Russians were advised to use the early booking service

Booking earlier can help you save money on the tour. This was stated by Vladimir Kaganer, director of the National Union of Travel Industry Professionals, on May 28 during a conference at the Izvestia News Center on the topic "Summer Season 2025: where will Russians go?".

According to him, the price of foreign tours is increasing by 7-12%, but early booking can help tourists save on travel.

"This is an ongoing process. But the discounts offered by both operators and hotels for early bookings can offset this rise in price. Early booking is strongly stimulated by both hotels and operators," said the director of the National Union of Travel Industry Professionals.

He recalled that at the moment there is an increase in the number of bookings from tour operators.

"By organizing a trip on their own, in case of any force majeure situations, the tourist is left alone with himself: he needs to change the ticket himself, extend the stay, extend the insurance. If he has entrusted his vacation to a tour operator, then the tour operator is responsible for all the components of his vacation," Kaganer concluded.

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Alexander Bragin, Director of the Association of Travel Aggregators (ATAG), told Izvestia about ways to protect yourself from fraudsters when buying air tickets. Most often, they lure you with discounts of 30-40% or "fair prices." Tourists can write on social networks or they will find a website or a Telegram bot with attractive prices, he warned.