Welcome-to-Russia Initiates Online Flight Booking

Oct. 6, 2010 - PRLog -- Eastern Europe travel specialist Welcome-to-Russia has gone online with real time flight booking of major airlines. Beginning today, customers are able to simply and easily survey dozens of flights between major city destinations at competitive rates.

Welcome-to-Russia, the major apartment rental portal, is a Russian-American travel agency founded in 2000. WTR’s flat rental service extends to over 760 units in major cities across Russia, Ukraine, Belorussia, Moldova and Latvia, and such cities as Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kiev, Odessa, Minsk, Chisinau, Riga and others. WTR additionally provides group and individual tours in Russia and the former Soviet Union, visa services for travelers to this part of the world plus personnel such as interpreters, personal assistants, drivers, bodyguards and cooks.

Now, Welcome-to-Russia has taken the next step in organizing a turnkey travel solution with the launch of the new airline flight ticketing service.

The new online air ticket booking service (http://www.welcome-to-russia.com/flights.html) is simple and easy to use with no frills or complicated options, and provides the best routes and airlines available to suit all budgets and travel dates.

Simply choose a departure city and date, and the lightening quick service provides the user with options for up to 40 airlines. Choose a flight and pay in a variety of ways…Visa, MasterCard, Amex, Discover or PayPal. An e-ticket is then emailed to you within a short time.

All payment and credit card information is protected by First Data using SSL protocol to provide an extra layer of security in addition to the already buttoned down, encrypted in-house Welcome-to-Russia infrastructure.

To help promote the new booking service, Welcome-to-Russia is offering a 5% discount on any apartment rental from their large inventory when a flight is booked and paid for simultaneous. Return customers get a 7% discount on flat rentals.

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Welcome-to-russia.com deals with short-term rentals in 26 cities of Russia, Ukraine and CIS. We also offer additional services to our customers - air tickets reservation, transfer, visa support and translation.