Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation is a subsidiary of the Indian Railways that handles the catering, tourism and online ticketing operations of the Indian railways. IRCTC not only provides the facilities of catering but it also allows passengers to book air tickets along with many additional features which are only provided by IRCTC. The features are as follows-
1) Leave Travel Concession (LTC)
LTC Tour Packages which are provided to both central and state government employees with the expenses of the tour package. The government employees do not need to surf around the internet as IRCTC’s website allows travelers to book their affordable LTC tour package online. This additional feature ensures ease and comfort for the government employees. IRCTC also provides supplementary features like providing tickets to the places which have city tours, arrangement for sight-seeing which are provided to the travelers under Cheap LTC tour package. Passengers can also explore about the packages online by classifying the packages as South, East, North India for better understanding.
2) Rs 50 lakh Travel Insurance
Travel insurance up to 50 Lakhs is also provided free of cost on all types of air bookings. The passengers are provided with loyalty points which helps them to avail special offers on their bookings done on the online portal of IRCTC which is another great feature. The senior citizens can avail these benefits at shops, service centers and products exclusively meant for them.
3) ePaylater
ePayLater is India’s best buy now pay later solution which lets you to book your rail tickets and pay later anytime within 14 days. Avail easy credit and checkout with a single click as this is also one of the major benefits of booking with IRCTC as it has taken care of all age groups.
4) Zero PG transaction charges
No payment gateway in the world has zero transaction fees. Transaction fees are the sole source of income for the payment gateway companies but while booking e Tickets on IRCTC website the users do not have to pay any additional charges if they pay using debit cards for transactions up to 1 lakh which saves them a reasonable amount of money while making the bookings of their favorite destination..
5) Hotel Bookings
Not to forget that the passengers can make online hotel room booking with IRCTC. The online hotel deals allows the passengers to opt for the online packages which are available for domestic and international destinations. The passengers can avail best “online hotel deals” and can make online hotel room booking in just a few clicks.
So what are you waiting for? Just log on www.irctc.co.in to avail these spectacular benefits.
