Indian travel planners are the most taken-for-granted people in every friend group: Klook research

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Travel planning may be what makes every holiday possible, but Klook’s new research surveying 2,725 travellers across 10 markets shows travel planning as one of the least appreciated tasks. AN ACTUAL JOBThe travel planner is the group’s operations manager, customer service desk, and crisis hotline, all rolled into one. The biggest source of stress for Indian planners is managing human logistics. More than 7 in 10 Indian planners believe they deserve to be paid US$50 or more per hour for their efforts. It is time to give India’s travel planners the recognition they deserve.