Plan on to bring Mysuru back on air map
June 18 (TravelAndy): The South Indian state of Karnataka has inked a deal with the country’s flagship airline Air India...
India plans e-visa for 150 countries by 2015
June 17 (TravelAndy): The Indian government plans to bring bring 150 countries under its e-visa scheme by the end...
Nepal reopens heritage sites
June 16 (TravelAndy): Nepal reopened six of its seven earthquake-hit World Heritage sites in Kathmandu valley on Monday despite...
How to experience a new place best
I have often wondered about the best ways to experience a new place that I am visiting. Over the...
Etihad starts Abu Dhabi-Edinburgh flight
June 15 (TravelAndy): UAE-based Etihad Airways has launched a daily flight between Abu Dhabi and the Scottish capital of...
British Airways treat for Indian students
June 13 (TravelAndy): British Airways is allowing Indian students to carry an extra check-in bag of up to 23kg...
Ancient Buddhist site excavated in India
June 13 (TravelAndy): The Buddhist tourism circuit in the east Indian state of Odisha just became historically more significant...
Air India seeks US customs check in Delhi, Mumbai
June 12 (TravelAndy): India’s flagship airline Air India is seeking to have all immigration, customs and agriculture requirements for...
India: Railways tie up with airlines
June 11 (TravelAndy): Passengers on waiting list of Indian Railways could now choose to fly to their destinations by...
Air India offers fares from INR1777
June 10 (TravelAndy): Indian flagship airline Air India on Tuesday announced all-inclusive fares from INR1,777 for it’s domestic network....
Kolkata-Colombo direct flight from June 17
June 9 (TravelAndy): Sri Lankan government-owned low-cost carrier Mihin Lanka is set to start direct flights between Colombo and...
How much pre-trip research you should do
Woolly mammoths had probably stood on the very rocks as I did. However, I didn’t have the slightest clue...
Air Pegasus connects Bangalore to Kadapa
June 8 (TravelAndy): Low-cost carrier Air Pegasus started operations to Kadapa in Andhra Pradesh from Bangalore on Sunday. The...
Kolkata-Dhaka-Agartala bus cuts travel time
June 7 (TravelAndy): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina flagged off a bus service...
Saigon’s first capsule hotel woos backpackers
June 6 (TravelAndy): The first capsule hotel in Ho Chi Minh City (former Saigon), Vietnam’s capital, is trying to...
Indigo introduces 6E Pass
June 5 (TravelAndy): India-based airline IndiGo has launched the 6E Pass that relieves passengers of the worry of ticket price...
Air Asia to fly Kuala Lumpur-Goa
June 4 (TravelAndy): In what could be a major boost to tourism in Goa, Air Asia has announced to...
Air India announces Delhi-Colombo flight
June 3 (TravelAndy): India’s flagship carrier Air India will start operating direct flights between New Delhi and the Sri...
SpiceJet offers fares from INR1299
June 2 (TravelAndy): India-based budget airline SpiceJet is offering one-way fares from INR1,299 on select routes till the midnight...
How to be prepared for on-road emergencies
Not everything goes to plan when you are travelling. You can do everything from your end to ensure things...
Wi-Fi in Indian skies likely soon
May 31 (TravelAndy): Indian authorities might soon allow Wi-Fi on airplanes. Reports said an announcement to this effect is likely to be...
Air Arabia woos Indian passengers
May 30 (TravelAndy): Air Arabia has started accepting payments for bookings through Indian debit cards and netbanking services offered...
Nepal: Everest Day low-key after quake
May 30 (TravelAndy): Everest Day was a low-key affair in Kathmandu on Friday, a little more than a month...
India: Rohtang pass restrictions to stay
May 28 (TravelAndy): India’s top court has agreed with the National Green Tribunal restrictions on tourist vehicles heading to...
Jet Airways: 25% off on domestic flights
May 27 (TravelAndy): Jet Airways is offering 25 per cent off on all direct flights within India. The discount...
Dragonair eyes Hong Kong-Hiroshima route
May 26 (TravelAndy): Dragonair intends to start operations on the Hong Kong-Hiroshima route from August 16 and is currently...
Interview: Why Anna loves India
Foreign visitors to India, especially if they are women, usually think twice before deciding to travel in the sub-continent. The media...
Myanmar: Stage set for tourism in Mergui
May 25 (TravelAndy): The Myanmar government will allow development of tourism in Mergui, its southernmost archipelago, by the end...
Manali strike boon for Shimla
May 24 (TravelAndy): A taxi strike in the popular hill station Manali in the north Indian state of Himachal...
UAE nod to multiple-entry visa for Indians
May 23 (TravelAndy): Indian tourists entering UAE through airports will now be able to get multiple-entry visas, a report...
Scoot to Osaka from Singapore
May 22 (TravelAndy): Singapore-based low cost airline Scoot will operate six flights every week to Osaka from July 8....
Air Asia starts flights from Delhi
May 21 (TravelAndy): Low cost airline Air Asia began operations from New Delhi on Thursday. New Delhi will be the...
Air Asia’s new Johor Bahru-Bangkok flight
May 21 (TravelAndy): Low-cost carrier Air Asia will start operating on the Johor Bahru to Bangkok route from July...
SpiceJet offers fares from INR1,010
May 19 (TravelAndy): India-based budget airline SpiceJet is offering all-inclusive fares starting from INR1,010 as part of it’s 10...
How love works on the road
She was a thousand miles from home, alone in a foreign country. Lisa had chosen to do this, but at...
Vistara starts Delhi-Lucknow flight
May 18 (TravelAndy): Indian airline Vistara started operations on the Delhi-Lucknow route on Monday. While the daily flight takes off...
Air Asia offers 50% discount on base fare
May 18 (TravelAndy): Air Asia is is offering a 50 per cent discount on base fare on select flights....
EasyJet adds 6 more seats to its A320s
May 17 (TravelAndy): Luton-based budget airline EasyJet will add an extra row to all its current and future A320...
New Alicante & Dublin flights from Newcastle
May 16 (TravelAndy): Europe-based budget airline Ryanair has announced two new routes from Newcastle in its winter 2015 schedule....
Qatar Airways offers 2-for-1 deal
May 15 (TravelAndy): If you budget travellers out there are in the mood to splurge a bit, Qatar Airways...
How good hiking gear makes a difference
I love to walk. A lot. When I am travelling, I’d rather walk somewhere than use public transport if...
100 baht goodies at Bangkok trade fair
May 15 (TravelAndy): Discounts are flying thick and fast at the four-day Weekday Special Travel Fair organised by the...
Visa-free travel for Indians to Philippines
May 13 (TravelAndy): Indian citizens travelling to the Philippines will now not need a visa to enter the country...
New cheap sleep site turns heads
May 12 (TravelAndy): Hovelstay, a new accommodation booking website, which is increasingly being referred to as the rebel alternative to...
Why I go when no one else is
That time I was chalking out my itinerary for western Canada, I chose Saturna island because I didn’t know...
Mobikwik says hi to Indian travellers
May 11 (TravelAndy): India-based digital payment service provider Mobikwik recently announced its partnership with four leading Indian travel portals...
Indian Railways talk disabled passengers
May 11 (TravelAndy): A panel set up by Indian Railways will take up the issue of how to make train...
Air Asia discount on Vizag-KL route
May 9 (TravelAndy): Air Asia is offering an inaugural discount to passengers flying from Vizag to Kuala Lumpur. The...
British Airways to fly to Reykjavik, Salzburg
May 9 (TravelAndy): Iceland has always been incredibly beautiful, but the number of tourists heading to this country has increased...
India & China drive air travel growth
May 8 (TravelAndy): The demand for air travel around the world in March rose by 7.4 per cent as...
Cheap flights for Malaysia students
May 6 (TravelAndy): Over 6,50,000 students and staff of 20 public universities in Malaysia will shortly be able to...
Photographer included in package tours
May 6 (TravelAndy): An US-based travel company is offering professional photographers as part of its tours so that the tourists...
Why you should say “yes” more often
Before I go into why “yes” is so important, let me clarify that there are instances when the best...
Middle East: Online bookings set to soar
May 4 (TravelAndy): Online travel booking will climb to as much as 36 per cent of the total travel bookings...
Australia: Jetstar popularity growing
May 2 (TravelAndy): Low-cost airline Jetstar has been consistently attracting more passengers, reports quoting Qantas said. Jetstar is a...
SpiceJet extends sale, adds seats
May 1 (TravelAndy): India-based budget airline SpiceJet has extended the sale of it’s INR999 discounted tickets till May 3...
Maui beaches closed after ‘shark attack’
April 30 (TravelAndy): Authorities have cleared and closed the waters in south Maui after a 65-year-old woman was found...
SpiceJet offers fares from INR999
April 28 (Travelandy): India-based airline SpiceJet is offering fares from INR999 for passengers travelling without check-in luggage. According to...
Japan: Land emerges from sea
April 28 (TravelAndy): At a time when the world is losing land to the advancing the seas because of...
What the Himalayan quake taught me
Do not go gentle into that good night — Dylan Thomas I was running up the stairs to the first...
Elvis Presley planes to stay at Graceland
April 27 (TravelAndy): Rock and roll icon Elvis Presley’s two airplanes — Lisa Marie and Hound Dog II —...
Quake hits Nepal tourism
April 26 (TravelAndy): The tourism industry is already beginning to feel the impact of Saturday’s earthquake in the Himalayas...
Travel concierge app raises $1.8m
April 25 (TravelAndy): Mobile application Headout has raised USD1.8 million in seed funding to work out its expansion plans,...
MakeMyTrip acquires Mygola
April 23 (TravelAndy): Online travel agency MakeMyTrip has acquired “certain assets” of travel start-up Mygola.com. A statement released by...
Summer opening for Heathrow T5 lounge
April 21 (TravelAndy): The first independent lounge at Heathrow’s Terminal 5 will open this summer and will be available...
Why I travel (and don’t intend to stop)
I don’t know why so many people appear surprised by the amount of travelling I do. If you ask...
EUR100 awaits 5 ‘Wingsie’ contest winners
April 20 (TravelAndy): European budget airline Ryanair is giving away EUR100 vouchers to five lucky winners to mark its...
Qantas to fly Perth-Singapore from June 26
April 19 (Travelandy): Qantas is set to resume operations on the Perth-Singapore route from June 26. The airline will...
NewLeaf eyes Hamilton hub
April 17 (TravelAndy): Proposed Canada-based ultra low-cost airline NewLeaf Travel intends to make Hamilton a hub, said CBC. “The...
Travel better with these two language apps
You have landed in this new place and you don’t have a clue of what anybody is saying around...
3.56 million to visit Thailand for Songkran
April 13 (TravelAndy): A record 3.56 million passengers are expected to go through major airports in Thailand during the...
Orlando-Havana flights from July
April 13 (TravelAndy): Non-stop flights between Orlando in Florida, US, and Havana, Cuba, will start operating on July 8,...
US: Demand for travel agents rises
April 13 (TravelAndy): Good times are here for travel agencies in the US with an increase in the demand...
UK: Public sector rail service could be 10% cheaper
April 13 (TravelAndy): Season tickets prices in the UK could decrease by as much as 10 per cent by...
French help for faster Delhi-Chandigarh train
April 13 (TravelAndy): If things go to plan, the travel time between Delhi and Chandigarh by train will come...
Canada: New ultra low-cost airline proposed
April 13 (Travelandy): A former executive of the US-based Frontier Airlines has proposed to launch an ultra low-cost airline...
Air tickets cheaper on Tuesdays: Expedia
April 13 (TravelAndy): Buying your flight ticket on Tuesdays is most likely to give you the best deal, says...
Airfares lowest for Tues & Wed flights
April 13 (TravelAndy): Airfares tend to be lowest for flights that depart on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, say experts of...
Ten reasons to go to Western Australia
Western Australia amazed me, detoxed me and inspired me. It is difficult to put into words the kind of...
Ten pictures to inspire you to visit Western Australia
Western Australia floored me with its beauty and here are ten pictures that I hope will inspire you to...
Why road trip in Australia is a good idea
Three weeks. Zero planning in advance. A campervan. That was the idea. And boy, was it awesome! We did...
Two kangaroos & some countryside hospitality
By the afternoon of my ninth day in Australia, I had seen six dead kangaroos by the road (apparently...
When I landed in Kolkata but my bag didn’t
When I have a plane to catch, I make every effort to ensure that I reach the airport well...
Australia: First impressions
I’d asked the girl at the check in counter to give me either a window seat or an aisle...
That narcotic call of the road
This is the second of a two-part series by Jayeeta Ghorai on books inspiring budget travel The word “narcotic” jumps...
How low can you go and why you should
This is the first of a two-part series by Jayeeta Ghorai on books inspiring budget travel I recently read...
Flashback 2014: My Instagram journey
I had joined Instagram in the middle of 2014, shortly before my trip to Japan. Consequently, it was no...
Hostels add to your travel stories
A hostel is a wonderful thing for travellers. They add to the travel stories. One thing I find interesting about hostels is that,...
10 lessons from 3 years of travel sans travel agents
It was in the middle of 2011 when I got on that plane to Thailand all by myself. There...
Australia tourist visa guide for Indians
Grant Notification: That was the subject of the email I received from the department of immigration...
Why you should travel more in 2015
A brand new year is here and I’m very excited about it. I am looking forward to several things...