Black Friday for tour operators in 2024: who gives discounts and gifts, when and for what

Black Friday for tour operators in 2024: who gives discounts and gifts, when and for what

This year, tour operators’ “black Friday” does not coincide with the “general market” (November 29), although it intersects with it. At the moment, 14 market players, including the largest ones, have announced various promotions timed to coincide with Black Friday. For the vast majority of companies, the promotion is already underway and will end at the end of this week. We have collected the terms and links. Attention – this article is being updated!

PEGAS TOURISTIK

The tour operator PEGAS Touristik is holding a “Black Friday” campaign from November 23 to November 30, 2024 inclusive. Promotional prices are available to both tourists and travel agents. A Black Friday filter has appeared in the tour operator’s search engine, such an icon is now available for all hotels participating in the promotion, and the discount amount for a specific hotel is indicated.

By booking package tours on the specified dates, PEGAS Touristik now offers discounts on tours to Turkey and Egypt (arrivals before the end of September and until the end of October 2025, respectively) – up to 35%, to the UAE, Thailand (arrivals before the end of May 2025) and Cuba (arrivals before the end of April 2025 year) – up to 25%.

PEGAS Touristik has discounts on Black Friday for package tours with flights to 12 regions of Russia. The largest discounts are available for tours to Dagestan (up to 25%) and Lake Baikal (up to 20%), to Kavminvody (up to 10%), Kazan and St. Petersburg (up to 7%). Interestingly, this year’s promotion also applies to hotel bookings in Russia without flights – for example, in Dagestan you can now get a discount on ground handling up to 40%, on Lake Baikal – up to 20%, in Kavminvody – up to 14%, in Arkhangelsk – up to 10%.

PEGAS Touristik page with the terms of the promotion and selection of tours

FUN&SUN

The FUN &SUN tour operator launched the Black Friday campaign today. The sale of discounted tours at the first stage will last 4 days: from November 25 to 28.

As part of the promotion, you can book tours to Turkey with various discounts (Antalya – check-in dates 01.04.2025 – 31.10.2025, Istanbul – check–in dates – until December 20 next year), Egypt (check-in dates – the whole of 2025), the United Arab Emirates (check-in dates 04.12.2024 – 01.09.2025), Thailand (01.04.2025 – 31.10.2025) and Abkhazia (05/01/2025 – 10/31/2025).

To get a discount, you need to add the tour to the shopping cart and select the Black Friday fare when booking. The promotion applies only to charter and block travel packages with flights, to selected hotels at the Black Friday rate.

And on November 29 and 30, FUN&SUN will announce two more “secret offers”.

The FUN&SUN “Black Friday” promotion page with conditions and selection of tours

CORAL TRAVEL

Coral Travel has so far announced only “Black Friday” for travel agents – “Franchise for 1 ruble”. From November 25 to 29, 2024, you can purchase a Coral Travel franchise with an entry fee and a royalty of 1 ruble. You can check the details of the promotion with the specialists of the project development department by phone +7 495 502 12 01 and by email franch@club.coral.ru . The number of applications is limited. 

It is possible that closer to the “Black Friday” itself on November 29, Coral Travel will launch a tour sale campaign, but the details are not yet known. Stay tuned for updates in this article.

ANEX

The Anex tour operator is giving discounts on everything this year, both to travel agents and tourists. The Black Friday campaign has already started on November 18 and will last until November 30.

On these dates, you can book discounted package tours, only hotels, tours with regular flights (GDS) in all directions from the company’s assortment (with arrivals until October 31, 2025). Discounts vary depending on the destination, hotel, and departure dates. Discounts, according to the tour operator, have already been taken into account in current prices on the website. 

Anex promotion page with the terms of the promotion.

“INTOURIST”

Intourist’s Black Friday campaign has started (from November 15) and will last until November 30. The promotion is only for travel agents: booking package tours with charter air transportation (departures from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Samara, Ufa, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Mineralnye Vody and Sochi) to more than 50 popular hotels in Turkey (list here) with check-in from April 1 to October 31, 2025 Travel agents will receive an additional commission of up to 1.5% of the cost of the package.

The promotion page on the Intourist agency website

TEZ TOUR

The “Black Friday” promotion at TEZ TOUR is a mega–sale of tours to Turkey, which takes place at the tour operator from November 22 to December 2, 2024. The promotion applies to tours with check–in in the summer season in 96 hotels in Turkey, discounts are up to 65%.

TEZ TOUR sale page with conditions

SPACE TRAVEL

The Space Travel tour operator is also holding a “Black Friday” campaign. Details, dates and conditions are coming soon. Stay tuned for updates on this page. 

PAC GROUP

The tour operator PAC Group has a “Black Friday: super prices for MSC cruises” promotion from November 8 to December 2, 2024.

On the specified dates, you can book winter sea cruises from the MSC Cruises cruise company for the 2024-2025 season from the tour operator (in Persianthe Gulf, the Mediterranean Sea, the Canary Islands and Morocco, Northern Europe, the Caribbean, Asia and Grand Voyages) at special rates, including with the included Easy Package drinks at the “Black Friday + drinks” tariff. Prices for discounted cruises start from 299 euros (including port fee), the company reports.

PAC Group cruise sale page with the terms of the promotion

The tour operator also has a separate “black friday” promotion for travel agents, and it starts today. According to its terms, from November 25 to December 1, 2024, travel agents are provided with an additional + 2% agency discount.

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“MULTITOUR”

The tour operator “Multitour” held a “Black Friday” campaign for hotels of the brands “Atelika”, “Wonderful World” and “Sunville” from November 8 to November 15, 2024.

This week, it is possible to continue the sales promotion for a number of hotels of other brands and individual sightseeing tours. We are waiting for details. Stay tuned in this article.

“BREEZE LINE”

Until the end of November, you can buy sea and river cruises on Black Friday promotions with discounts and on-board credits as a gift (up to $ 500 per cabin) from the cruise tour operator Breeze Line. The tour operator’s website has promotional offers from the cruise companies Princess Cruises, Cunard Line, MSC Cruises and Explora Journeys, as well as a sale of Nile cruises.

As part of the promotions of cruise companies, depending on the chosen company, the duration of the cruise and the route, you can get a discount from 10 to 50% on cruises, take children with you for free and receive on-board credits as a gift (200-500 dollars per cabin).

The page of the cruise sale “Breeze Line”

CLUB MED

The tour operator Club Med is holding a “Black Friday” campaign from November 19 to December 2, 2024 with a sale of tours for the 2025 winter season. The promotion is valid both for direct clients (online on the website) and for partner agencies.

On the specified promotional dates, accommodation in the resort towns of Club Med (from November 23, 2024 to May 29, 2025) can be booked with discounts of up to 20% (up to 90,000 rubles) per person. Children under 6 years old can relax for free at beach resorts, and up to 4 years old – at ski resorts.

Almost all resorts of the chain participate in the campaign. Special emphasis is placed on ski resorts in the Alps, distant destinations – Seychelles, Maldives, Mauritius, Bali, Phuket, as well as May holidays in Turkey. There are also discounts on a novelty this season – the Serre Chevalier ski resort in the Southern Alps.

Club Med promotion page with conditions

“SCANTOUR”

The Scantour tour operator holds a Black Friday from November 18 to December 1, 2024. During this period, the company can book tours to Karelia and the North-West of Russia with a discount of up to 30%. Promotional tours are marked with the “Black Friday” icon in the search engine.

The promotion applies to a number of tours with arrivals in the off-season (from November 18 to December 27, 2024 and from January 9 to April 14, 2025), New Year’s tours (arrivals on December 30-31, 2024) and tours for January holidays (arrivals from January 2 to January 8, 2025 year)

The page of the Scantour campaign with the conditions

“NEVSKY SEASONS”

In 2024, the tour operator plans to hold a “Black Friday” campaign for both tourists and agents. The exact terms, conditions and details of the promotion will be announced closer to its start.  

According to preliminary data, the promotion will apply to winter tours, tours for the spring of 2025, and bus tours from Moscow for the summer of 2025. Tourists will be offered discounts, and agents will receive an increased commission. Stay tuned in this article.

“GYMS”

The Black Friday promotion at the children’s tour operator SportZania runs from November 15th to 30th. On these dates, you can get discounts for the 2025 shifts in children’s camps — summer, winter and spring.

When booking a summer shift at Istra, Azimuth or Velvet Seasons in SportZania, you can get a gift of your choice: a weekend for only 2,990 rubles, any winter or spring shift with a 30% discount, any second summer shift with a 15% discount. Also, when booking shifts in November, tourists receive a 15% discount on the second weekend, and 30% on the third and subsequent weekends. And when buying any course of classes in an online school for 3 months or more, the tour operator gives 1 month of classes for free.

The page of the SportZania promotion with the conditions

“FLY.

Tour operators Let’s Fly and Turslet, which are part of the Fly group of companies.“, has not yet announced any sales promotions. Nevertheless, Black Friday promotional offers are available from the Fly itself.” – they are for travel agents.

For example, the company offers to purchase a franchise of the travel agency “Fly.” with a discount of -50% or royalty holidays until 2026.

You can also connect to the SBT (tour booking service) for 0 rubles or buy any course of the “Academy to Fly.” with a 30% discount.

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