A LITERATURE REVIEW ABOUT ONLINE HOTEL BOOKING SYSTEM

Yatra's massive repository of over 83,000 hotels panning across 1100 cities opens up your
options of booking hotels in India and even outside. Do an area-wise search or simply look
for the best hotels in a destination, the options are plentiful making hotel booking a breeze.
There are multiple ways to make an online hotel booking; you can either search against the
hotel name or you can enter the location of your stay, mention the check-in and check-out
dates, number of guests and do a search. Read up about the hotel, check its amenities,
browse the gallery, read the reviews and compare its tariff with the others in the area, and
eventually if you are convinced you can proceed with the booking.
Book Cheap, Budget and Luxury hotels

A significant reason you should book with Yatra is the availability of hotels across
categories and budgets. Yatra's extensive filters let you choose from varying price range,
for instance, between INR1000 to 2000, then INR 2000 to 4000 and so on. This includes
letting you shortlist your hotel basis the locality, for instance, Jaipur City Centre, South
Jaipur, North Jaipur among others. Not to mention, an amenity-wise search is another way
of landing a hotel of your choice, for example you are travelling with children and you
select the option 'suitable for children' to get a more appropriate result.

When booking a hotel, do check if it comes with a Yatra Smart Choice guarantee, a feature
unique to Yatra where it promises you some of the basic and indispensable amenities in a
hotel such as 24X7 supply of hot water, free Wi-Fi, round the clock room service, 24X7
security, air-conditioned rooms, two bottles of drinking water daily, free cancellation, DTH
services, free gift vouchers, money back guarantee and a priority helpline.
Choose from a Hotel, Villa, Resort, Homestay or Service Apartment

Yatra's hotel search filters allow you to make this distinction at a very early stage. Once you
have entered your location of stay, the dates of check-in and check-out and total guests, you
will get hotel recommendations with filters on your left-hand side showing you the number
of different property type available for your said dates. These include bed and breakfast,
guesthouse, resort, homestay, villa, hostel, service apartment, heritage hotel among others.
Your other choice is to do a hotel chain-wise search. Take your pick from OYO Rooms Near
Me, Fab Hotels, Lemon Tree Hotels, Sarovar Hotels, Ginger Hotels, Marriott Hotels, ITC
Hotels, The Park Hotels to name a few. By offering you these options you have a wider
navigation range in choosing a hotel that best suits your requirement, your budget, and
also a neighborhood.
Compare Hotels, Opt for Deals and Discounts

With hundreds of hotels to compare in a given destination, Yatra makes it a walk in the
park for a guest looking to make a hotel booking online. If it is the budget hotels you are
after, optimse your search in a way that you select the price range (between INR 1000 to
INR 2000 and INR 2000 to INR 4000) from the filters on your left. This will give you the
most affordable hotels in a city.

From doing a compare of hotel prices in India to availing some of the hotel deals and
discounts, your journey into booking your accommodation in a city will be a rather
rewarding one. Subscribe to price alerts and newsletters to be abreast of the various
discounts on chain hotels or hotels in general in a particular area. Keep an eye out for
summer sale, long weekend and holiday season discounts, use your ecash, load up the
promo code and get some of the best prices in booking your favorite hotel.
Hotels by Category
Hotels by category is an option available to you on the left hand side of the hotel listing
page for a certain place, for example, Manesar. In case you want to search for only , then
further narrow down your search by choosing from an array of options like apartment, bed
and breakfast, cottage, farmhouse, guesthouse, hostel, villa, resort etc. Against each type
you will be indicated the inventory available. It could be 0 apartments, and 8 resorts.
Within Manesar, now choose the resort nearest to you, and proceed with the booking.
Find Cheap Hotels Near Me
The best time to find cheap hotels near me is during the festive season such as Diwali,
Christmas or New Years, or when you are approaching a long weekend. Yatra comes up
with an exciting bouquet of offers and discounts to make your holiday as cost effective as
possible. You will easily come across offers such as Flat 40% off on select hotels and
additional discounts if you pay using a certain bank card, depending on which bank has
issued the offer, and use the mentioned promo code.
Even under a 'New Years sale', it offers great discounts that can go up to 50% on an
assortment of hotels across popular destinations. A person searching for budget hotels
near me can look forward to offers on some of the best reviewed budget hotel chains, and
avail the offered discount. It gets more interesting, as in an already discounted cheap hotel
booking, you are offered free vouchers by the likes of Food Panda, Zoom Car, Ferns n Petals
among others.
Availing the Lowest Price Guarantee offer

Cheap hotel booking is the criteria for many when they search for hotels online. Yatra
offers this daring, and rather innovative, scheme in which hotels tagged under 'Lowest
Price Guarantee' are considered the cheapest available price on the market for that
property. Now after making your hotel booking online if you encounter a price point which
is lower than the one Yatra has offered, you can claim five times the difference by way of
User Money and Yatra eCash. For instance, if the price difference in the hotels in INR 1000
then you will be credited with INR 1000 User Money and INR 4000 in eCash, Not to
mention, there are certain terms and conditions associated with the disbursement of the
funds; you can read up about them by clicking on the T&C button of the Lowest Price
Guarantee icon.
Hotel Booking Offers
Hotel offers galore on Yatra, the latest one offers a flat 40% discount on select domestic
hotels. The offer is valid for users of HDFC debit and credit cards, or if they are availing an
EMI option. Not to mention, the offer can be availed only on confirmed online bookings.
Also, the minimum transaction value is INR 2000 for the offer to kick in. Among , a popular
one is the New Year Sale offering up to 50% discount on select hotels. This limited period
offer is a great opportunity particularly if you are travelling around Christmas and New
Years, and have had enough time to browse the list of hotels available at your desired
destination. An effective way to make your holiday as inexpensive as possible. This is how
such an offer works with the Yatra hotel promo code; apply the mentioned promo code
with the offer and you immediately unlock up to 50% instant discount on select domestic
hotels, outside of 10% off using eCash, and an additional 15% cash-back in Yatra wallet.
100% Money Back Guarantee

Now if you book a hotel tagged as 'Yatra Smart Choice Hotel' anywhere in the country, then
you are 100% assured of the essential eight services available there such as, free Wi-Fi in
specified areas of the hotel, air-conditioned rooms, room service or restaurant available on-
site, DTH services in room, 24X7 hot and cold shower facility, 24X7 power backup, free
cancellation till up to 24 hours prior to the time of check-in, safety, security and
complimentary bottled water every day. In case, you do not get any one of the facilities at a
Yatra Smart Choice Hotel, you are eligible for a 100% refund by way of User Money.
Weekend Getaway Deals

A long weekend coming up? Look nowhere other than Yatra to make the most of your trip
and also get a value for your money. Under the latest offer there is up to 70% instant
discount and an additional 20% cash-back in your Yatra Wallet on renowned Chains and
Budget hotels across the participating destinations. Choose from the mentioned
destination, make use of the Yatra hotel coupons by applying the coupon code while
making the booking, and get a great hotel deal.
Staycation Packages

Another popular category is staycation where you can book special with special discounts
and get free value adds like meal discounts, offers on hotel spa, free railway station and
airport transfers, or any personalized arrangement you would like to make for a special
occasion. On applying a promo code get up to 70% instant discount, 10% using eCash, and
another additional 15% cash-back in Yatra Wallet.
Free Cancellation on Hotels

On your domestic hotel bookings you can avail free cancellation with no need for any
coupon code to avail this offer. All you need to do is log in to your Yatra account from the
website or app and go into the My Bookings section and continue with the cancellation
process. The offer provides 100% free cancellation on select hotels, and not to mention,
this is subject to availability of rooms at the time of booking.

let’s you check-in and check-out anytime with usage based pricing. Aside from that you can
enjoy free vouchers on every booking, a great advantage to the customer. Although, for the
free vouchers there is a special coupon code you need to use.
Making a Hotel Booking Last Minute

There are plenty of travellers who are undecided until the very end of their travel dates
where they would like to stay. For such procrastinators, Yatra keeps coming up with
attractive last minute hotel deals. If you are subscribed to the Yatra newsletter or are a
regular user, you will be aware of some of the among other campaigns running on the site.
Some of these last minute deals allow you to book on the day of check-in, or a day prior to
check-in, at select hotels by providing you a discount of approx. 1000 bucks or more, and
these bookings become applicable with immediate effect. Such a deal is extremely useful to
a business traveller who has an impromptu, last minute trip crop up.
More efficient and narrowed down search to book hotels online

To make navigation easier and let you zero in on the best hotel in your chosen budget,
category and locality, make use of the Hotel search bar to the left of the hotels listing page.
You can search nearby hotels by entering your location, or shortlist as per price you are
willing to pay per night, all-star rating of the hotel, theme of the hotel for instance beach
hotel, business hotel, best value hotel, followed by hotel category whether apartment, villa
or hostel.