Tujia.com: Qingming Holiday Rentals in High Demand, Book May Day Trips Early

In the fresh spring month of March, as grass grows and orioles sing, under the warmth of the sun and the fragrance of flowers, another Qingming holiday has arrived as scheduled, offering people more pleasant weather and ideal free time for returning home to honor ancestors and going out for spring outings. In recent years, the Qingming holiday has become one of the important vacation periods for urban white-collar workers, and when it comes to choosing accommodations at travel destinations, tourists—mainly urban white-collar workers—are also beginning to move away from traditional hotels and toward more cost-effective vacation apartments. For the upcoming Qingming holiday, vacation apartments are winning the favor of an increasing number of travelers, and bookings for them are showing a booming trend, with tight housing supplies emerging in multiple destinations.

What exactly is driving such a boom in vacation apartments? A comparison with traditional hotels quickly reveals that it’s the three unmatched advantages of vacation apartments that have made them so popular. First, they offer exceptional cost-performance. Typically half the price of five-star hotels, they provide guests with even more—higher-quality linens (linens refer to items like towels, tablecloths, bed sheets, and pillowcases placed in hotel rooms) that are more expensive than those in five-star hotels, along with high-quality service that rivals that of star-rated establishments. Taking four Tujia properties in Wuxi, Suzhou, Chengdu, and Yantai as examples:

A cozy king-size room at Wu’ai Renjia in Wuxi’s Nanchang District, located within the reach of the main commercial area and with convenient transportation, is priced as low as 248 RMB, while a five-star hotel in the same location costs 678 RMB.