As the year-end festivities and Christmas Holidays are around the corner, demand for homestays and 3-star hotels have surged and contributed to almost 60% of the searches for hotels for the upcoming holiday season.
According to the latest Justdial Consumer Insights report, Demand for Home Stays saw a meteoric 135 per cent jump, and that for 3-star hotels rose by 18 per cent, while that for others remained stable.
Among Tier-I cities, demand for homestays remained the highest in Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Delhi.
While searches for Hotels soared, searches for Bars, Fast Food, Food Delivery, and Dhabas made up for the top-5 most searched services during this holiday and party season. Hotels dominated with 27 per cent of the overall searches followed by Bars (23 per cent), Fast Food (18 per cent), Food Delivery (17 per cent), and Dhabas (14 per cent).