Online flight booking, online hotel selection, online route planning... In this era where "Internet Plus" is all the rage, it seems that any industry that can keep up with the "Internet Plus" trend has the potential to thrive. So, what kind of spark will the tourism industry create when it meets "Internet Plus"?
As we all know, in the over three-trillion-yuan tourism market, as more and more people criticize the chronic problems of traditional travel agencies, the era of group tours where people followed little flags and rushed through scenic spots is gradually fading away. More people have come to enjoy new types of travel such as independent travel, self-driving tours, and themed trips.
The birth of Laiba Travel Network (www.laibar.net) originated from two family self-driving tour experiences of industry veteran Wu Gaoqiang. How to enable more tourists to truly enjoy the fun of travel became his initial motivation for founding Laiba Travel Network. After nearly a year of planning and construction, Laiba Travel Network finally unveiled its mystery and met the public in 2015.
Faced with the various drawbacks of traditional tourism and the limited variety of travel products on the market, Laiba Free Travel targets the niche market of independent travel, innovating multiple types of free travel options for users to choose from, and defining "Colorful Free Travel" as its slogan.
So far, Laiba Travel Network has launched six products: local self-driving, chartered tours, flight-and-hotel free travel, nearby free travel, and worry-free small group tours. Taking local self-driving as an example, Laiba Free Travel’s products do not include round-trip long-distance transportation; the fees cover local transportation and hotels. For transportation, Laiba Free Travel offers users a variety of vehicle types including luxury, business, and economy. For hotel options, it includes five-star luxury, four-star high-end, and three-star comfortable choices, allowing customers to select according to their needs to meet the demands of more users.
As for the chartered tour product line, Laiba Free Travel further highlights its product advantages. With professional drivers who have many years of driving experience and are familiar with local routes accompanying you throughout the journey, even those who don’t know how to drive can fully enjoy the pleasure of independent travel. Taking the current special offer product from Laiba Travel Network, the "Shanxi Special 4-Day Tour," as an example, users only need to pay a little over six hundred yuan per person for a 4-day chartered trip, and there is no additional charge for fuel.
In addition, the reporter learned from Wu Gaoqiang of Laiba Travel Network that, in addition to offering users a variety of travel methods, Laiba Free Travel’s itineraries are also exclusively designed by travel experts. Users can either follow the recommended itineraries from Laiba Travel for a worry-free experience or arrange their own schedules based on personal needs. Laiba Travel will do its best to help users solve a series of issues from pre-trip preparations to problems encountered during the trip.
Wu Gaoqiang, General Manager of Laiba Travel Network, stated that in the current market, most travel e-commerce platforms merely act as sales venues, moving traditional travel products online or simply providing a platform to bridge travel agencies and consumers. However, as both a travel agency and an e-commerce platform, Laiba Free Travel truly realizes the O2O model of internet-based travel services — planning its own products, packaging them, and selling them directly. As a result, what users need to do during their trip is simply to choose: the most suitable vehicle type, the most desirable hotel, freely managing their itinerary, and fully enjoying the pleasure of independent travel.
It is reported that although Laiba Free Travel has been online for a short time, it has received unanimous praise from netizens. User Ningning said in an interview, "The itineraries designed by Laiba Free Travel are very unique. My trip to Changdao Island with friends was unforgettable. This is the first time I’ve experienced such a worry-free free travel, and this innovative way of free travel is likely to be loved by more people."
Recently, Laiba Free Travel is launching a series of promotional lottery activities. To learn more about free travel information, self-driving tours, chartered tours, overseas travel special offers, users can follow the official Laiba Free Travel website or scan the QR code to follow the official WeChat account “Laiba Free Travel” for more detailed information.
