Best Travel Websites in India

To some travelling is a passion and to some others it is life. Whatever might be the reason business or pleasure we all travel across India to certain extent. For people who are ardent travellers or aspiring backpackers we have compiled a list of top sites which are a combination of India travel guides as well as exciting travelogues. We already have published the list of top travel booking sites in India, so now browse through the following sites pick a destination and book your trip.

Make My Trip: www.makemytrip.com

MakeMyTrip Inc.  is an online travel company headquartered in Gurgaon, Haryana founded by Deep Kalra. The company provides online travel services including flight tickets, domestic and international holiday packages, hotel reservations, rail and bus tickets. In 2011 and 2012, MakeMyTrip made strategic acquisitions in pursuit of growth through new channels and markets in the South-East Asia region.The company offers hotel reservations in India and international cities alike. There are approximately 10,000[22] branded properties that can be searched and compared online on the company’s website. The hotels offer a range from luxury to budget accommodations.



Incredible India: www.incredibleindia.org

IncredibleIndia.org is the official website owned and managed by the Indian ministry of tourism. All the information provided in this website is trustworthy and official. If you want to discover new places in India you can visit this site and explore your options. After the Oscar award ceremony this site now features places in which Hollywood’s Oscar winning movies have been shot like Manimajra where Zero Dark Thirty was shot and Pondicherry where Life of Pi was shot. Visit this site for more information on travelling in India.

WikiTravel: www.wikitravel.org/en/India

Wiki travel is a collaborative travel guide project which is based on the same software as Wikipedia is based. This website’s content is provided by volunteers who are travellers and enthusiastic writers. This site features detailed information on different tourist destinations in India. Apart from the destinations it also has information like how to reach those places, where to stay in budget and what to see there. As long as you where do you want to go this website has all the information about that place

MustSeeIndia: www.mustseeindia.com

As the title suggests MustseeIndia is a website which provides information for over 1000 destinations in India. This website was started in July 2008 by three passionate travellers who are graduates from IIT and NSIT. You can create a custom tour package without the intervention of any call centre on this website. Its service helps more than 5 million people every month to plan their travel. It is the winner of Manthan South Asia Excellence Awards 2011 and easily one of the top travel sites in India.

TripAdvisor: www.tripadvisor.com

TripAdvisor is one of the largest sites for travel not only in India but also around the world. It operates in over 30 countries worldwide with over 75 million reviews and opinions. All the advice and reviews are from real travellers. Tripadvisors social media connections are also excellent. You can connect to your Facebook account and check out all the updates about any hotel or place reviewed and rated by your own friends. This way tripadvisor is more trust worthy than any other website. It also offers travel choices and other planning features for you to book your trip conveniently.

Lonely Planet: www.lonelyplanet.com/india

Lonely planet is the largest travel guide-book publisher in the entire world. This company is owned by BBC worldwide. If you had been to any of the tourist destinations in India you might observe many westerners carrying a large bound book of lonely planet’s India travel guide. It is considered to be the bible for travelling in India. Lonely planet’s website guide also features this information. So you can visit this site for more information on travelling in India.

FullStopIndia: www.fullstopindia.com

Full Stop India is a westerner’s view of our India. It was started by Chris Chopp an explorer and writer in the year 2009. His first trip to India was in 2005 where he accompanied a friend who earlier travelled to India and was very eager to return. He started this website to help fellow travellers by using both his mistakes and experiences as a travel guide. Full Stop India is his interpretation of India boasting more than 800 articles which are exclusive to this website all packed with useful information on travelling in India. He promises that you will leave the site with a greater knowledge of India on a variety of topics than before you arrived.

TravelAdda:  www.traveladda.com

TravelAdda as its caption suggests can be called as India’s travelopedia.  It is a one stop guide to travelling in India. Its home page features vast information about India’s beaches, cities, Festivals and fairs, Forts, Hill Stations, People and their culture. The information on India travel is divided as east, west, north, south and central India and is presented to us layer by layer. You can get the best travel deals by using their travel planner. You can follow them on various social media sites also.

Travel India: www.travel.india.com

Travel.India.com is a Zee network initiative for travel information in India. This website offers services like planning your travel, booking your hotels and cabs along with helping you in picking a destination of your choice by providing useful choices.  The travelogues tab features many travel blogs written by travel enthusiasts like you. The travelplanner tab will redirect you to goibibo.com which will let you book travel tickets at affordable prices.

As Indians we give less importance to travel than people from other countries. With so much to see and travel in India we should access more information on how to travel within a small budget and enjoy travelling in the Indian subcontinent.  If you are a blog writer and you think your blog or website is better than what we have featured here please comment in the comment section below and we will consider your request