Travel agencies offer big discounts in weekend promotional programme

Many travel agencies are offering a range of discounted tours at home and abroad as part of a promotional programme taking place from November 9 to 11 at Ly Thai To Flower Garden in Hanoi.

Visitors at Vietravel’s booth
Visitors at Vietravel’s booth

Open from 9am to 9pm everyday, Sai Gon Travel Service Company (Saigontourist)’s booth are providing visitors with gifts and coupons worth up to VND 4 million on tour prices, VND500,000 on air tickets, and 15% off on car rental services.

Meanwhile, Vietravel tourist company brings to the event a 30% discount on more than 5,000 package tours.

Promotions are available both on domestic trips to explore Vietnam’s most checked-in attractions of Sapa, Ha Giang, Da Nang, Phu Quoc and Quy Nhon, and on tours to overseas destinations such as Thailand, Dubai, the Republic of Korea, Japan and Australia.

Visitors with travel-time falling on the New Year and the lunar New Year celebrations will get an additional discount of VND1 million per person.

Travel agents revealed that 30% of their customers have asked for information about New Year tours since mid-October.

According to a Prime Minister-approved proposal, State employees will be granted four days off during the New Year holiday, from December 29, 2018, to January 1, 2019.

Meanwhile, the Lunar New Year (Tet) break will fall on February 4-8, which means it will span nine days including the two weekends.