It seems Indian Railway really wants to control the menace of fradulent bookings. First they make the guidelines for tatkal ticket booking more stringent, now they have tightened the norms for AC ticket bookings. All passengers travelling in AC coaches will now have to carry a valid Id proof, even those who have booked their tickets on railway counters.

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If you are yet to book your hotels for the republic day long weekend, you are in luck. Travel guru is offering upto Rs 5000 discount on hotel bookings done in January 2012. You can use the below mentioned travelguru promotion codes to save money on hotel bookings. These promotion codes can be used multiple times so you don’t need to worry about somebody else using these codes before you do. Read the rest of this entry »

Republic day, which is on Thursday, is providing the opportunity for a long weekend this year. Though I will not be able to travel on this weekend due to some family commitments, but I would like to know what are your plans.

Enter your travel options in the comment section below. It would be great if you can mention your city also in your comment so that other people from the same city can also explore those options. Even if you are not travelling, just share what you plan to do and I will let you know what I am planning to do

There is nothing like going on short refreshing trips over the long weekends. In 2012, your long weekends can be really long. There are lot of public holidays which are either on a Tuesday or a Thursday in 2012. So if you take a day off on Monday or Friday you can enjoy a long four day weekend. Read the rest of this entry »

It often happens to me that I am trying to book a tatkal ticket but end up with frustration rather than the ticket. Supposedly an army of agents start booking all tatkal tickets as soon as reservation opens at 8 am. To tackle the problem of agents booking up all the tatkal train tickets, IRCTC has introduced a new set of guidelines. Hopefully, with these new rules in place I can get a tatkal ticket. Read the rest of this entry »