Nowadays, when you're planning a travel project, you can quickly feel overwhelmed by the sheer number of offers and different ways to book your stay, as well as the wealth of information available online. And when you want to travel responsibly and ensure local communities benefit from your trip, it can sometimes be difficult to know how to go about it. To address this challenge, TripConnexion has developed the concept of direct travel: a new way of travelling, more authentic and above all more affordable, in direct contact with local tourism operators !
Direct travel: what is it?
It's simple, travelling direct it means planning, building and carrying out your trip with local tourism operators. These can be local travel agencies, independent local guides, activity centres or associations. It is, in fact, an an alternative form of travel to more conventional travel with tour operators taking a commission on the trip sold, and it is the opportunity to enjoy more diverse and above all more human experiences! Direct travel is a way of travelling halfway between the road trip and classic tour operators: a new form of tailor-made travel, in a sense. Indeed, it is these local experts who will be best placed to answer your questions and provide you with the best advice! This can suit private trips as well as those taken in small groups and, in all cases, these are trips that go off the beaten tourist track: a more authentic and less packaged travel experience. The traveller is thus free to shape their stay as they see fit: they can sleep in a resort or with a local host, be independent and take just one excursion during their stay, and so on. Tailor-made trips (as opposed to catalogue-based and fully packaged trips) are on average 15% more expensive, and when you book a trip through a classic French agency or a tour operator, the price includes a commission that can be in the region of 15 to 30%, and that surcharge does not feed into the local economy. TripConnexion, with its direct travel model, puts purchasing power back in travellers' hands by enabling trips 15 to 30% cheaper, where the money goes entirely to the local agency. It's a healthy new model that contributes to local economic development! In fact, TripConnexion is a free platform for direct travel that earns its revenue solely from the local operators it works with, who pay a fixed monthly subscription to be visible on the network. TripConnexion now has over 160 partners across more than 80 destinations! All you need to do is submit a travel enquiry on their site and they will connect you with the right local, French-speaking agencies who will be able to meet all your expectations. Find out more about TripConnexion: https://www.tripconnexion.com/ Direct travel is a new way to travel responsibly and fairly, while directly contributing to the local development of the country you visit! Convinced? Check out the infographic below on the subject! Everything you need to embrace direct travel for your future trips!
