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IRCTC common issues : Money deducted. Ticket not booked Traveel advisor provides the clear idea about how your money is refunded for the failure transactions in IRCTC. We always face the problem of slowness in IRCTC site. Sometime it happens when we enter all the details in Payment gateway. We may get the error 'Service unavailable'. But by that time we would have got the SMS from the bank saying your money is debited for the txn. Dont be panic. Nothing to worry. IRCTC is a genius website which takes care of all there exception situations. IRCTC refunds the money correctlty for the tickets which are not booked. Yes. Your money will be credited back if your ticket is not booked. If you face this situation first you need to check your Booking history to ensure your ticket is booked or not. If it is booked no problem you can go ahead with your travel. If not, go to   My tranactions > Refund status of Failure Transaction . There your failed transactions are list...

Ticket Reservation : Train ticket booking has been increased from 90 days to 120 days from the Date of journey. Ticket booking for foreign tourists remains as 365 days. Valid ID cards for verification during travel for Tatkal and E-tickets : Voter Id Passport Pan card Driving license Photo id card with serial no provided byState/Central govt Student Id card with phot issued by College/School Bank pass book with Photograph issued by Nationalised banks Credit cards issued by Banks with photo 'Aadhaar' Unique identification card  Pension pay cards Ration cards with photo Senior citizen cards Below poverty cards with photo ESI cards with photo GCHS cards with photo

Consider Auto upgradation in IRCTC : The secret is revealed Are you the person who selects the option 'Consider Auto upgradation' when booking the ticket in IRCTC? Do you think that if you select the option your ticket will be consedered for the 'Auto upgradtion' to the next higher grade ? The fact is 'BIG NO'. Yes. It is true. Hold on. The truth is if you select the option 'Consider Auto upgradation' your ticket is not eligible for upgrade. Surprise ? Have you ever checked the link given on 'Consider Auto upgradation' in IRCTC ? The following information is given in the pls read this carefully. " The Class of travel may be upgraded automatically to the next higher class. If you do not want to be considered for upgradation, please check the option box. This facility is now available on the Internet through www.irctc.co.in " So dont select 'Consider Auto upgradation'. You are eligible for Auto upgradation by defaul...

Travel Advisor tried IRCTC Mobile ticket booking on the mobile. So we are happy to share the steps, tips, look and feel of IRCTC Mobile ticket booking. Hope this helps the IRCTC Mobile websites for easy ticket booking. This review contains the screen shots of All the screens in IRCTC mobile website.The complete guide of IRCTC Mobile website to book tickets. 1) This is the login page of the IRCTC Mobile website. The site address is https://www.irctc.co.in/mobile . You need to login with your existing IRCTC User id and Password. 2) The next page shows three options. Book Ticket / Enquiry Booked History Cancel Ticket   Booking a normal ticket on IRCTC Mobile website : 3) Click on the link Book Ticket / Enquiry to book or enquiry of availability. The page title is 'Plan my travel' . Fill the details of the journey 'From station' and 'To' station. Then select the class of the train. 4) If you know the Station code of the Station you can di...

NGPAY is the mobile application which provides so many services in the mobile itself. It helps to book travel tickets for Air travel also. Agent commission applicable. Currently the following flight tickets can be booked in your mobile itself. Air India GoAir Indigo Jet Airways Spicejet You can download NGPAY Application here. Travel Advisor rates NGPAY 4/5 for its useful utility services.                                                                       Screenshot of NGPAY taken in NOKIA 5233 Symbian S60 Tags : NGPAY

Makemytrip.com provides offer to Book Hotel and Flight ticket together and save up to Rs.3000. Travel Advisor suggests users to avail this offer.

18-Apr-2012 : Indigo and Jet airways withdrew their suppot to book flight tickets from Makemytrip.com. The reason told by the Flight service providers is 'Commercial reasons'. But the original reason is Makemytrip did not include these flight in Opaque pricing. So Travel Advisor requests the readers to avoid the inconvenience.

 1. Login to IRCTC website at 8:00 AM on the previous day of travel sharply. 2. In IRCTC, Quickbook will not work to book Tatkal tickets and Opening day tickets (120 days before) 3. Be ready with the ID card details to book Tatkal tickets. It is verified strictly during the travel by TTE so DO NOT give any junk information when booking the ticket. 4. Common errors may come when booking the ticket especially 'SERVICE UNAVAILABLE'. Dont lose the hope. Keep trying. 5. Login to multiple sessions so that any one of the Link will open. 6. Give the correct mobile no when booking the ticket. So that it will be easy to get SMS on your mobile. 7. Dont try to book tickets in any Agent sites (Cleartrip etc) since the Agents cannot book tickets from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM.10. 8. You can book tickets on your mobile by logging in to IRCTC Mobile website. This site is faster than normal IRCTC site. 9. Printout of Booked tickets are not mandatory. You can show the messages se...

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Rameswaram is the holy place in Hindu religion. The pilgrimage yatra of north part of hindus will start from Varanasi (Kasi) ends at Rameswaram. There are so many places and temples to visit in and around Rameswaram. Rameswaram Ramanatha swamy temple : Ramanatha swamy temple is the main temple of Rameswaram. It is a Shiva(n) temple. The main god shiva is called 'Ramanatha Swamy'. This temple is one of 'Jyotir linga' temple in India. The city Rameswaram located in Ramanathapuram district the Southeastern part of Tamilnadu.  It is an Island the Pamban bridges for Train and Road are connecting the city with Tamilnadu. The temple is located in the seashore of Bay of Bengal. The temple has so many 'thirthas' - that iswater  wells - The water in each well tastes differently. Inside the temple we can take a bath in each thirtha well with the help of tourist guides. History of the temple : As per the epic Ramayana the Linga of the Lord Shiva was worshipped b...