Cleartrip’s recently released year-end report spotlights some eye-catching extremes related to travel in 2025. It also offers various insights into how Indians planned and booked trips this year.
From Rs 0 Flights To Rs 4.4 Lakh Hotel Stays: What Travel Looked Like In 2025
Cleartrip’s recently released year-end report spotlights some eye-catching extremes related to travel in 2025. It also offers various insights into how Indians planned and booked trips this year.
- Written by:Toshita Sahni
- Edited by:Neha Grover
- Travel News
- Dec 17, 2025 12:37 pm IST
- Published OnDec 17, 2025 12:21 pm IST
- Last Updated OnDec 17, 2025 12:37 pm IST
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A recent year-end report highlights how aggressively some travellers hunted for deals.
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As 2025 comes to a close, many year-end reports are showing us how people travelled, planned, splurged and saved over the past twelve months. Some capture the collective mood of travellers: what they prioritised, how confidently they planned, and where they chose to go when time and budgets allowed. They also help travellers and the industry alike read the signals for the year ahead. From shifting destination preferences to changing booking habits, these annual snapshots reveal how travel continues to evolve alongside economic pressures, digital behaviour and lifestyle choices. Cleartrip’s recently released Unpacked 2025 report does that too. It draws on booking and search trends from its platform to map how Indians travelled this year. The data reflects a growing focus on value, flexibility and mobile-first planning, while also pointing to widening travel ambitions. Alongside these broader trends, the report also captures some eye-catching extremes related to travel in 2025.
From Zero-Rupee Flights to Luxury Splurges
At one end of the spectrum was a flight booked for Rs 0 and a hotel stay that cost just Rs 48 a night, highlighting how aggressively some travellers hunted for deals. At the other end were high-ticket bookings that reflected a willingness to splurge: Rs 2.4 lakh for a Delhi-Guwahati flight, Rs 4.43 lakh for Paris-Mumbai, and a Rs 4.41 lakh hotel stay in the Maldives. A flight passenger travelling from Ghaziabad to Bengaluru shelled out Rs 65,000 for excess baggage.
Travel behaviour was just as varied when it came to planning styles: some travellers booked accommodation nearly a year in advance, while others made last-minute decisions, with millions of flights reserved within 48 hours of departure.