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About Trip Under
Real, itemised trip costs for places in India that don't already have a hundred blogs written about them. No packages, no commissions on your booking, no invented numbers.
Trip Under is built and written by one person — Gokul — not a travel agency or a media company. It publishes real, line-by-line trip costs for underrated places across India: what the bus actually costs, what a bed actually costs, what the food actually costs, so you can plan the trip yourself instead of paying someone else to plan it badly.
Why this exists
Search for almost any trip in India and the results are the same handful of destinations, wrapped in a "package" priced well above what the trip actually costs, with no breakdown of where the money goes. The gap isn't information — it's honesty about cost, and attention to places that aren't already saturated with content. Trip Under is an attempt to fix both: real numbers, and places worth writing about precisely because nobody else has.
What's different about it
- Real, itemised costs — every guide breaks a trip into bus/train, stay, food, local transport and entry fees, for both a shoestring and a comfortable budget, not one vague "starting from" number.
- Underrated places only — the destinations, treks and circuits on the site are chosen because they're overlooked relative to how good they are, not because they're easy to write about.
- Self-planned, not packaged — every guide links straight to live buses, stays and tickets so you book each piece yourself, directly, at the real price.
- No agency, no commissions on your trip — Trip Under doesn't sell packages or take a cut of your booking. It's a planning resource, not a middleman.
How the numbers are put together
Costs come from checking actual fares, room rates, food prices and entry fees for a route, then rounding to a realistic range rather than a single misleading figure. Bus fares, room rates and entry fees genuinely move with season, demand and time booked — so every guide says clearly to check live prices before you book, and links straight to where you can.
Photographs across the site are sourced from Wikimedia Commons under their original licences, with full credit on the photo credits page.
Spot something wrong? A fare that's moved, a place that's closed, a cost that's off — message on Instagram or X and it gets checked and fixed.
Frequently asked questions
Who runs Trip Under?
Trip Under is built and written by Gokul, working alone rather than as a travel agency or media company. Every place on the site is researched, priced and published by one person.
Is Trip Under a travel agency?
No. Trip Under doesn't sell packages, book trips or take commissions on bookings. It publishes real, itemised costs and links to buses, stays and tickets so you can book each piece yourself, directly.
How are the trip costs on Trip Under worked out?
Costs are built up line by line from actual fares, room rates, food prices and entry fees for a budget and a comfortable version of each trip, then rounded to a realistic range. Prices move with season and demand, so every guide says to check live fares before booking.
Why does Trip Under only cover underrated places?
Well-known destinations like Goa or Manali already have hundreds of guides. Trip Under exists to cover the places that don't — quieter, cheaper, equally rewarding trips that get skipped because nobody has written them up properly yet.
Plan your own trip
Pick a place, set a budget, and see the real cost breakdown, buses, stays and a day-by-day plan.
Browse destinations →Trip Under is an independent, reader-planned travel resource, not a licensed travel agency. Costs shown across the site are indicative ballparks based on real research and change with season and demand — always check live prices before booking.