Getting a dream holiday is a blessing for all and I am no exception to this. After all, there is no one on this earth who can survive the tiring work schedules of life without getting some time in between.
But does the grant of holidays means you can enjoy hassle-free holidays with your near and dear ones? Ask me or probably anyone and the reply will be obviously a big "No." But this lesson was received by me only a fortnight ago. After all, a man only learns from his mistakes so as not to repeat them again. Let me tell you how I did the mistake and what facts came to me to make me a better travel planner.
Exactly one month ago, me and my family went to Goa during the peak season without making any advance hotel reservations. This was obviously due to the sudden holiday announcement made at my office. After landing in Goa, our holiday plans were completely shattered due to the non-availability of any hotels, not even the low-class ones. So we went back to our home and spent the entire time sitting idle there. A few lessons were obviously learnt by us.
Since that day, me and my family are quite conscious of the hotel reservations and rely on the trustworthy portal of Retails Direct to make cheap hotel booking for us. All the online hotel bookings made at this website are completely safe and secure. In addition to that, I was greeted by a friendly call from a customer care executive who politely answered to all my queries with complete calm. The hotel reservation allowed us to comfortably enjoy our holidays that were indeed one of the most memorable times of my life. Enjoying with my family in the soaked sand of Goa, spending the beautiful nights at the marvellous beaches and getting sun baths on the new year eve really brought smiles to my family’s travel-tired faces.
This high class customer service was really appreciated by me and my family and the time came when Retails Direct was crowned the "sole travel manager" of our family. Online hotel booking is definitely an easy task with this customer-friendly portal.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Online Hotel booking: The smart way to travel
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Unmatched relief from travel agents and long queues!
All of us travel for our own different purposes. These purposes may include enjoying a holiday, wedding, anniversary or just to get reminded of the memories associated with the previous journeys.
Being a sales executive responsible for winning the hearts of business clients, I have somehow turned into an avid traveller. Like every traveller struck with the task of getting travel tickets, I being no exception have spent a considerable time of my life away from my home and to your amazement, much of my time used to go waste in dealing with the travel ticket and hotel reservation bookings. Earlier, I used to hate this travel but since no other option was available for me to create a niche in my work field, I had started to develop a liking and started enjoying my travel trips.
One big factor that had helped me to develop a liking for travel is Retails Direct. This online shopping travel portal not only offers consumer products and services but also helps the customers to get the online hotel bookings. Being an esteemed customer of this portal means cheap hotel bookings as well as complete flexibility and total relief from the never-ending queues.
Let me tell you how it all happened to me. I was planning to make a visit to Darjeeling with my family. However, I was new to this place, so I decided to get an advance hotel reservation to ensure a hassle-free journey for all. I was able to get a printout of the hotel reservation made by me in just a matter of a few seconds and received a call from the hotel staff on the same day confirming my reservation. The cheap hotel booking made by me really brought precious smiles on the faces of my family members. That was all I needed after months of tiring work schedules.
Since then, I am a satisfied sales executive enjoying the pleasures of online hotel bookings.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Memoirs of wonderful Online Holiday Packages!
Being a tourist for most part of the year, I know what standing in the long ticket booking queues mean. You will not believe me but this has been a constraining factor when I plan some of my trips.
One of my friends told me about the online shopping portals that are easily available on the World Wide Web. But may be it was my reluctance or a feeling of a lacking trust, I was somehow not comfortable. Finally one day, my fellow colleague who used to be a companion in most of my trips told me about Retails Direct. He told me about the available holiday packages and the reliability of this website and then my fears somehow started vanishing. But what are fears if they can go so easily, I nevertheless got a ticket for me and my family for tour packages to Pune and Shimla.
I made the online payment and had a feeling that this website can be relied upon. As soon as the credit card payment was processed, I was given an option to take a printout of the ticket and after a day, I got a call from a friendly customer service department confirming about the payment. After one month of getting the tour packages, I made a hotel booking and was astonished to receive an amazing customer service yet again. Wish there were some more like it so that the life of busy customers can be made heaven. Anyways, I am not really bothered about the lack of such completely professional websites since one is enough to take care of all my needs.
Since then, all my tour packages are taken care of by Retails Direct. They really offer cheap holiday vacation packages to their customers and back their services with efficient customer service coordination.
Now being a satisfied customer, I would like to encourage people like me who though travel a lot are somehow reluctant when it comes to online holiday packages. Take the first step and feel the difference by yourself just like me. Comfort is another name of Retails Direct.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Bollywood Movies: Beyond Imagination!
It was the dawn of February and the beginning of March, when the Mogul Empire was about to unleash its marathon history on poor Indians by the name of “Jodha Akbar”. For the majority who apt to get confused with the whole story line of Akbar and his Princess Jodha, better ruffle through the history books once again. Well I still fail to understand what’s wrong with the people. The director of the movie “Ashutosh Gowariker” is making something on his own term and that too for the people to get entertained, still he can’t be left aloof from the scorching heat of comments and protects.
For the rest who want to scream from the roof top regarding this whole issue please stop! Let the poor guy live his life and let him show his own capabilities as a director. Even if he is manipulating things on his own terms, I say, let him do so. What’s the harm? He is indeed a fine craftsman and we have already seen this in “Lagaan”.
Sometimes just to prove their worthiness people go to any extent. I wonder what difference it would make if the actual story is little tampered. Well, setting my case apart and few others like me, there are people who are extremely conscious about the historical derivates. For them history should always be produced as it is. No matter how hardbound it is. Coming back to Ashutosh Gowariker and his portfolio of fine craftsmanship, I am sure his latest release won’t be disappointing as predicted.
Personally, Gowariker’s way of translating opulence is something beyond words. Last night when I went to the nearby CD shop for the latest Hindi movies the shopkeeper was ready with his own share of perception on Jodha Akbar. Overhearing whatever he said and regardless of all the drama and chaos by the so called “Rajputs,” I still prefer watching the movie.
Bollywood movies are meant for entertainment and they should be treated on the same line. After all I have a huge collection of Bollywood DVDs and who is going to watch all my favourite movies? What? You still wondering? My friends of course! They do trust my choice regardless of the fact that I buy French, Spanish, Roman, Hindi and English DVDs.
My first shopping review for Retails Direct
Even though the stringent Cyber laws are sufficient enough to secure the online transactions, the online shoppers are still preoccupied with some kind of uncertainty. I, being an online shopper myself, also shared the same thoughts till one month ago. But now all my suspicion has been completely eroded, all thanks to Retails Direct.
This one-of-its-kind online shopping portal was recommended to me by one of my friends. I was a bit reluctant but decided to give it a go and thought that I will start with something of a low value. So I got myself the "Deceit", a thriller book by James Siegel. I was amazed to place my hands on the book within just 3 days. This boosted my confidence in this shopping portal. And since the last month, I have ordered from a Kingston DTI 1GB pen drive to Motorola W205 mobile phone and from a stunning Nikon Coolpix L10digital camera to a cheap flight booking. Let me tell you something about my experience at the online flight booking section. I went to the airline reservations section and got a ticket to my hometown from Delhi. The services were just impeccable and right there at the top, enough to make me feel satisfied and happy.
For some of you who are new to Retails Direct, this website offers the redemption of the Sodexho vouchers. You can easily get a product of your choice and pay by these vouchers under the payment options.
I must tell you that this online shopping portal is far ahead of its competitors when it comes to product and service reliability, affordability and customer service. You will never be forged with any grey market stuff and all the products come with a manufacturer warranty and original bill. What more? If you are not happy with the product, you can always ask for a replacement or new product and your money will be returned to you within no time. This is surely called customer service at its best and this is what all of us look for, including me! This is what motivates me to write my first shopping review for any shopping portal.