The air ticket from Beijing to Sanya is 400 yuan, the air ticket from Beijing to Guangzhou is 548 yuan, and the air ticket from Beijing to Chongqing is 290 yuan... With the end of the holiday, air ticket prices have experienced an annual "big dive", from the full price during the Spring Festival to just after the holiday. "The price is cut in half", all the way down to the "cabbage price" of 10-30% off.
According to industry insiders, the end of February to mid-March every year is the prime time for off-peak travel after the winter vacation and the Spring Festival travel season.
In addition to air tickets and hotel prices that are close to the lowest levels of the year, most of the major domestic scenic spots also implement off-season fares, which can be said to be "less people, less expenses".
Domestic and outbound air ticket prices have dropped significantly
During the Spring Festival, full-price economy class tickets from Beijing to Sanya were sold out, and full-price business class tickets were tens of thousands of yuan.
In sharp contrast, a reporter from Beijing Youth Daily found that on March 4, for example, the air ticket from Beijing to Sanya was 400-500 yuan, and the economy class ticket was about 12% off; the air ticket from Beijing to Guangzhou was about 500-700 yuan. , the economy class fare is 1.8-2.1% off; the lowest air ticket price from Beijing to Chongqing is about 290 yuan, which is 1.1% off the economy class fare, which can be called a "cabbage price".
On the same day, the price of a second-class high-speed rail ticket from Beijing to Chongqing was 881 yuan, and the bare ticket price of a ticket from Beijing to Chongqing was 290 yuan plus fuel surcharge and airport construction fee of 120 yuan, that is, the air ticket price including tax was 410 yuan, that is Said air ticket price is only half of the high-speed rail fare.
According to data from travel platforms such as Ctrip and Tongcheng, air tickets from Beijing to Xi'an, Wuhan, Luoyang and other places are available for 200-300 yuan until mid-March.
In terms of outbound travel, the "cabbage price" of air tickets is nothing new.
Ms. Liu, a freelance travel expert, said: "On outbound routes, before mid-March, there was a special promotion of '8 yuan air tickets' from Shanghai to Osaka on some routes, even though it was a bare ticket that did not include taxes, fees, meals, and luggage. Fees, etc., and the inability to buy equally cheap return air tickets, but on average the price is still the lowest in the whole year.”
Previously, Ms. Liu checked on an online travel platform. During the Spring Festival holiday, the adult fare to and from Beijing to Kuala Lumpur was 8,000-9,000 yuan, including tax. From early March to mid-March, the ticket to and from Beijing to Kuala Lumpur was 2,281 yuan, including tax. The fare to and from Beijing to Singapore, including tax, was 2,281 yuan. 12,000 yuan, the current round-trip fare from Beijing to Singapore is 2,885 yuan including tax.
Air tickets to Southeast Asia are roughly equivalent to about 1/4 of the price during the Spring Festival peak season.
According to data from online travel platforms, it is still possible to find low-priced air tickets from Beijing to Macau, Jeju Island, Bangkok and other places for less than 1,000 yuan, which is significantly lower than the price during the Spring Festival holiday.
Ms. Liu told a reporter from Beiqing Daily that the price of booking air tickets and hotels is now 75% lower than the price during the Spring Festival peak season, and 20%-30% lower than the price during the winter vacation. Most of the major domestic scenic spots also implement off-season fares. She I have already booked air tickets and hotels with my parents, planning to take a very cost-effective trip.
Off-season promotions have slashed the average price of many hotels by half
Data shows that hotel room prices in many places dropped after the Spring Festival.
For example, in popular tourist destinations during the Spring Festival holiday such as Harbin, Nanjing, Luoyang, Suzhou and Kaifeng, the average hotel price has dropped by 40% to 50% compared with the Spring Festival holiday until mid-March. The average hotel price in Sanya, Xi'an, Hangzhou, Quanzhou and other cities has dropped by 40% to 40% compared with the Spring Festival holiday. Sixty percent.
In Harbin, many hotels have dropped to weekday prices.
For example, the Crystal Orange Harbin West Railway Station Wanda Plaza store has a starting price of 1,229 yuan per night during the Spring Festival holiday. The recent check-in price is as low as 469 yuan. Another four-star hotel near Central Street, a famous scenic spot in Harbin, starts at 1,013 yuan during the Spring Festival and has a weekday check-in price of 559 yuan. .
Beiqing Daily reporters also noticed that many online travel platforms and airlines have launched off-peak travel promotions.
Before March 24, Ctrip Travel launched hotel promotional coupons, which are available for Hong Kong Island Shangri-La, Hangzhou Xianghu Xiaoyao Manor, Hu Giraffe Manor, and Shanghai Bund Banyan Tree, during Qingming Festival, May Day, and Dragon Boat Festival; on the same trip, a maximum of 260 yuan is launched International air ticket travel rights, tourists traveling to Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand can also snap up an exclusive subsidy of 100 yuan for round-trip air tickets to Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand at a preferential price of 9.9 yuan.
Hainan Airlines has launched "180 yuan" to fly as you like, which is applicable to flights between February 21 and March 30; China Southern Airlines has launched "round-trip air tickets starting from 989 yuan, tax included" to fly to domestic early spring tourist destinations, and 1,559 yuan to and from Southeast Asia without a visa. The country’s destination; China Eastern Airlines launched a promotion of “Shanghai one-day tour of 28 attractions for only 99 yuan”.
Expert advice
Save money by booking "peak season" tickets in advance
Veterans in the tourism industry said that "hotels" and "air tickets" account for half or more of travel expenses. The two together are 50%-75% lower than peak season prices, which is a very cost-effective price.
In addition, consumers who no longer have any holidays and choose to travel in the off-season can plan their subsequent holidays in advance.
Ms. Chen, who is engaged in the tourism industry, told a reporter from Beiqing Daily that her experience is that during the annual "Double Eleven" or during the off-peak tourism season, online travel platforms and airlines will have promotional activities. At this time, you can buy "early bird packages" such as air tickets and hotels. "The price is only 1/3-1/2 of the peak season price.
The closer to the peak season, the more expensive the hotel and air tickets are.
With the resumption of international flights, there will be a boom in outbound travel this summer, and some travelers have prepared visas and booked air tickets in advance.
In early July, air tickets from Beijing to Manila in the Philippines, Seoul in South Korea, Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, and Bangkok in Thailand were all within a thousand yuan.
Experts say that for outbound travelers, consumers who plan to travel during the summer vacation can really start to prepare.
Text/reporter Lin Lishuang
(Beijing Youth Daily)