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Race against time: Travel bookings to US spike after Trump’s diktat

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September 22, 2025

Testing times

- AKSHARA SRIVASTAVA & DEEPAK PATEL

Online travel aggregators witnessed a spike in bookings to the US as people rushed to make reservations, following President Donald Trump's order to raise the H-1B visa fee and tech companies, based in America, issuing directives to their employees to return to the country before the deadline kicks in.

NASDAQ-listed travel booking app MakeMyTrip witnessed a notable increase in last-minute bookings to the US since Saturday morning.

“This increase in bookings for same-day or next-day travel is atypical for a long-haul segment,” said a MakeMyTrip spokesperson.

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