Apr 01, 2015 08:54 PM
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Do you remember waking up early in the morning and going to the railway ticket booking center to stand in the queue well before its scheduled 8am opening time.
This was the scene a few years back when low-cost airlines had not invaded the Indian airspace and there were no online ticket booking portals either. The less written about the earlier avatar of the IRCTC site, the better it is. The scenario has completely changed in the last five to six years. Now booking a rail ticket is as simple as logging into one of the various ticket booking portals or either of the Indian Railways ticket reservation portals and voila within 5 minutes you have a ticket.
Add to that the fact that competition has forced travel portals to offer various add-on’s and offers. Low-cost airlines offer tickets, on premium routes, for as less as Rs. 3500 to Rs. 4000. This has completely changed the way Indians approach travel, business or pleasure. The entire planning of a trip can be done online. Starting with booking a cab to take you to the airport/railway station to booking a hotel room at your final destination and everythings
