Saga Travel releases new app

Saga Travel has launched its new free holiday app, which enables customers to see details of exactly what’s included in their holiday or cruise, check the weather throughout their trip, get all the insights of the holiday destination, plus book excursions.

Saga Travel asked more than 9,000 clients aged over 50 what they wanted most from holiday company app when creating it.

They said having access to their flight information (89%) was incredibly important, then ship information if on a cruise (83%), and a full summary of their holiday (82%) are the most essential features of such an app.

Seven in 10 (68%) respondents are also keen to use the “pay may balance” feature and one in five (17%) are excited to count down the days to their holiday departure date.

The new MySaga Holiday App includes the features:

• A full summary of holiday or cruise
• Holiday weather forecast
• Passenger details
• Excursions
• Flight information, including baggage details
• Ship information when on an Ocean or River cruise
• A holiday countdown, which can be shared on Facebook and Twitter
• Paying a holiday balance

Andrew Strong, chief executive of Saga’s Travel businesses said: “Three-quarters (74%) of the over 50s have a smartphone or tablet these days and more than one in eight (13%) of those are using a holiday company’s app, so we know how important it is for the savvy traveller to have up to the minute, easy access to their holiday or cruise details while they’re away. Our customers are now able to enhance their holiday whilst away by making changes and booking exciting excursions”.