Over these post-covid years we’ve seen many “travel trends” come and go. While some trends such as longer stays, staycations and intimate travel were popular in 2021 and 2022, travel has more or less resumed its usual pace with travellers trying to explore as much as possible. However increased prices, changes in weather patterns and improvements in tech have resulted in a few new trends that started. Travel-tech now plays a big role in tourism and how people chose to plan and book their trips so while travellers are now inclined become more tech savvy, Companies, businesses and agencies have taken their business online to better functioning travel websites, apps and even AI. Here are some new trends we will be seeing in 2024.

Increased automated bookings

We are no strangers to booking platforms such as Booking.com, Opentable and even Skyscanner for airline reservations. Travellers enjoy the ease of searching for your preferred hotel, restaurant and flight and making a reservation with only a few clicks. Contacting agencies for travel needs are getting more redundant. Luxury travellers are possibly the only traveller segment that still prefer going through agents although that too is changing. The ability to plan your own trip without the additional costs for administration helps to budget better and spend more on the experience. That is why developing apps and online platforms to assist with these travel needs are the new strategies businesses need to adopt in order to maintain their client requirements. Although there are plenty of booking websites, choosing from the range of them can leave travellers feeling confused and overwhelmed with the many options. WKNDTRP displays hotel prices across the four main booking platforms allowing users to gain a quick understanding of prices differences for the same venue. This completely eliminates the process of hunting through a range of websites across many open tabs. Here you will find all the best results depending on your venue, price and room or restaurant selection.

Mobile apps for search and reservations

Back in the day trips were planned and reservations made via our desktops or laptops, however in the recent past technology has advanced so much that almost everything we require can be done through our mobile phones. Therefore travellers now only use and book through sites that have optimised their services to work seamlessly on mobile devices. This is where apps have become popular. Being able to quickly scroll or search to the travel destination, hotels you wish to stay at and even find the right flight all though your phone have become the new normal and businesses have begun to evolve to cater to this need. The WKNDTRP app lets you explore through 50 cities with over a 1000 venues in each. Ranging from the hotels, restaurants, bars, shops and things to do. The app integrates Uber, Instagram, booking platforms and even Skyscanner for a better and easier booking experience. This is the future of travel and the goal is really just to make travel easy.

Increased Personalisation

Travellers want to do what travellers want to do, hence why the ability to personalise a trip is so important. While joining pre-planned tour groups have its own perks the lack of flexibility and freedom can reduce the ability to seek hidden gems. However with increased personalisation comes a lot of research and while some thrive on the excitement of looking for gems in the city others may not enjoy the effort that goes into research and planning. Smart apps such as WKNDTRP use AI and the newest technology to create algorithms based on the users liked and visited venues. Once the app is able to identify each users travel trends and preference, similar venues will be displayed. Enabling the user to create an itinerary based on their usual preferences with the ability to change options when needed. This allows the users the freedom to plan a trip according to their needs without external interaction giving them full control over what they choose to do on their getaway.

Business and leisure trips

The increase in costs for planning trips has caused more travellers to cut down on international travel, but the opportunity to combine a work trip with a few days for leisure that is quite the jackpot. Each city offers its own set of sights to see and a few days off can give you the chance to explore alone or with your family.

WKNDTRP is set to cater to any tech related travel trend, in the hope of helping users plan and make their trip easy.

The app offers only the very best of verified venues that are popular across many travel sites such as Conde Nast Traveler, World’s 50 best bars, restaurants and hotels and even Michelin Star guides. Ensuring users have the very best options to choose from. So download the app today to browse, like and bookmark on your next weekend getaway.