Travel Sale: With discounts and interest-free fees, companies are looking for the oxygen of the crisis

Last week, the organizers of the day, who This will take place from Monday to September 1st, they anticipated what was expected for the event. Offers between 20% and 50% should travel throughout Argentina and abroad in the form of airfares, buses, hotels, packages and 6-12 times interest-free packages. As a novelty, in this edition, there will be specific days for cities, national destinations and "getaways".

Discounts of up to 50% will be geared towards the low season, but for the high season it is also expected to get good promotions and discounts. To access all information, the official Travel Sale website is www.travelsale.com.ar.

This event, in which 100 companies will participate in this edition, is organized since 2015 and is an initiative of the Argentine Federation of Tourism and Travel Professionals Associations (FAEVT), with the support of the Argentine Chamber of Electronic Commerce (CACE).

"Interest-free payments are an important pillar of the sector's dynamism. In our case, all products can be financed in 9 interest-free installments. As far as flights are concerned, it is likely that discounted routes will appear, but the most important airlines will bet on the financing because the situation does not allow them to continue lowering fares, "he said. Explain. Thomas Devescovi, product manager of To catch Argentina added: "The shipping companies will also add drinks, credit on board and discounts on their departures for the summer season."

Due mainly to the impact of the peso devaluation against the dollar, Travel Sale participants are strongly committed to domestic destinations. And with the seasoning interest-free payments in pesos, they expect that many Argentines will organize their summer holidays on this date, or even by 2020, taking advantage to freeze rates at the current exchange rate, which is still in historical value. The good news, if you will, is that the last ten days have experienced some financial stability, which allows you to have better planning prospects.

"In this new edition of Travel Sale 2019, we will have a very interesting financing proposal, with fees for flights and packages with major airlines, as well as offers for all products such as accommodation, cars, activities, Disney, cruises and buses. ", He explained Sebastian Mackinnon, General Manager of To take off for Argentina and Uruguay.

Joaquín Pérez Aguirre, Retail Director of AvantripHe stressed that the company "will have a strong offer for Brazil, especially the northeast, at very attractive prices, both for the low season and for the summer season 2020". He added that the best promotions will be in the travel package segment, offer 12 interest-free payments and allow consumers to redeem points to reduce costs. "With the crisis, more and more people are completing their journey with points," he said. "Some destinations in the Caribbean are discovered at a great price. There will be offers in Cuba and Punta Cana because Argentina loves the Caribbean. In addition to surprise offers in Miami, "he added.

Martín Romano, Atrápalo Country Manager and spokesman for Travel Sale, was confident about the results of the event and pointed out that, if the tourism has increased in pesos, it reaches at least its monetary value. In recent days, after the devaluation, ticket prices have risen from 20% to 30% in pesos. The stability of the exchange rate, he said, helps to bolster the buying decision of consumers.

"In the last edition, more than 60% of participating agencies were small and medium enterprises from different regions of Argentina. More and more agencies are being added, which evokes a definite action in the sector with three clear objectives: to encourage SMEs to increase their profitability and to create new business opportunities; increase agency awareness and visibility across the country and encourage increased tourism demand with captivating package deals and destinations for the consumer, "he said. Gustavo Hani, president of FAEVYT.

In the last edition, More than 35% of the participating companies sold between $ 250,000 and $ 5 million worth of domestic destinations. The most popular options for users to travel to Argentina were Bariloche, Buenos Aires and Iguazu.

Tips for enjoying the sale of travel

Matías Mute, co-founder of Air promotions, recommend that the site "publish all that is interesting for the event. To not miss anything, do not forget to turn on blog notifications in Chrome. "

And provides other tips:

• Consult agencies: they recommend to consult several pages of agencies because they often have different prices for the same destinations and are treated with different combinations of airlines. Do not forget that if you consult foreign agencies, agencies that publish them charge in dollars and can generate a significant difference in the final value based on the dollar price at the date of closing the card.
• Check with the bank and credit cards previously to extend the limits available and allow purchases of large amounts. Indeed, it usually happens that the purchases are refused because of the absence of limit or because the financial entity considers these amounts as fraudulent.
• Miles: Keep in mind the number of miles we have accumulated in the loyalty program to which we are affiliated in the event that purchase promotions or mileage exchanges occur. This is very important for offers from Santiago, Chile, Asunción, Sao Pablo, Montevideo or Foz do Iguacu. You can change flights to these origins and pay in pesos.
• Have at hand the documentation we have: Pbadport and / or Visa for countries in need or badistance to the traveler, depending on the destinations they are looking for. Sometimes, the offers last a short time and the minutes we save by looking for the pbadport number can make the difference. Tip: Take a photo of the pbadports of each potential pbadenger.
• Destinations: Defining certain destinations that we prioritize when searching can be very helpful, especially if we are going to travel accompanied.
• Time: The sooner you start searching and the more time you spend, the better we can realize that there is a cheap ticket.
• Flexibility of dates: the truth is that the more flexible we are with dates, the more likely we are to find good prices. You must try different combinations of dates and change the number of days, even if they vary only over one or two days.
• Exchange rate: to compare prices with previous editions, we must remember that the travel industry is largely dollarized. Knowing this, you can see if the offers that appear can be paid in pesos and interest-free installments. This is the best scenario today.
• Pay attention to information: it can happen that offers appear from the beginning (00:00 h of 26/08), so starting to consult from this moment is not a bad idea. However, it is important to know that many of the promotional air fares are visible only in the morning or around noon.