Author: Anastasia
Why Travelata, when it comes to organizing a vacation, and what are the reviews about the company?
In general, without Travelata, our super-cheap acquaintance with Ty that year would not have taken place. Because until we reached / phoned the travel agency-mother's-friend, the price tag of 62,000 rubles for 11 nights in Phuket would have made us a pen. Then Travelata helped with the burning Turkey for the mother herself and somehow smoothly entered our list of top services “I want to go to the sea”.
Reviews about Travelata are stamped every day, but here's one that would describe not only personal impressions, but also clearly explain what's what, we have not yet seen. We fix the situation 🙂
Benefits of Travelata
Travelata is an online tour aggregator. That is, it compares offers for all tour operators at once and shows the cheapest / most profitable tours for the dates you specify. What is the highlight (s) of the service?
1. Reliability:
- Travelata is a member of the Alliance of Travel Agencies
- Works with leading tour operators and compiles its own rating of verified partners, which is regularly updated
2. Saving clients' time: the application / contract is completed and the payment is made online. Reservation details are discussed by phone. Conveniently, we appreciated - no need to go to the agency. For non-fans of online shopping, it is possible to pay for a tour at the office (both Moscow and 45 other cities in Russia).
3. Managers are in touch 24/7. They will instruct, answer your questions.
4. Reviews about Travelata - with a "+" rating. 92% of all responses are positive.
5. Not enough money for the tour you like or have you postponed part of it for the excursion? This option is also provided. A tourist can use the service of interest-free installments - rest now, pay later. Here >> we have a whole article on paylate and details.
6. Guarantee of a favorable price, because it is an aggregator. With him, the situation in the style of “I buy Maria Resort & SPA at TezTour and I don’t know that Biblio Globus has it on sale” is out of the question. Travelata always displays the lowest possible cost.
Where to buy tours with a search for all tour operators?
Where is it better to buy tours? There is always an alternative, and in the case of Travelata, similarly inexpensive packages can be found at:
- Level.Travel
- Onlinetours
Our tip: monitor the options on all three. Literally two weeks ago, with Online Tours, we arranged a future vacation in Turkey for all inclusive for 10 days (traditional 7 days seemed to us a little) for 66,000 rubles. The hotel is a strong "four", and therefore the cost of the tour and the prices as a whole pleased. By the way, we have a small but pleasant agreement with them about a discount of 1-3% for you, readers.
Most Popular Destinations on Travelata
Judging by the approval of the tour search engine itself and reviews of the company of tourists-members of the forum, the running directions (= countries) on Travelata are:
How to buy tours online through Travelata? Instructions
How to get started with the online tour booking service? This question is unlikely to arise if the official Travelata website is already in front of your eyes. Everything here is simple, concise and intuitive, definitely like. Moreover, if you have experience in booking hotels or other travel services on the Internet.
- Search tour online
Already clicked on the link? Let's start then. We determine in the variables "x" and click on the keyboard: country / resort, estimated departure date, number of nights and how many people are flying - that's all the info that is needed. It remains to start the tour search by clicking on "Search". Offers from all tour operators will appear on the screen at once.
- Hotel selection
The next step is to play with filters, and based on the result, we will choose a hotel. To do this, let's look at the left column: distance from the beach (for example, 1 line), name (if there is a specific one in mind), budget limits, stardom, type of food, list of amenities (wi-fi, conder), rating. We compare prices for tours, select the optimal one.
We recommend that you pay attention to the sorting "by popularity" or "from cheap to expensive." Saves a lot of time and $. And, of course, on the price chart from above - what if the departure tomorrow or the day after tomorrow is more profitable?
- Room selection
Inside each of the proposed hotels there are options for tours for already certain dates with a detailed description of the hotel itself (here - tourists' reviews), indicating the type of room and meals: economy, standard, breakfast, no meals, etc.
- Flight
If you have decided on a tour, then a page with booking details will open. And below are the possible flight options. Relevant for Turkey: At this stage, the price may increase due to the fuel surcharge. Relevant for everyone: or decrease due to the current discount, because the request to the tour operator is made in real time.
- Payment for the order and confirmation of the tour
We leave our contact details, names and bank card details → pay. To clarify all questions, the manager will call the specified phone number, and a link will be sent to the mail to fill out an online contract (has the same force as the traditional one). It is important to understand that money is not immediately withdrawn, but simply blocked on the card. They are written off already in case of final confirmation of the booking by the tour operator. On average, this happens in 1-3 days.
Note: if you have chosen a country where a visa is required, the manager will instruct you on the list of documents. And for Moscow - they will help with the design. For those from the regions, here is an article about the Schengen visa >>
- Documents receiving
All necessary documents (e-tickets, voucher, insurance) will be sent by mail 2-3 days before departure. We print it out and take it with us. The day before, wait for a call from the manager: he will remind you of the flight time or inform you if the schedule has shifted. By the way, we asked to send the docks a couple of days earlier - we did it :)
And here he is rest! Take a walk, crazy empress ... The sun, the sea, the beach are all yours. Have time to change the main currency at a favorable rate.
Low Price Calendar for Tours
And yes, if the approximate budget for the trip is determined, but the time and the country / resort are in question, Travelata has a handy thing - a calendar of low prices for tours. We choose a direction and see what is cheaper when.
In addition, it is now possible to track low-cost offers through the Travelata mobile application (on ios; on android). Its database includes more than 200,000 hotels from 300 resorts from all tour operators.
Last minute tours
Another feature of the travel service is the hot tours feed. We sketched out several options for where, we put filters by type of food, star rating and te te. Have you decided on the parameters? Then go ahead. It is very convenient if you have free time, a limited budget and independence from the direction.
How do you pay? Installment for 30 days
Well, if you find a dream tour, and the finances do not reach the full amount right now, Travelata offers to take advantage of the installment plan:
- Amount of the amount - from 3,000 to 250,000 rubles
- Interest-free period - 30 days
- Interest rate (after grace period): from 1.9% to 3.9% per month
Positive feedback from tourists about Travelata in 2020-2021
Travelata office in Kazan
Now let's move on to the reviews of tourists who took tours through Travelata in 2020 and 2021. What points do they speak positively about?
+ Clients emphasize user-friendly site navigation. It will not be difficult to place an order and buy a tour
+ Another plus in karma - the presence of a tourist during the paperwork in the office is not required. All issues are resolved online or by phone. It is very convenient!
+ The service "installment plan" greatly simplifies the organization of recreation for those who are limited in finances, but do not intend to refuse a good price in 5 *
+ The site has useful blocks - early booking, New Year's tours, hot tours
+ On our own, we add: complete independence of choice. It will scare someone, but in fact, you can quickly find your way - prices, hotel descriptions, and reviews of tourists - everything is before your eyes on Travelata. In short, the wide variety of tours as it is is decisive. And there is no "oh you what, these prices do not exist!"
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Negative reviews of tourists about Travelata in 2020-2021
Slukavili would have been if they had not said that there were also remarks in the direction of the service. So what's wrong?
- complain about the limited cities of departure. For example, the same Nizhnekamsk / Naberezhnye Chelny is on Level.Travel, but not on Travelata. The base, of course, is not narrow, but such contradictions are encountered. Didn't find yours here - search on Onlinetours
- several flight options are not always provided, most often one, charter. Those. it will not work to book a regular season on the aggregator, only if he himself does not offer
- it is impossible to organize a single combined tour (for example, a company of 4 people is flying, and you need two numbers). In this case, Travelata insists to settle everyone in some family room together. Alas, the vouchers will have to be bought separately.
- and there are complaints about the responsibilities of tour operators. But this has nothing to do with Travelata's work. Rather, it is a question of the good faith of the aforementioned. Probably, this is the most common complaint from tourists who do not fully understand that such aggregators only show the product, help with the choice and purchase, but cannot answer for the service and hotels provided by tour operators.
