Hotel bookings on Cleartrip for October’s longest weekend are expected to see the highest number of check-ins ever, for a single day. When compared to the same period last year, hotel check-ins for the October 2nd weekend have multiplied 4 times this year.

Samyukth Sridharan, President and Chief Operating Officer at Cleartrip said, “Hotel bookings on Cleartrip for October’s longest weekend are expected to see the highest number of check-ins ever, for a single day. When compared to the same period last year, hotel check-ins for the October 2nd weekend have multiplied 4 times this year. We think this is great testimony to the comprehensive hotel content on Cleartrip. While Goa continues to rule the roost amongst holiday destinations, Mysore and Pondicherry have made surprise entries in the top 6 destinations that Indians are flocking to. Again, Mobile Bookings on Cleartrip are bagging a fare share of the pie with over 18% turning to their smartphones to book for the October 2nd Long Weekend. We feel this number is only set to grow.” 

Here’s a quick summary:

• Cleartrip, we’ve seen an interesting trend around Advance Purchase Patterns, for travel from October till December 2014 this year
• The volume of customers who have booked more than 30 days out for Oct-Dec travel, has nearly doubled this year
• A clear indicator of how the various flash sales have triggered this demand
• Mobile seemed to play a great contributor to Advance Purchases
• During the sales, we actually saw more than one-third of our bookings come from Smartphones, by eager travellers who gave into their travel impulse due to the cheaper fares
• Top destinations continue to stay predictable on both the International and Domestic routes
• Dubai, Singapore, Bangkok and London continue to remain Usual Suspects as the Top 4 cities from Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore
• While Delhi, Mumbai and Goa continue to dominate Domestic routes like the last 2-years