India has woken up to travel and people are travelling across the country for work, pleasure and events. Travel is no more a luxury it has become a necessity. Talk to any family anywhere today regardless of the income group – they travel. The improvement in infrastructure like road travel, train travel and air travel has connected destinations like never before. No.of hotels, resorts, lodges, travel inn etc have started mushrooming all across India and most of them are doing well. Intercity and intra city volvo coaches, deluxe buses and chartered trips have made travelling easier.
Biggest game changer has been the rapid growth of road travel which has made last minute travel decisions a norm to stay. Today you find get together’s and reunions etc are a year round affair. These can be classified as under
- Family get together & outings
- Residents association outings
- Office get together and outings
- Community weekend drives & outings
- College reunion
- School Reunion
- Office reunion
- Class reunion
- Family day out
- Children’s day out
- Weekend getaways & breaks
- Pilgrimage tours
- Community outings
- Focused group outings etc
Facebook has contributed a lot in bring individuals together , infact FB has played a crucial roles in creation of groups which allows closed private interactions limited to the group. Ranging from within city to International tours this segment is turning out to be a huge draw. The organized market in the customized tours packages for this business is minimal today thanks to the information available on the internet. In the unorganized market, team leaders play a key role in identifying and negotiating deals with vendors.
