What can I advertise under tours and travels?
Anything a travel business sells: tour packages and group departures, hotels, resorts and homestays, a travel agency or agent's services, air and rail ticketing and visa assistance, and bus, cab and car rental. Tell us which, and we set the matter in that paper's format for the travel or services column.
Classified text or a display ad — which should I take?
Classified text is charged per line and suits a standing ad — agency name, destinations, dates, phone — that you run week after week cheaply. Classified display is charged per sq.cm and lets you put in a photograph of the destination, your logo, colour and a border, which is what most tour-package ads use because the picture is the pitch. Design is free either way.
What should the ad actually say?
A traveller scans for four things: where, when, what is included, and who to call. Destinations and duration, departure dates or the season, what the package covers, and a phone number. Longer matter costs more per line without being read further. Send us your details in any form and we write it and show you a proof before it prints.
How much does a tours and travels ad cost?
Classified text is charged per line, so a short standing ad is the cheapest option — the rate finder above shows the real figure for your paper and edition before you share anything, at official rates with a lowest-price guarantee. Classified display is charged per sq.cm. Both are per insertion, plus 5% GST, and a run of insertions usually costs less than booking them one at a time.
Which newspaper and edition should I pick?
Pick by the city your customers travel from, not the destination they travel to — an agency in Kolkata selling a Darjeeling package advertises in Kolkata. An edition covers specific districts, not a whole state, so we confirm exactly which districts yours reaches before you pay, and whether a combo across editions is cheaper than booking each one.
When should the ad run?
Ahead of the season you are selling into — holiday and vacation travel is booked weeks before the trip, so an ad that appears once the season has started is late. Most papers have a same-day or next-morning cut-off for classifieds, and weekend pages close earlier, so give yourself a day's margin. We confirm the exact cut-off for your paper and edition before you pay.
Can you write and translate the ad for me?
Yes — free. Send the details in any language, even as a photo of handwritten matter, and we draft it, trim it to the paper's line limit, translate it into the paper's language — Hindi, Bengali, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and more — and design the display block if you are taking one. You approve a proof before anything prints.
How do I pay, and how do I know the ad ran?
Book and pay online in minutes — UPI/QR, card, net-banking or NEFT/RTGS through a secure link — with a GST invoice in your agency's name. After publication you can view your ad in that paper's e-paper for the published date and edition, or buy a printed copy locally. releaseMyAd is an INS-accredited online booking platform for 280+ dailies.
I am looking to book a holiday, not an ad.
Then this is the wrong page, and we would rather say so than waste your time. releaseMyAd books newspaper advertisements for businesses; we do not sell tour packages, tickets or hotel rooms. The agencies and operators whose ads appear in the travel columns of the papers listed here are who you want.
