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By Komal Jain On 4 Jun, 2014 At 05:18 PM | Categorized As Buzz in Town, Getting Around, India, The Business of Travel | With 0 Comments
Air Asia

We’ve all been quite harrowed with rising airfares over the past year, things only seem to be getting worse. And all of a sudden, you see the light at the end of the tunnel, it’s in Air Asia’s typical red! But Air Asia is all set to change the Indian budget airline scenario completely by [...]

By Komal Jain On 30 May, 2014 At 05:16 PM | Categorized As Getting Around, India, Need to Know | With 0 Comments
Jodhpur

Taking a tour bus or hiring a taxi to roam around the royal state of Rajasthan is a thing of the past! Now fly over the historical Jal Mahal, enjoy the bird’s eye view of Jantar Mantar, and take in a  breath taking aerial view of the Thar Desert! In an effort to boost the [...]

By Komal Jain On 29 Mar, 2014 At 01:56 PM | Categorized As Getting Around, International | With 0 Comments
All aboard for the most exquisite train journey!

It is being hyped as the ultimate journey on a train ever, the epic 53 day long world tour on some of the world’s most iconic and luxurious trains! New York to Ulaanbaatar, London to Moscow, travel amidst some of the prettiest scenic spots and intake every ounce of beauty along the way. On days [...]

By Nishi Jain On 25 Mar, 2014 At 01:11 PM | Categorized As Celeb Spotting, Getting Around, India | With 0 Comments

  Is your name Rahul? Or Simran or Pooja or Rohit or Vijay? If yes, then Virgin Atlantic will give you a discounted ticket on their plane. This is part of Virgin Atlantic’s “Feel like a Star’ campaign in which they are offering discounted tickets to all the Rahuls, Simrans, Vijays and Poojas, and many [...]

By Komal Jain On 6 Feb, 2014 At 03:12 PM | Categorized As Buzz in Town, Getting Around | With 0 Comments
So I hear you are a model?

Travelling by yourself on a plane can be a really boring task, when all you can do is sleep, eat, read or sometimes watch a movie. What if you can do a little social networking while your cellphone is on the airplane mode? Initiate some chit-chat with your fellow airline passengers? Yes you read it [...]

By Komal Jain On 4 Feb, 2014 At 03:57 PM | Categorized As Buzz in Town, Getting Around, India | With 0 Comments
monorail

Mumbai never fails to raise its coolness quotient. First it was the Sea Planes and now it’s the Mono Rails. Famous for its local trains, amchi Mumbai is all set to experience the new train ride – the mono rail.  The intra-city service between Wadala and Chembur will become operational from February 2, 2014. Rest of [...]

By Meghna On 23 Nov, 2013 At 02:05 PM | Categorized As Getting Around, Humour, International, Travel Tech | With 0 Comments
Kitne hue?

As Russia gears up for the upcoming February 2014 Olympics, a certain Moscow subway station has found a rather peculiar way of getting into the spirit of things. For thirty squats, passengers can get a free ride on the metro! A special squat censor has been installed on one of the ticket vending machines at [...]

By Meghna On 21 Nov, 2013 At 05:29 PM | Categorized As Buzz in Town, Getting Around, International | With 0 Comments
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Booking a train ticket for any destination across Europe just got easier! Now, one can buy a rail ticket from any UK station to thousands of European locations in one go, thanks to the London startup Loco2.com. The website allows travelers to enter the name of the starting point of their journey and their final [...]

By Nishi Jain On 28 Oct, 2013 At 01:09 PM | Categorized As Buzz in Town, Getting Around, India, International, Need to Know | With 0 Comments
indothairoad

You would soon be able to take a road trip from India into Burma, Thailand, and eventually to Cambodia and Vietnam! Come 2015, and the Indian government, in collaboration with its Burmese counterpart, will complete a highway connecting Guwahati to Bangkok, passing through Mandalay and Rangoon in Burma (Myanmar). Pinch yourself, it’s true. [Er...we are [...]

By Nishi Jain On 17 Oct, 2013 At 02:18 PM | Categorized As Buzz in Town, Getting Around, India, Need to Know, Travel Tech | With 0 Comments
Wonobo

Imagine if Google Street View, Burp, Zomato all got together to give you a complete what-where-when of your city? As you browse through 3-D views of the streets of Saket, pop-ups on the left tell you about the best Chinese restaurant around. Click Chandni Chowk and you get to know where the walking tours are [...]