Online travel booking major Cleartrip.com, has launched a new service called ‘Weekend Getaways’. As an extension to its Hotel product, Weekend Getaways is designed to make it easier to book a quick holiday to nearby places. This announcement comes a little over two weeks after the Mumbai-based company introduced Cleartrip Wallet to ease cancellation refund woes. Users have to select the starting point, or as Cleartrip terms it 'city of origin', the check-in and check-out dates, the number of rooms and the number of visitors and then hit search. The most popular starting points are displayed upfront including Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, etc. The search results display a list of hotels based on your criteria within a 2 to 10 hour travel radius. This range can be customized. The travel distance and estimated travel time are displayed over each location. Prices are displayed as the total cost of trip but can be switched to a ‘per room, per night’ view. Results can be further narrowed down using price range, user ratings, destination, experience and property type filters. The TripAdvisor rating for each destination is also prominently displayed. Destination USPs, like 'serene lake view' or 'beach facing property', and recommendations like 'ideal for families & groups' or 'couple's escape' are also provided. Cleartrip claims that they have designed the service such that it can be accessed on any device. Also, at present only Indian cities are part of Weekend Getaways. Earlier developments at Cleartrip Last year Cleartrip had partnered with…
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