Go holiday! It's raining discounts

New Delhi: If you're planning to take a vacation and want the best deals to suit your pocket, there wouldn’t be a better time than this monsoon season.

This is considered as the lean season in the travel industry, so, tour operators are going out of their way to attract prospective clients, and some are even offering discounts of up to 50 per cent on their tour packages this monsoon.

Here are the list of some of the cheapest and best tour packages available this year.

Far East: Those planning to visit the Far East, can choose the Raj Travels Thailand-Malaysia-Singapore package.

This nine-night and ten-day package will cost you just Rs 45,000 as opposed to Rs 56,000 earlier.

Similarly, the Cox & Kings package, which was priced at Rs 55,000 during the summer season, is now down to Rs 44,000.

Goa: The two-day Five Star Goa Package of Raj Travels that was worth Rs 16,000 last summer now costs Rs 7, 999 while that offered by Cox & Kings costs just Rs 7,195.

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There couldn’t be any better time to visit Goa than during the monsoons; it appears to be raining discounts in this part of the country!

You could get good discounts at all good hotels and resorts which are not crowded at this time of the year.

The rains could very well prove to be blessing in disguise if you are looking for a quiet vacation or solitude.

If you are planning on going to Goa by road, then you're looking at covering a distance of about 580 kms from Mumbai.

However, while driving down this time around, you can enjoy the scenic beauty and the waterfalls even more, on account of the rains.

Once you reach there, you can choose from an array of hotels and make sure that with the plethora of discounts on offer, you clinch the best deal on offer.

The Taj Holiday Village in the north of Goa is one such hotel which is offering discounted rooms.

The highlight of this 30-year hotel is its 142 cottage style rooms, which are designed to give you a feeling as though you are still in the Portuguese era. In the monsoon season, almost all the Taj group hotels offer up to 20 to 30 per cent discount on their rooms.

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Now let's see what does south Goa have to offer.

The first thing you will come across while driving down to the south of Goa will be the Catigao Wildlife Sanctuary, where you could enjoy a walk in the lap of nature, in one of the second largest of the three sanctuaries, in the state.

After getting your fill of the greenery and wildlife, it would be worthwhile to check out the beaches. The must-see beaches here include Paulolim and Sinquerim.

At the Sinquerim beach, you can visit Fort Aguada, the Portuguese fort built in 1612 and considered to be an important reference point for all ships coming from Europe at that time. It is from this fort, that you can enjoy a clear view of the Sinquerim-Calangute beach stretch.

Other than beaches, you can also enjoy some remotely located waterfalls.

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If you still want to do some adrenaline pumping stuff, then you can contact the activity desk of Fort Aguada for information. Here you can get yourself booked for rock climbing, rappelling and other activities, which are organised by the activity desk of the Aguada.

Kerala: A six-nights and seven-days package will now cost between Rs 7,000 and Rs 12,500.

If you are not interested in any of these packages, then you could also opt for cheap airline tickets.

Your travel agent could clinch a very good deal for you this season, since many airlines are not flying to full capacity.

For Rs 31,000, you could get a a return ticket to New York and if you are not interested in the America, then a return ticket to Milan and Dubai will cost you Rs 19, 000 and Rs 11, 000 respectively.

The last date to avail of these discounted air tickets is September 31, so hurry and plan before the discount period ends!