Travel planning in India

What we actually do

You tell us who is travelling, roughly when, and what has to happen. We come back with a route that works, and hand you to the operator in India who will run it. They quote you directly and you pay them directly — we are not in the middle of the money.

We work with one operator, not a panel. That is worth stating plainly, because "matched with vetted operators" usually means an auction. There is no auction here: we chose one firm because we know their work, we send them everything, and they pay us a referral fee.

What this is good for

• A first trip with a spouse or children who have never been, where the itinerary has to survive jet lag and heat
• Trips built around a fixed event — a wedding, a shraddha, a temple visit on a particular day
• Travel with elderly parents, where the constraint is stairs, distances and doctors rather than sightseeing
• Festival travel, which needs booking further ahead than people expect

What it is not

We do not run tours ourselves and we do not sell packages. If what you want is a fixed departure with thirty strangers, a large operator will do it better and cheaper.

What it costs

The operator quotes the trip, at their own prices. They pay us a referral fee, which is disclosed here rather than buried: it does not change what you pay.

The honest limit of that arrangement: because we work with one operator, we cannot tell you they are the cheapest, and we do not claim it. What we can tell you is that we know how they handle a family with a ninety-year-old in it at four in the afternoon in June, which is the part a price comparison does not show. If they cannot do what you need, we will say so rather than sell you something else.