mumbai a survey released by an online travel portal points out that people might opt for three or four start rated hotels than pay 28 tax with 28 tax being levied on luxury hotels gst seems to play a dampener for these hotels unlike summer or winter holidays people opt for luxury hotels during monsoon to stay indoors and enjoy the property and the weather the impact of gst was visible as 56 of the respondents said that the heavy tax levy has affected their preference for luxury travel on the plus side tourists have been savings by booking early a habit prompted by airline flash sales the sales have led to more than 60 respondents booking their tickets at least 15 days in advance and 69 of respondents preferring to travel by air with less than 20 planning to take a road trip said the monsoon survey by yatracomabout 43 of the 1500 respondents surveyed said that they intended to spend between rs 2500 to rs 5000 per night on hotel accommodation only 45 of those surveyed said they would spend between rs 7000rs 10000 per night about 32 said they would opt for accommodation that was between rs 1000 to rs 2500 indicating that budget travel is big among users of online travel portals but when asked what kind accommodation they would prefer 103 voted for fivestar hotel accommodation 38 chose 34 star hotels 26 went for budget hotels and 23 for home staysthe preference for domestic travel continues during monsoon as well with 728 indians rooting for it the north east has emerged as a preferred destination while goa and kerala continues to be the favourite europe and bali are the preferred international destinations said the survey