What is travel itinerary / What do you understand by Itinerary ~ Younger Holidays

WHAT IS AN ITINERARY

01 . The term ‘itinerary’ may be defined as the linking of all the journey points in a traveler’s journey, i.e. from the origin point, and in between stopping points for sightseeing at the destinations and back to the point of origin, which may not always be the case.

02 . Itinerary Planning is developed to perform the sales process.

03 . It tries to solve the problems created by service nature, “here and there” nature, and synchronized effort nature.

04 . Tangible products are weighted, measured but service is measured in duration.

05 . The itinerary is prepared to identify the duration of service, tangible and intangible nature of service, solves the problem of immovability of tourism products.

06 . The other interesting fact of tourism is to have a point of sales (POS) and point of service delivery (POSD) in different places. Itinerary solves the problems of joint efforts also.

07 . In order to proceed with the planning of the itinerary, the travel agent must negotiate with the client to take some information about their planning and mental set up for the trip.

08 . Each portion of an itinerary can be turned into a segment. Example: Delhi- Agra- Jaipur- Delhi

1. Delhi-Agra

2. Agra-Jaipur

3. Jaipur- Delhi

09 . Depending on the mode of transportation between the journey points, these segment can be termed as air segment and surface segment

10 . In an air segment, the departing city or airport is termed as the boarding point or departure point

11 . City of arrival or airport is termed off point or arrival point

12 . Together the boarding and the arrival point is known as city pair, E.g- Mumbai- Delhi, Pune-Goa, etc

FOLLOWING ARE THE POINT NEEDED TO BE KNOWN:

Approximate dates or month of travel of the client

Total number of people traveling

Mode of travel along with the class

Class of hotel and type of local transport

The budget of the client

Any extra services required

STEPS INVOLVED IN PLANNING OF AN ITINERARY

Route Map and Routing of Itinerary

Pacing the itinerary

Interests of Tourists

Details to be considered

Energy level of tourists

Shopping

Climate