Every year during the Chinese New Year, car rental and housekeeping services will usher in a wave of peaks. How is the market this year? Let's find out.
At a car rental store in Shuikou, Mr. Wang, a citizen, is choosing a favorite "car" and preparing to take his family out of the province for a self-driving trip during the Spring Festival. Mr. Wang said that it is difficult to buy air tickets and high-speed rail during the Spring Festival holiday, and it is also a big expense to take a taxi to travel, and renting a car has become the most cost-effective way to travel.
Citizen Mr. Wang:I want to rent a business car, and the family can just sit down, and the cost is about 500 yuan a day.
According to the person in charge of the store, the end of the year is the hottest time of the year to rent a car, and since the beginning of January, customers have successively booked vehicles for the Spring Festival, and the number of bookings has skyrocketed in the past week, which has increased three times compared with usual.
According to data from the Ctrip platform, during the Spring Festival travel period, Ctrip's car rental orders increased by about 6% year-on-year, and from February 9 to 17, the number of car rental bookings increased by more than 3 times year-on-year. During the Spring Festival holiday, the average daily rental rate of "economic cars" ranges from 400 to 700 yuan, and the average daily rental of "commercial vehicles" ranges from 600 to 1,300 yuan.
Compared with renting a car through the platform, renting a car in Huizhou offline stores** has more advantages. The person in charge of the car rental store told reporters that during the Spring Festival holiday, the average daily rental price of "economic cars" and "commercial vehicles" ranged from 300 to 500 yuan, and there was no obvious ** for the time being.
Du Gang, deputy general manager of Maxima Car Rental Company:We recommend that users book a car in advance, so that they can enjoy some ** discounts. Approaching the Spring Festival, temporary car rental, due to the shortage of cars, ** may have a slight increase. Depending on the model, the price generally increases by about 15%.
As hot as the car rental market is the domestic service market. Year-end cleaning is an important traditional Chinese custom and a necessary preparation for every family to welcome the New Year. At a housekeeping company in Huicheng District, a customer began to make an appointment for door-to-door cleaning service a month ago.
Jiang Yangzhuo, manager of Aunt Fang's housekeeping service center in Huicheng District:There are about 10 or more families in need of cleaning services every day, and each nanny can serve about two to three families a day. The more the Chinese New Year, the greater the demand, which may slowly decrease around the 26th day of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar, and the peak of the new wave of demand is after the New Year.
In order to meet the market demand, housekeeping companies have expanded their business scope in advance, and housekeeping cleaning services can not only provide comprehensive household cleaning, but also provide personalized services for the needs of different families, such as cleaning glass, cleaning curtains, carpets, lamps, etc. At the same time, the housekeeping company has also strengthened the training and management of employees to ensure the quality of service.
With the increase in cleaning demand at the end of the year, various cleaning supplies and tools have also ushered in a sales peak. Recently, the reporter visited some shopping malls in the urban area and learned that the sales of cleaning supplies have increased by 30%-40% in the past week. Among them, the sales of detergents, disinfectants and other products have increased most significantly.
Liri Shopping Plaza Jiangbei Store Commodity Area Deputy Manager Ye Lihua:It has been growing slowly since about January 1st, and the peak of growth should be this week because the weather is warmer. The main reason is that the sales of degreasing products will increase a little, and more people will buy them.
Reporter: Zhong Simin, Long Kui, Xiao Guolong, He Xiong.