During this holiday of National Day, it is pleasant to travel, but it is bound to be journey that cannot do away without worries.
The Tourism Law enacted as from October 1 of this year eliminates the implicit consumption from the cost of oversea travel, thus pulls up the tourist group fees in this golden week of “National Day”. Nonetheless, well-known domestic tourist resorts will still be crowded with travelers, making us shrink back in anticipation of the crowded situation. What makes us feel happy is the pleasantly warm weather, a good season for traveling with our family.
In fact, to choose the “oversea travel”, travel lovers not forgetting travel knacks provided by credit cards of Industrial Bank (IB) can “often enjoy the most pleasant holiday with the minimum expenditure”.
Pay the Hotel Cost in Advance to “Seize” for Preferential Opportunities
GK is an editor of a fashion magazine, and he plans to do shopping in Hong Kong together with his girlfriend. For this tour to Hong Kong, GK has his own calculations: by saving expenditure on “travel” and “accommodation”, he wants to give more resources to purchasing a great variety of commodities.
After snatching air tickets of special discount on the internet with great twists and turns, GK also noticed the preferential program of IB credit card for “hotel reservation”. The first 150 customers booking any of the “Hong Kong hotels of advance payment” offered on www.elong.com via the special hotline 4008600572 and making full payment with credit cards of IB from 08:00 to 20:00 each day during the period from August 8, 2013 to February 28, 2014 may enjoy the big offer of RMB 600 concession for each transaction. In the same period, in the special zone for “Travel In Hong Kong, Enjoy Great Surprise” on the page of “Group Purchase of Hotels” of Elong.com, the first 15 IB credit card customers paying the subscription of RMB 0 successfully may each receive a snap-up code, with which they can, after making successful reservation and paying the cost for designated Hong Kong hotels, enjoy the immediate concession of RMB 1,000 for each transaction.
Of the above two offers for "hotel reservation”, GK introduced to the reporter, each customer could only enjoy one, and each transaction should reach 2 rooms/night, and Elong.com, which is cooperation with IB, would also present hotel coupons worth RMB 500 to each “winning” customer.
Value-added Designated Travel Route with Great Cost Efficiency
Now, Hong Kong is not the only “shopping paradise”, and South Korea has long become another “main battlefield” for crazy shopping of young people. Tingting, an editorial model loving South Korean TV plays, is greatly looking forward to the “travel to South Korea” during the holiday of National Day: We have joined the activity of ‘High-spirited Travel in Wonderful South Korea' carried out by IB credit card, and it's super cost-effective!”
From present to November 30, 2013, IB will launch the clock sharp hit promotion starting from 10 o'clock each Wednesday, in which the first 10 customers holding credit cards of IB that book the special route for travel in South Korea via Ctrip.com in each week can enjoy the immediate discount of RMB 2,000 for each transaction after they pay the full group fees and finish the travel.
In addition, during the non-hit period, the first 1,100 customers holding credit cards of IB that book the special route for travel in South Korea via Ctrip.com during the promotion period can enjoy the immediate discount of RMB 1,000 for each transaction after they pay the full group fees and finish the travel.
Meanwhile, as long as one books any designated oversea travel route through a travel agency in cooperation with IB, pays the groups fees fully with a credit card issued by the Bank, he or she can enjoy the immediate discount up to RMB 3,000 for each transaction. The activity covers resorts around the world.
“Swipe” Gift Money for Consumption
As a “great collector” of information on preferential activities, Ms Zhou, a financial officer of a large SOE told the reporter: “It is a midseason for consumption, and banks will release a big variety of card-swiping preferential activities to attract customers. Therefore, we may, when having time off, pay more attention to such information issued by banks on their websites. As different activities may be offered at different regions, we can also swipe our cards ‘according to local policies' to maximize the card effect if we have a good knowledge of such information. For instance, IB credit card recently released the program of ‘Enjoying Special Offer while Appreciating the Wonderful World' for oversea travelers. Customers may sign up to take part into the activity by sending short messages or via official WeChat (micro-message) of the Bank or IB Credit Card Center.”
It is reported that the program of “Enjoying Special Offer while Appreciating the Wonderful World” offered by IB credit card lasts from present to February 28, 2014. After one has an onsite transaction at abroad with the designated type of credit card, he or she can receive some Alipay gift money. If a single oversea transaction with a UnionPay credit card issued by the Bank reaches RMB 1,000, the cardholder may receive the Alipay gift money of RMB 50, while each customer may receive as much as RMB 5,000 at most. In the meantime, if the single-month onsite oversea transactions with a platinum credit card of the Bank made by any customer reach a total of RMB 50,000, he or she may have the opportunity to receive the accommodation coupon worth RMB 1500 of Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts. A limited amount of 100 coupons will be offered each month, and the principle of “first-come, first-served” is adopted. During the period of the activity, each customer may receive up to three coupons.