If you're a traveler who wants to stay in luxury hotels but doesn't want to spend that much, then Hey Travelista is for you. It is an online platform in Hong Kong that offers flash-sale service that only shows affordable package deals on five-star hotels.
Hey Travelista can be likened to Cathay Pacific's weekly Fanfares, which offer affordable flights and discounts. Launched in July 2018, the platform already has members in 53 countries, but it mostly focuses on Asia.
"Hong Kong citizens are the most traveled in the world," Hey Travelista co-founder Tony Low said, per The South China Morning Post. "Many people want to take advantage of all the short holidays and get out of the city, which means taking a flight."
Low recalled there are eight long weekends in Hong Kong this year, so a lot of Hongkongers surely want to have a lot of travel experiences in a low budget. Hence, it is the best time to check Hey Travelista.
There are other platforms that offer the same luxury travel packages at a low rate in Europe and Australia. However, there is no such thing in Asia. So, Low and the site's two co-founders, his wife Alyssa and former colleague Brian Koroll, decided to create something like it in the Asian market.
The group's initial goal is to take Asian travelers to other parts of the world at a friendly price. Australia's Luxury Escapes gives what Australians want, like visiting Bali and drinking affordable beers. But, its offering differs from what Asians want.
According to a 2017 study by travel industry IT firm Amadeus called Journey of Me Insights: What Asia-Pacific travelers want, Asians want to travel a lot. But they also want to save money when looking for any travel recommendations, and it is what Hey Travelista offers.
The Loop HK reported Hey Travelista is not your ordinary hotel booking site. It is a members-only website that offers "exclusive, limited-time deals" at luxury hotels and resorts all over the world. These offerings also come with a lot of inclusions with no extra cost. The offers are also from five-star or unique hotels.
Hey Travelista works directly with the five-star hotels and creates special offers and packages to its members. However, these offers are limited that only run for two weeks at most. There is also a minimum stay period of two or three nights that depend on the offer.
To cope up with the limitations, the longer the visitors stay in a chosen place, the more inclusions they get, giving them big savings. So, if you want to say in a luxury hotel without breaking the bank, check Hey Travelista to get more discounts, which brags that you can only find available on their website.
