Hotel bathrooms...and quality of hotel themselves!

Aishah

1400 rupees for a double room with a/c in Delhi is a steal! I'd go for the Hotel Ajanta in this case, Preeti. Doubt if there's an off-season discount however, because this is the time of heavy a/c use which is costly for hotels.

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Uncle_Martin

Sadly customer care at the Ajanta have been slipping as the rooms have been refurbished. Just up ythe road is the Grand Godwin which was when I was there in January a much better bet. Their luxury rooms were excellent and their standard suited me fine ... nice bathroom too. Just avoid the chicken sausage from the buffet breakfast. Believe me it offers a far better deal than the Ajanta.

The Shree Maya in Aurungabad, well its an experience, the terrace for breakfast is great, the staff were wonderful and I expect the new sewer finished and so the street should be back to normal. The rooms are much cheaper, the furnishings a little scruffy, the organisation a little chaotic and the bathrooms were perfectly acceptable, clean, hot water etc., but not for the super fastidious. I would stay there again as I enjoyed myself. My friend Josie-Marie after examining several of the LP recommended hotels decided to splash out and go to a place outside your budget as the wanted better a bathroom suitable for the super fastidious, just to pamper herself feeling out-India'd by the time she arrived. The car/taxi arranged by the Shree Maya which I shared with two Swiss ladies, to visit the Ajanta caves was really good and the driver was fantastic. He made it clear that the arranged price was all in and he didn't need tipping, a nice touch.

As for Varanasi, I prefer to stay outside the old city, but you can get the best bread in India at the bakery cum schooling project suggested by the LP.

Preeti

Hello everyone, thank you so very much for all your honesty and advice!

thank you for clearing that up zoltan...

for delhi, i'm gearing towards hotel ajanta, as i looked at their website and was plenty impressed! and if it's peaceful, then that would be great for Mum!

for agra, seems like im leaning towards hotel sheela, kamal, and shanti lodge... darmabum, does Shanti lodge have a website? i googled it but cant find it...

if there's any others, please throw their names this way! THANK YOU SO MUCH ALL!

Preeti

uncle martin, i think we posted at the same time since i didnt see your post before! thank you for your honesty, it's always helpful to hear all sides! i'll definitely look into the grand godwin as well...

i was talking to my mom, and she said that she doesnt want to sacrifice cleanliness and comfort... she's very particular about things being super clean (esp the bathroom!). her skin gets irritated easily... sometimes, if she sees something dirty, without touching it, she gets itchy...so, I was doing some googling on the internet on some of the hotels, and some people have made complaints on bed bugs and mold. Im not sure if i should take this seriously though..or should i?

i've read some good things on sardar bazaar and new bakshi house

looks like i'll have to raise the budget a little...

Preeti

okay, and i think having hot water is of importance to her too... and the search continues!

edwardseco

At all hours is a big question in Indian mid range hotels..