The Travel Companion You (Probably) Didn’t Know You Needed This Holiday Season

The holiday season is around the corner. Millions of Americans will soon hit the roads — to visit their families or to reach their desired destinations for their much-needed annual vacation. Either way, they’ll find themselves in a similar situation: hours spent in cars, possibly stuck on hyperactive highways, trying to make the most of their annual holidays.

Whether it’s road trips or any other long-haul journeys, traveling during holidays can be exciting and exhausting at the same time. Undoubtedly, every American will crave entertainment on the go. For a long time, it was music, which can get repetitive. Lately, podcasts and audiobooks have come into existence. But they, too, get boring after a point.

This holiday season, there’s a new way to make holiday travels more enjoyable and entertaining: audio series by Pocket FM.

The app that turns traffic into entertainment

Pocket FM is an India-born non-music audio entertainment app that entered the US market towards the end of 2022. The startup’s flagship is audio series — dramatic audio adaptations of stories that are presented in an episodic manner. In other words, these are similar to television serials and web series, but in the audio format. Like successful web series, these audio series are equipped with gripping storytelling, intriguing plots, well-crafted characters, compelling content, and a well-thought-out strategy of ending every episode at a stage that leaves the listener wondering, “What happens next?”

This cliffhanger-closure of episodes always brings listeners back to the platform, enhancing user engagement and sometimes alluring people to serial-listen.

Here are some numbers that show how much Americans are loving it. According to listenership data of Pocket FM, a six-year-old Indian startup, Americans spend an average of 135 minutes listening to content on the platform daily. That’s more than double the time Americans spend on TikTok (53.8 minutes daily).

What’s more interesting is that the app offers an immersive audio experience, which undoubtedly will make long travels enjoyable. To add to that, Pocket FM’s rich content library has something for every listener — including the kids in the backseats — to keep them engaged longer than any other form of audio entertainment.

Say goodbye to boring road trips

Holiday means travel, and traveling by road means navigating through highways — often getting stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic. That’s unavoidable, simply because the majority of Americans (especially city dwellers) will hit the roads almost at the same time.

The usual routine involves trying to kill time scrolling through music apps, repeating the playlists again and again, or switching from one radio station to another. But why settle for dull drives and holiday traffic stress when you can turn every moment into an adventure?

With Pocket FM, one can easily tune into a crime thriller, a fantasy, or even a story on a love triangle that would keep you engrossed with a gripping narrative equipped with immersive audio. Miles will fly by; traffic will get smoother before you realize.

Pocket FM’s audio series makes listeners feel like part of the narrative, and in turn, the journey transforms from strenuous to enjoyable.

A gift for today’s travelers

Good things are meant to be shared, and everyone knows the best gifts are about experiences. What Pocket FM brings to the table is useful, practical, and thoughtful. The startup opted for a micropayment-supported freemium model, allowing its listeners to pay only for what they consume on a per-episode basis after accessing a limited number of free episodes every day.

This holiday season, you can also gift your loved ones Pocket FM’s micropayment-based consumption packs that can be used on a pay-per-episode basis. With this, you’ll be gifting your loved ones hours of entertainment and an immersive experience that they will remember forever.

Before you head out on your next road trip this holiday season, download the Pocket FM app, and make it the travel companion you didn’t know you needed but won’t want to be without.

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