Tripmart.com Urges Online Travelers ‘Think Before You Click

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Tripmart.com Urges Online Travelers ‘Think Before You Click’

New Delhi, India, 12.03.2012 — Despite media hype pitting travel agents against the Internet, travel agents continue to embrace the Web as a valuable source of travel information and encourage their clients to take advantage of it. However, Ashish Kumar, Executive Director of Tripmart.com, New Delhi, India advises consumers to exercise caution before buying travel products online.
"Buying travel on the Internet is not for everyone," says Ashish Kumar. "Consumers have to know what to ask and when to ask it or they could end up wasting money and countless hours on a trip that fails to meet their expectations."
As part of its continuing mission to provide useful travel information for its clients, Tripmart.com addresses many of the common concerns and questions consumers face when considering buying travel online.
Should consumers use the Internet to plan a trip? "Absolutely," said Ashish Kumar. "But the key word here is ‘plan’. The Internet is a great source of information about destinations, hotels, attractions, local transportation and weather and more. However, the Internet often doesn’t provide the detail and depth travelers need to prepare a complete itinerary." Travelers should always consult a professional travel agency such as Tripmart.com before making any travel purchase.
Do consumers get the lowest airfare from a travel Web site? Not always. Most "bargains" sold on the Internet are usually for limited times and are highly restricted, forcing some travelers to change their itineraries to include a "red-eye" flight or layovers. Some sites that allow consumers to perform a search for the lowest price don’t include discounted consolidator air tickets. While other Internet sites do offer these tickets, traditional travel agencies offer the same discounts, in addition to valuable customer service and expertise.
Are tour prices cheaper online? Usually, no. Although many wholesale tour operators maintain Web sites, they don’t offer discounts there. Tripmart.com can help clients choose the tour that’s right for them and in most cases save the client as much money if not more.
Is the Internet a good source for hotel discounts? Although several hotel chains offer discounts on their Web sites, duplicate promotions are usually available offline. Hotel discounters have sites as well, but the best deals usually come from chain-sponsored promotions and parallel deals offered through your local travel agent. These experienced travel agents can also help clients find hotels at locations most convenient for them.
Other common consumer concerns about buying travel online include issues of security, cancellations and customer service. It is particularly important for those planning trips involving groups, young children and the disabled to seek the help of a travel agent. In addition, today’s consumers are increasingly seeking unique, customized trips that often require the assistance of a skilled travel professional.
"The bottom line is that smart travelers know their time, money and travel dreams are too important to be left floating in cyber-space," said Ashish Kumar. "And the customer satisfaction that comes with a travel agents’ hard work, expertise and quality service will never go out of style. We are there for our clients before, during and after their trip."

Tripmart.com is a leading online holiday store, providing full bouquet of travel services globally. Tripmart.com (is a part Tripmart International Limited (TIL)), based in London, United Kingdom (U. K.) with presence in countries such as US, Singapore, Canada and India. Tripmart consists of team of dedicated professionals from travel and related industry with several years of expertise in travel domain.

Tripmart provides complete travel solutions for the requirement of business and leisure travelers which includes E-Business, Air, Hotel, Rail, Corporate Travel, Leisure Travel, and Travel Insurance.

Tripmart.com is a member of American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA), Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) and Tripcos.

Indian operations are based in Noida, National Capital Region (NCR), Uttar Pradesh, India. The Indian operations consists of marketing, technology development center as well as back office operations spread over 25000 sq. ft. of floor space. With high focus technology, research and development, the Indian center takes care of new application development and technology up gradation. Tripmart has alliances with well known reliable suppliers such as GTA, HotelsPro and Amadeus for online inventory of flights, attractions and hotels.

The company specializes in holiday packages to various countries such as America, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Netherlands, Philippines, Singapore, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Thailand, UAE, UK, United Arab Emirates (UAE), United Kingdom (UK), USA, Jordan, Egypt, South Africa, and Australia.