya, a Spanish region that is highly known for its tourism industry.
Nevertheless, travel agencies can still proudly boast to offer a higher level of customer care and support in case of bad travel experiences. While online booking systems are the best way to save money, when unpredictable situations affect travel plans agencies become the reassuring mother many tourists prefer to turn to.
Well, 1ring works for all types of tourists. In the first scenario, if you’re hitch-hiking in a remote Cambodia region, with nothing but your local mobile phone and no Internet access, a 1ring number on any thing that you discover while traveling can easily be saved on your personal profile. But 1ring numbers could also be the ideal tool for travel agencies to engage with their clients well past their opening hours, allowing them to savour that vacation feeling in advance.
Any plans for the summer?
Pingback: Hostin’ powers | 1ring