FOR TRAVEL BUSINESSES
WhatsApp and Voice Campaigns for Travel and Tour Operators
Show destinations in video, find travellers who are actually planning a trip, and keep booked guests informed from deposit to departure.
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Smart Growth AI helps travel agencies and tour operators sell packages and serve booked guests. A voice clip about a tour qualifies your list, interested travellers get destination video carousels on RCS or WhatsApp, and those who press 1 speak to a travel consultant. Booked guests receive itineraries, payment reminders and departure updates on WhatsApp.
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Destinations sold with video
Carousels of up to 10 videos or photos, one card per day of the itinerary or per hotel, with a button to enquire or hold a seat.
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Consultants call real planners
Listen duration and press 1 show who is actually thinking about the trip, so consultants are not cold-calling the whole list.
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Guests kept informed
Balance payment links, document checklists, departure reminders and reporting times sent automatically on WhatsApp.
Selling travel is a long conversation
A family planning a Kashmir trip in summer, a group of friends eyeing a Thailand long weekend, a temple circuit for parents, a corporate offsite: each enquiry can take days of back and forth. Meanwhile, fixed departures have seats to fill, and early-bird windows close. Travel agencies and tour operators need to find out quickly who is serious, show them the trip properly, and then look after them once they pay.
How it works for tour operators
Find who is planning a trip
A 30-second voice clip introduces the package: destination, dates, number of nights and starting price as you choose to present it. It plays to your consented list of past travellers and enquiries. Everyone who answers gets an SMS with your number so they can call back later.
Show the trip to interested people
People who listened 10 to 25 seconds get an RCS carousel with day-wise videos or photos. Those who listened past 25 seconds get a WhatsApp template with the itinerary videos, inclusions and a button to enquire. Short listeners are not sent paid follow-ups.
Hand hot leads to consultants
Anyone who presses 1 is connected to a travel consultant live. The consultant gets a notification of who called and which tour clip they heard, so they open with the right package instead of asking "which trip were you interested in?"
This is the Smart Growth AI Campaign, which is designed to spend WhatsApp and RCS budget on people who engaged.
After the booking
- Deposit and balance payment reminders with Razorpay links inside WhatsApp.
- Document checklists for passport, visa and ID requirements as your team specifies, with a WhatsApp form to collect traveller names and details.
- Itinerary and vouchers shared as PDFs in the chat.
- Departure reminders with reporting time, meeting point and a location pin.
- On-trip updates from your tour manager through the shared team inbox.
- Feedback requests after the guest returns.
Answer routine questions automatically
Built with the AI chatbot builder, a WhatsApp bot can answer common questions: which dates are open, what is included, how to pay, cancellation policy as written by you. If your booking system has an API, the dynamic API chatbot can check live seat availability on a fixed departure and reply with real numbers.
Groups, schools and corporates
Group tours need a lot of coordination: room sharing, payments from many people, ID collection and last-minute changes. A WhatsApp form collects each traveller's details, payment links go to each participant, and updates reach everyone at once through a broadcast to those who joined. Your tour manager handles questions from one shared inbox.
Seasonal campaigns and retargeting
Travel is seasonal: summer holidays, Diwali breaks, December and the long weekends. Run a voice and messaging campaign a few weeks before each window. People who engaged can be retargeted with Instagram Reels and WhatsApp Status ads, which suit destination videos well. Click-to-WhatsApp ads and Meta lead forms bring in new enquiries that get an instant reply.
Reports, leads and consent
Every lead lands in a Google Sheet or your CRM via webhook/API with name, mobile, city, tour interest, listen duration and key pressed. The AI campaign report shows cost per lead and which clip or template worked better. Contact only travellers who agreed to hear from you, keep prices and inclusions accurate, and rely on built-in opt-out handling across voice, SMS, WhatsApp and RCS. Book a demo with one of your upcoming departures.
FAQ
Questions people ask
How can a travel agency get more serious tour enquiries?
Play a short voice clip about a specific package to a consented list. People who listen longer receive destination videos on RCS or WhatsApp, and anyone who presses 1 is connected live to a travel consultant who already knows which tour they heard.
Can we send itineraries and payment links on WhatsApp?
Yes. Itineraries and vouchers can be shared as PDFs, and deposit or balance payments can be collected through Razorpay links inside the chat. Reminders go out automatically before each due date.
Can the chatbot show seat availability for fixed departures?
If your booking system has an API, the dynamic API chatbot can check live availability during the chat and reply with real numbers. Otherwise availability can be read from a sheet your team keeps updated.
Is RCS useful for travel promotions?
RCS shows rich carousels with up to 10 image or video cards and buttons on supported Android phones, which suits day-wise itineraries. It also acts as a fallback when WhatsApp is not delivered.
How do we handle unsubscribes?
Every message includes a way to opt out. When someone unsubscribes, Smart Growth AI stops future voice, SMS, WhatsApp and RCS messages to that number automatically, so your team does not need to maintain a separate list.
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