Hyderabadis travel at the last minute

The City of Pearls sure carries travel at its fingertips. Air bookings made on Cleartrip Mobile from Hyderabad, have seen an exceptional 192 per cent y-o-y growth, according to an insight shared by Cleartrip. "Hyderabad plans travel on-the-go. At Cleartrip, we're seeing extraordinary uptake in bookings made from mobile devices. According to an insight on mobile travel behaviour in Hyderabad, over 39 per cent bookings from Hyderabad come from mobile devices.

• Trend higher than the rest of the country
• Dubai and Singapore are the favourite international destinations for city denizens

The mobile growth on hotels for Hyderabad has been the highest across the country," said Subramanya Sharma, CMO, Cleartrip. Impulse travel lies at the core of Hyderabad as we know it. "For Advance Purchase Patterns in Hyderabad, we've witnessed a steady graph around last-minute travel. A noteworthy highlight in Cleartrip's insight showed that over 47-49 per cent bookings from Hyderabad happen zero to seven days from the actual date of travel.

Pegging travellers from Hyderabad as last-minute bookers, this average is higher compared to the National Average of 40 per cent last-minute bookers across India, which indicates that Hyderabadis travel more at the last minute," said Sharma of Cleartrip. Hyderabad aspires Sydney and New York no more, as it welcomes Dubai and Singapore amongst the top 10 International destinations from the city.

Other International holiday spots from Hyderabad that make it to the top 10 include Colombo, Abu Dhabi and San Francisco. These top 10 international destinations contribute to a robust 51 per cent of total air segments from Hyderabad. Closer to home, Mumbai and New Delhi are the top two domestic destinations from Hyderabad, and the top 10 domestic destinations contribute to a robust 77 per cent of total air segments from Hyderabad.

Entrepreneurs, corporate or home-makers, Hyderabad knows when and how to take its well-deserved monotony-breaks. Weekend Getaways therefore become the perfect 'power-nap' in-between hectic, stressful, work-lives. Fortunately, Hyderabad is quick in waking up to the benefits of short breaks and extended weekends.

While most of the city heads toVijayawada, Hampi/Hospet and Rajahmundry for their weekend break, other destinations like Solapur and Somnath are also witnessing robust y-o-y growth. Interestingly, when compared to the state of Andhra Pradesh, the insight showed that Tirupati, Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada and Srikalahasti together contributed to almost as many room-nights, as Hyderabad does alone.

In the last quarter of the year 2014, Hyderabad contributed to 6.9 per cent of air transactions, 3.4 per cent of Hotels transactions and 5.8 per cent of overall traffic on the Cleatrip. Hotel bookings on mobile for Hyderabad saw a 903 per cent growth year on year.