Before the pandemic, low-cost airfare made local and international travel more accessible to everyone, while online booking platforms such as Klook were the go-tos of those looking for good deals on attractions, transfers and even hotel bookings.
Before I learned about Klook, I truthfully didn’t use booking platforms when I traveled. For theme parks, I’d just buy tickets at the entrance, not realizing the substantial discounts I’d get from these apps.
Travel and leisure booking platform Klook is now focusing on products and services for domestic travelers in Asia, as well as digital solutions to support its merchants since there are still many restrictions on international travel.
In January 2021, Klook raised $200 million in Series E funding. Part of Klook’s strategy to help strengthen local travel is digitize the experiences booking sector and launch new travel niches such as staycations and travel bubbles.
Klook said the funding will be used to develop Rezio, a booking management platform to support tour operators and activity providers in Taiwan and Japan.
Last year, Klook launched new features including a free Contact Tracing System for Philippine partners, Attractions Plus module to support attractions and major establishments, and the Klook Live!: Interactive livestream mobile feature that allowed users to experience merchants’ offerings up-close through entertaining and interactive instant video content.
While the pandemic continues to linger, Klook has been hard at work helping the public meet their desire to travel in the form of visiting local destinations.
After nearly two years and several lockdowns, traveling is back. For most of us, it’s just local travel for now but Klook offers good holiday deals at local theme parks and attractions, All-In Travel Bubbles, local hotel and resort perks, and tour activities in popular vacation hotspots like Boracay and Cebu.
Since kids can now go out, you can take advantage of their offers on attractions like Enchanted Kingdom, Avilon Zoo, Manila Ocean Park, Skyranch, Zoobic and The Dessert Museum. For these attractions and many others, Klook has 4+1 or 20-percent off family deals. The app has an 8-percent discount on all local activities with no minimum spend requirement.
And staycations are back, so Klook also has special deals on hotels like Seda BGC, Seda Residences Makati, Acacia Hotel Manila and Holiday Inn Manila Galleria. Klook users can enjoy STAY+ and Travel Bubble Deals of up to 18-percent off on SETIR, Tides Hotel, The Lind, Villas by Eco Hotel, Belmont Boracay, Taal Vista, Pico Sands, Shangri-La Boracay, Crusoe Cabins, Las Casas, Cocoons Casobe, The Manor at Camp John Hay, Bluewater Panglao, Bluewater Sumilon and Bluewater Maribago.
For the holidays, Klook has over P3 million worth of discounts and prizes to give away. Those who use any Klook product or service with the promo code for the holiday campaign qualifies for a chance to win an overnight stay at Taal Vista, overnight stay at Pico Sands, three days and two nights at Boracay Shangri-La, three days and two nights at Belmont Boracay, and a Sunlight EcoTourism Travel Bubble.
You can download the Klook App on the App Store and Google Play. Every time you book an activity on Klook, you’ll receive a handy mobile e-voucher saved directly onto your Klook App. These vouchers are accessible even without Internet connectivity and you won’t have to print them out unless stated.