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The Travenues Story …

Posted on December 23, 2020December 23, 2020 by gcmouli

Moving this from my twitter pinned thread to here. It is time that I move on, and this is a logical intentional move to ‘get over it’. On July 21, 2020, we announced that Spicejet acq-hired Team @travenues. What a fantastic 2 years that has culminated in this outcome today. Brief history thread with some…

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Wayanad-Kozhikode roadtrip – May 2017

Posted on June 7, 2017 by gcmouli

Started off early at 6:15AM on a Thursday morning. Route plan was Bangalore – Nice Road – Mysore Road – Ramanagara. Breakfast at Kamat Lokaruchi. Took roughly an hour (usual time) to get there. The route from Ramanagar is – Mysore Bypass – Nanjangud – Gundlpet. At Gundlpet, you fork off towards Wayanad/Sultan Battery (the…

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Affiliate Programs in Travel

Posted on May 19, 2017 by gcmouli

This idea just came fleetingly to me today morning. Large ecommerce companies like Amazon and Flipkart have affiliate programs. You become an affiliate, and the platform lets you create a special URL to advertise products on their platform. You make a sale, and based on the product, and current ‘schemes’, you earn a % of…

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Oyo Airport

Posted on April 23, 2017 by gcmouli

It has been a while since I wrote a product feature post. A friend and me were having a conversation about the accommodation industry near airports. The Delhi airport hasĀ a neat strip of Airport hotels at the AeroCity area – mostly standard chain hotels such as Ibis, Lemon Tree etc. This is not quite true…

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Ooty Road-trip Oct 2 weekend 2015

Posted on October 6, 2015 by gcmouli

General trip notes: Mostly the roads were good – except for a short stretch from Mysore to Nanjangud – where there is road widening that is happening. Once this is finished, the road should be fully done. I took the Masinagudi route to/from Ooty – this is the 36 hairpin bend short route. The road…

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Nandi Hills

Posted on August 4, 2015 by gcmouli

Last weekend, my sister, brother-in-law and their kid visited Bangalore, and we used this as an excuse to visit Nandi Hills (which we had never visited so far in the seven years we have lived in Bangalore!). We started early – around 7:00Am from Koramangala. We took the usual route to the airport that most…

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Personalized Hotel Rooms ?

Posted on June 25, 2015November 19, 2015 by gcmouli

There were serviced apartments that started popping up in cities like Bangalore a few years back. These were good alternatives to expensive full service hotels. A lot of frequent IT travelers liked these service apartments, because they were really good quality rooms, and they were inexpensive because they were no-frills. No service. Mostly no restaurants…

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British Airways Ping Pong Saga

Posted on June 3, 2014 by gcmouli

I just realized that I had not cross linked my earlier bad experience with British Airways into my blog. So here goes.   [View the story “British Airways Ping Pong Ball Saga” on Storify]

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Mysore Trip Travelogue (Jan 2014)

Posted on January 19, 2014January 19, 2014 by gcmouli

I am a bit late in updating this here. We did a road trip after a long while. With the wife’s neck pain (well, the other pain – not me!), we have been mostly traveling by train and not really done any vacationing for a bit now. So we wanted to do something where we…

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Mantralaya Visit

Posted on August 19, 2013August 19, 2013 by gcmouli

Quick trip summary: Left Bangalore Friday night by SBC – Nanded Express. Leaves Bangalore City at 1045PM and supposed to reach Mantralayam Road (MALM) at 8:00AM. Reached an hour late. Apparently this is normal. You will get some breakfast at Adoni. Don’t miss it. There is a good Railway refreshment stall in the MALM station…

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