Itinerary & tour packages

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MTB 401 UNIT V

• Itinerary Tour Packages
• Process of Itinerary Preparation
• Introduction to tour Packaging
• Types of Tour packages
• Stages for Package Tour formulation
• Significance of Tour packages

MANAGEMENT OF TOURISM BUSINESS
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Process of Itinerary Preparation
When planning any itinerary, the tour
professional should always try to follow the
following steps 1. Determine the places the
tourist intends to visit and the number of days
required at these destinations. 2. Establish the
sequence of the tourist destinations the tourist
intends to visit. 3. The cities should be linked
so as to avoid doubling back and zigzag. 4. The
political situation of the city, state or country
should also be considered. 5. The geographical
limitations of a particular place and the
practicality of the transport options are also
important for planning the itinerary.
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6. Convenient and quickest mode of transportation
should be planned and proper connections should
be made for air/sea/rail or road. 7. When
planning air itineraries, preference to lowest
fares should be considered. 8. Alternative or
optional itineraries or suggestions can always be
given in case the clients change their mind. 9.
The itinerary should be planned as per a format,
which can be used always. 10. The initial
information and notes taken while discussing with
the client should be retained as they are of help
while planning the itinerary.
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Introduction to Tour Packaging
Tour package may be defined as a pre-arrangement,
prepaid trip that combines two or more travel
components like airfare, airport transfer,
accommodation, and other services. Holloway
defines a tour package as a total tourism
product consisting of transportation from the
market area to the destination, accommodation at
the destination and recreational activities
promoted by the tourists.
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A package tour/tour package is a
total tourism product as it generally includes
transport from the origin place to the
destination, accommodation at an en route place
or at the destination and other recreational or
travel services. These components are purchased
by an individual, firm or company called the
tour operator. He combines all the travel
components in a package and sells them at
all-inclusive prices to the clients
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Types of Package tours  
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Independent Tour Independent tours are
prepared/formulated for those tourists who want
to travel independently. The components of such
tours are air travel, air transfer,
accommodation, travel documents, sightseeing,
boat riding, entertainment, and other travel
services. Escorted Tour When a travel
agency includes the services of a well educated
and trained tour manager in its package, the tour
is called an escorted tour. Basically, escorted
tours are meant for those travelers who are
planning to visit a foreign country first
time Hosted Tours A hosted tour means when an
agency utilizes the services of another agency at
a particular destination. Suppose a group of
French tourists is coming to India. When the
group arrives in India, they are greeted at the
airports by TCI, which assists them in clearing
their baggage and transfer them to the hotel
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Incentives Travel/Tour It is a motivational
programme or a fully paid holiday which is given
to the employees by the enterprises as a reward.
Mostly in medium and large-scale companies and
usually too distant destinations to spur them in
maintaining their track record, to increase
output, improve the image and moreover to earn
the long period loyalty of the employees. Freedom
Tours Freedom tours are becoming very popular
these days among the working class. These tours
are designed as per the choice of tourists. The
tourist is free to choose and plan how they want
to travel and enjoy their holidays. These types
of tours are meant for that kind of people who
like to decide how, when, and where to travel.
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Stages for Package Tour formulation

1. Research Destination and Market ...
2. Tour Itinerary Development ...
3. Negotiations with Tourism Suppliers/Vendors ...
4. Costing of a Package Tour ...
5. Financial Evaluation and Pricing ...
6. Administrative Staff ...
7. Marketing of a Tour Package ...
8. Developing a Tour Marketing Plan
9. Tour Operators Brochures
10. Operation and Execution of a Tour
11. Post Tour Management

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Significance of Package tours.

• Tour package is beneficial to travel companies,
  travelers, destinations and other organizations
  which are directly or indirectly involved in
  the tourism business. The main benefits are
• Time Saver
• Increase the seasonality of a destination
  cost/price
• Earn foreign currency
• Better quality of products Professional services
• Wide-variety of the tour package
• Provide bulk business to organizers

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