{"id":7168,"date":"2017-03-12T09:06:25","date_gmt":"2017-03-12T09:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.YourChennai.com\/?p=7168"},"modified":"2017-03-12T09:06:25","modified_gmt":"2017-03-12T09:06:25","slug":"weekend-travel-trends-cox-kings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/index.php\/2017\/03\/12\/weekend-travel-trends-cox-kings\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Travel Trends by Cox and Kings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\">Holi, the festival of colours, which is an intrinsic part of India\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s vibrant culture has started fascinating the world like never before. The vivacious festival is celebrated in many cities across the world by not only by the NRIs residing there, but also by many foreigners. This year, northern emirate cities like Ras-al-Khaimah have also joined the bandwagon. These are mostly the tourist destinations which are also using this opportunity to woo tourists, especially from India during Holi for Weekend Travel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7170\" src=\"http:\/\/www.YourChennai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Indonesia-Weekend-Travel-Cox-and-Kings-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Indonesia - Weekend Travel - Cox and Kings\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Indonesia-Weekend-Travel-Cox-and-Kings-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Indonesia-Weekend-Travel-Cox-and-Kings-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Indonesia-Weekend-Travel-Cox-and-Kings.jpg 769w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><span lang=\"EN-IN\">Indian tourists too have responded equally well to these initiatives. On upcoming Holi weekend, many of them are set to cross the boundaries and leave all the cultural barriers behind to celebrate the festival in another countries like Mauritius, Maldives, Thailand, Nepal, Bhutan, and UAE among others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\">In domestic destinations, Nainital-Masoori-Corbett, Shimla-Manali, North East destinations such as <\/span><span class=\"x_visit\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\">Gangtok-Pelling-Darjeeling and Kashmir are the bestsellers. Ladakh and Andaman are also popular.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"x_visit\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\">Many senior citizens are opting for pilgrimages like Kailash Mansarovar and Char Dham Yatra on the auspicious occasion of Holi.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"x_visit\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7169\" src=\"http:\/\/www.YourChennai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Hongkong-Weekend-Travel-Cox-and-Kings-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Hongkong - Weekend Travel - Cox and Kings\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Hongkong-Weekend-Travel-Cox-and-Kings-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Hongkong-Weekend-Travel-Cox-and-Kings-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Hongkong-Weekend-Travel-Cox-and-Kings.jpg 769w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/span><span class=\"x_visit\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\">The month of March provides you a great opportunity for cost saving. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a period just before the peak travel season starts (April-May). Airfares and hotel rates are quite cheaper in this month as compared to April-May.\u00c2\u00a0 As a result, many family travellers are preponing their summer holiday plan in March immediately after the school exams are over. Some of them are taking additional 3-4 days off after the Holi weekend to make it 6-7 days full-fledged summer holiday.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\">Cox &amp; Kings <\/span>has introduced an amazing offer aimed at weekend wanderers. Here, travellers can firm up their travel plans for any five of weekends and get the 6<sup>th<\/sup>holiday absolutely free. The travellers can choose from any of the following extended weekends-<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"center\">\n<table class=\"x_MsoNormalTable\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><b>Weekend<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"180\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"><b>Possible travel dates<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"151\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"><b>Number of days<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\">Holi<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"180\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\">11 &#8211; 13 Mar 2017<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"151\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\">3 days<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\">Gudi Padwa<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"180\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\">25 &#8211; 28 Mar 2017<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"151\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\">4 days<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\">Ram Navami<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"180\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\">1\u00e2\u20ac\u201c 4\u00c2\u00a0 Apr 2017<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"151\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\">4 days<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\">Easter<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"180\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\">13 &#8211; 16 April 2017<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"151\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\">4 days<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\">Labour Day<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"180\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\">29 Apr &#8211; 1 May 2017<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"151\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\">3 days<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\">Ramzan Eid<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"180\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\">24 &#8211; 26 June 2017<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"151\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\">3 days<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\">Independence Day<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"180\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\">12 &#8211; 20 Aug 2017<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"151\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\">9 days<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\">Ganesh Chaturthi<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"180\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\">25 &#8211; 27 Aug 2017<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"151\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\">3 days<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\">Gandhi Jayanti<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"180\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\">30 Sep- 2 Oct 2017<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"151\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\">3 days<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\">Dhanteras<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"180\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\">14 &#8211; 22 Oct 2017<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"151\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\">9 days<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\">Eid-e-Milad<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"180\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\">1 &#8211; 3 Dec 2017<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"151\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\">3 days<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"160\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\">Christmas<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"180\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\">23 &#8211; 25 Dec 2017<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"151\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\">3 days<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\">Weekend travel has laid roots in Indian travel market so well that more and more people like to indulge in multiple short breaks throughout the year. This helps them to break monotony of their routine and makes them feel rejuvenated.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Holi, the festival of colours, which is an intrinsic part of India\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s vibrant culture has started fascinating the world like never before. 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