Every Indian traveller knows the feeling. You book a hotel on MakeMyTrip or Goibibo or Agoda or Booking.com, pay what feels like a reasonable price, and then find out later — through a friend, a travel agent or sheer curiosity — that the same room was available for significantly less through a different channel. This is not a glitch or a one-off. It is how the travel industry is structured. Hotels negotiate rates with travel companies that are not available to individual travellers booking on their own. Operators reserve trade prices for agents. Attractions offer pricing to platforms that commit volume. None of this has historically been accessible to someone booking independently. INFARE exists to change that. It gives independent travellers access to the same rates that travel companies use — on hotels, attractions, tours and visa assistance. These are dynamic rates — they change with date, availability and market conditions, just like retail rates do. What stays consistent is the gap. Trade rates are typically lower than what individual travellers pay at retail. That gap is where the saving lives. You pay a membership fee for this access. The question this article answers is: which membership makes more sense for you — a Trip Pass or a Subscription? What is a Trip Pass A Trip Pass is a one-time fee that gives you access to trade rates for a single international trip. You buy it when you have a specific trip planned, use it for that trip and the pass expires when the trip ends. There is no annual commitment. No auto-renewal. No obligation to travel a certain number of times. You pay once, you save on that trip, and that is it. Trip Passes are priced in two destination tiers: Tier 1 — Dubai, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Bali, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Hong Kong, and Macau Travellers Price 1 Person ₹5,000 2 Persons ₹8,000 3 Persons ₹10,000 Each additional person +₹1,500 Children up to 12 years Free Tier 2 — Europe, Japan, USA, UK, Australia, Turkey, and New Zealand Travellers Price 1 Person ₹8,000 2 Persons ₹14,000 3 Persons ₹18,000 Each additional person +₹2,500 Children up to 12 years Free If your trip includes destinations from both tiers — say Singapore and Japan in one go — the Tier 2 price applies and covers all destinations on that trip. What is a Subscription A Subscription gives you access to trade rates for unlimited trips over a full year. Domestic or international — you choose your type when you subscribe. One annual fee. Unlimited bookings. No cap on trips or bookings within the subscription year. What each subscription includes — and this matters: Domestic Annual Subscription covers: Hotels across India Flights within India That is it. The Domestic Subscription does not include attractions, tours or visa assistance. It is built specifically for travellers who travel within India and want better rates on hotels and flights. International Annual Subscription covers: Hotels globally International flights Attractions and tours globally Visa assistance for covered destinations Full domestic access — everything the Domestic Subscription covers, plus all of the above The International Subscription is the more comprehensive product. The saving compounds across multiple categories — hotels, attractions, tours and visa assistance — not just accommodation. A note on flights: The gap between what travel companies access and what individual travellers pay at retail is minimal on flights — both domestically and internationally. Flight rates are dynamic and publicly available across comparison platforms. Flights are included in both subscription products but this is not where the meaningful saving happens. Focus your expectations on hotels, attractions and tours. Subscription pricing: Domestic Annual: Travellers Price per year 1 Person ₹4,000 2 Persons ₹6,500 3 Persons ₹8,500 Each additional person +₹1,500 Children up to 12 years Free International Annual (includes domestic access): Travellers Price per year 1 Person ₹12,000 2 Persons ₹20,000 3 Persons ₹25,000 Each additional person +₹3,000 Children up to 12 years Free One rule applies to both: the lead traveller — the primary subscriber — must be present on every trip. Other travellers in the group can vary from trip to trip. The honest question: which one actually makes financial sense for you This depends on how often you travel, where you travel and what kind of hotels you stay in. The answer is different for domestic and international travel — and it is worth being specific about both. When a Trip Pass makes more sense You travel internationally once a year or less If you take one big international trip a year — Dubai for a week, Bali for ten days, Europe for two weeks — a Trip Pass is almost certainly the right product. You pay for exactly one trip, access trade rates for that trip and have no ongoing commitment. A real example: Anubhav Gup
