{"id":285,"date":"2016-03-07T06:14:31","date_gmt":"2016-03-07T00:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trodly.com\/blog\/article\/a-beginners-guide-to-india"},"modified":"2018-11-12T11:49:28","modified_gmt":"2018-11-12T06:19:28","slug":"a-beginners-guide-to-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trodly.com\/blog\/article\/a-beginners-guide-to-india","title":{"rendered":"A Beginner&#8217;s Guide to India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trodly.com\/image\/blog\/size-400x400\/mode-crop\/115.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p>India is a wonderful destination that travelers often pick to find themselves spiritually, but the experience can be pretty overwhelming, especially for those flying to the country for the first time. Before organising a trip to India, it\u2019s vital that you browse through our website as well as do your research before your departure. In addition to your research, here are a few tips on travelling India:<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>1) Be prepared for the crowds<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trodly.com\/country\/india\" target=\"_blank\">India<\/a> is well known for its growing population and high population density and because of that, the concept of personal space doesn\u2019t really exist. Expect to get squished on public transport, and people asking you seemingly intrusive questions. Don\u2019t be intimidated by the latter, as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roughguides.com\/article\/india-ten-tips-for-first-time-travellers\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Rough Guides<\/a>\u00a0explain that this is merely a way of expressing their polite interest in you and your foreign culture. If you ever need an escape from the crowds, there are lots of quiet retreats down south to the mountainous regions, the backwaters and the hill stations.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>2) Stay Healthy<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The hygiene situation in India isn\u2019t the best nor the safest, so you\u2019ll need to be on the lookout for anything unsanitary. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/india\/travel-tips-and-articles\/76017\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Lonely Planet<\/a>\u00a0explains that the basic things to avoid include tap water and any food washed in it. This means no ice, no salads or fruits that you haven\u2019t peeled yourself. You might want to consider a vegetarian diet while travelling to prevent any illnesses from dodgy looking meat, which won\u2019t be difficult to do considering the country does have a wide selection of vegetarian dishes. In terms of the toilets, you\u2019re better off using the \u201cleft-hand-and-water-jug\u201d method rather than dry paper. You can also bring your own toilet paper, along with soap and hand sanitiser.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>3) Subscribe to email alerts for cheap airfare<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Tickets to India have experienced price fluctuations in the past few years, and while the rule of thumb is to book them early, sometimes spontaneity will find you the best value for your trip. Although you can choose to book through a cheap carrier, these days budget airlines have a bunch of hidden costs, with some carriers even excluding <a href=\"http:\/\/www.parking4less.com\/travel-advice\/beware-of-the-cheap-flights-extra-costs\/\">Airport Tax<\/a>\u00a0in the quoted price, according to the leading airport parking aggregator,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.parking4less.com\/\">Parking4Less<\/a>.\u00a0Often the best deals will come up during the low season, so if you don\u2019t have strict travel dates, keep an eye out for promotions by subscribing to alerts via email or text.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":286,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","ub_ctt_via":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,100],"tags":[2],"class_list":["post-285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india","category-travel-guide","tag-travel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.trodly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/a-beginners-guide-to-india.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Rohan","author_link":"https:\/\/www.trodly.com\/blog\/article\/author\/rohan"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.trodly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/a-beginners-guide-to-india.jpg",400,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.trodly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/a-beginners-guide-to-india-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.trodly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/a-beginners-guide-to-india-300x300.jpg",300,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.trodly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/a-beginners-guide-to-india.jpg",400,400,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.trodly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/a-beginners-guide-to-india.jpg",400,400,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.trodly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/a-beginners-guide-to-india.jpg",400,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.trodly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/a-beginners-guide-to-india.jpg",400,400,false],"master-business-thumb":["https:\/\/www.trodly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/a-beginners-guide-to-india-380x360.jpg",380,360,true],"wp_review_small":["https:\/\/www.trodly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/a-beginners-guide-to-india-65x65.jpg",65,65,true],"wp_review_large":["https:\/\/www.trodly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/a-beginners-guide-to-india-320x240.jpg",320,240,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Rohan","author_link":"https:\/\/www.trodly.com\/blog\/article\/author\/rohan"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"[&hellip;]","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trodly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trodly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trodly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trodly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trodly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.trodly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":698,"href":"https:\/\/www.trodly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285\/revisions\/698"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trodly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trodly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trodly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trodly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}