Finding home stays

picklepak · Jun 12th, 2003, 12:13

My only experience with that is in Munnar (Kerala) where the tourist office had all sorts of options for either cottages (expensive) or home-stays (not bad). I stayed outside of town in the hills, about ten minutes from the Tata tea plant. Very memorable.

ashwinnaagar · Apr 29th, 2009, 01:11

Can someone give suggestions for homestays in kullu-manali region?

Siddhuswiss · Aug 29th, 2009, 02:07

@vinayverma
Hi, could you help me? I'm looking for an homestay in Bombay, Rajasthan and Dehli.

Pintz · Aug 30th, 2009, 05:57

I really don't know what to say!!! I have been an IMer since the past 3 years and travelling is a major part of my life. I've had the opportunity of staying at the remotest of places with the poorest of families and had such memorable memories of those times. I can understand the feeling of so many people to get an opportunity of experiencing the local life when they travel.

Sometime back, there were a couple of IMers travelling to Gujarat and me being what I am, offered them free homestays - just in the hope that I would be able to give back to society what people have given me when I travel. But, I think they thought there was some catch in it! so, they stayed at one of the more expensive hotels in town. I have a normal family - with a dog put in and we would have loved to have travellers over. And what's more, it was the time of the Navratri festival, which is the biggest festival in Gujarat - celebrated for 9 days with a lot of fanfare and dancing. We had planned to take the visitors to the Mela (fair), attend one of the family pujas and then, to the grounds for a taste of Garba (a form of Indian dance). But I guess, it wasn't in their fate!

Anyway, after that, I stopped giving out invitations.

ashwinnaagar · Aug 30th, 2009, 15:07

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Originally Posted by Pintz

I really don't know what to say!!! I have been an IMer since the past 3 years and travelling is a major part of my life. I've had the opportunity of staying at the remotest of places with the poorest of families and had such memorable memories of those times. I can understand the feeling of so many people to get an opportunity of experiencing the local life when they travel.

Sometime back, there were a couple of IMers travelling to Gujarat and me being what I am, offered them free homestays - just in the hope that I would be able to give back to society what people have given me when I travel. But, I think they thought there was some catch in it! so, they stayed at one of the more expensive hotels in town. I have a normal family - with a dog put in and we would have loved to have travellers over. And what's more, it was the time of the Navratri festival, which is the biggest festival in Gujarat - celebrated for 9 days with a lot of fanfare and dancing. We had planned to take the visitors to the Mela (fair), attend one of the family pujas and then, to the grounds for a taste of Garba (a form of Indian dance). But I guess, it wasn't in their fate!

Anyway, after that, I stopped giving out invitations.

May be some travelers would like to play it "safe". But there might be many travelers who might be genuinely interested..

Pintz · Sep 2nd, 2009, 18:58

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Originally Posted by ashwinnaagar

May be some travelers would like to play it "safe". But there might be many travelers who might be genuinely interested..

...in that case, just PM me. My family would love to have guests over.

ashwinnaagar · Sep 3rd, 2009, 13:18

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Originally Posted by Pintz

...in that case, just PM me. My family would love to have guests over.

Ya sure..i am looking for a place anywhere in gujarat to learn gujarati cooking sometime in dec-jan. So i will PM you before my trip.thanks.

delhiwala · Sep 3rd, 2009, 18:16

Count me in too .......

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Originally Posted by Pintz

...in that case, just PM me. My family would love to have guests over.

jamesbond india · Sep 3rd, 2009, 20:54

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Originally Posted by Tomi

What's the best way to find homestays in India (specifically Kerala and Tamil Nadu)? I'm not too interested in the slick ones that appear on the Internet for $40 a day, but ordinary local families with guest rooms. When you arrive at a non-major tourist destination, like Kumbakonam or Kottayam, where do you start looking? The tourist office? Thanks for any light anyone can shed.

see lot of places in india does not have homestay , they generally dont welcome forinegers , there you have to stay in hotels , my stay in fortcochin was blessed in that way , there was homestay named tantraa homestay , or tantra , it was great place , it was such a cozy place i would recommened anybody who wanna go south india ..hm hm

esquirrel · Sep 8th, 2009, 20:03

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Originally Posted by Tomi

What's the best way to find homestays in India (specifically Kerala and Tamil Nadu)? I'm not too interested in the slick ones that appear on the Internet for $40 a day, but ordinary local families with guest rooms. When you arrive at a non-major tourist destination, like Kumbakonam or Kottayam, where do you start looking? The tourist office? Thanks for any light anyone can shed.

Have you tried Flipkey.com its a Travel Advisor affiliated company thats very professional.

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Jun 12th, 2003, 12:13	#16
picklepak Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Calgary, Canada Posts: 274	My only experience with that is in Munnar (Kerala) where the tourist office had all sorts of options for either cottages (expensive) or home-stays (not bad). I stayed outside of town in the hills, about ten minutes from the Tata tea plant. Very memorable.

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ashwinnaagar Maha Guru Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: pune Posts: 599	Can someone give suggestions for homestays in kullu-manali region?

Aug 29th, 2009, 02:07	#18
Siddhuswiss Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Switzerland Posts: 2	@vinayverma Hi, could you help me? I'm looking for an homestay in Bombay, Rajasthan and Dehli.

Aug 30th, 2009, 05:57	#19
Pintz Midnight Gypsy Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Gujarat Posts: 257	I really don't know what to say!!! I have been an IMer since the past 3 years and travelling is a major part of my life. I've had the opportunity of staying at the remotest of places with the poorest of families and had such memorable memories of those times. I can understand the feeling of so many people to get an opportunity of experiencing the local life when they travel. Sometime back, there were a couple of IMers travelling to Gujarat and me being what I am, offered them free homestays - just in the hope that I would be able to give back to society what people have given me when I travel. But, I think they thought there was some catch in it! so, they stayed at one of the more expensive hotels in town. I have a normal family - with a dog put in and we would have loved to have travellers over. And what's more, it was the time of the Navratri festival, which is the biggest festival in Gujarat - celebrated for 9 days with a lot of fanfare and dancing. We had planned to take the visitors to the Mela (fair), attend one of the family pujas and then, to the grounds for a taste of Garba (a form of Indian dance). But I guess, it wasn't in their fate! Anyway, after that, I stopped giving out invitations.