Corporate offsites are important. How would you otherwise know that your grumpy colleague can drink like a fish or that shy bespectacled girl is er…not really shy? How would you otherwise convince your boss to believe that he announced a 50% raise to everybody when he was drunk the previous night? Before I begin(…)
musings from the cockpit
Includes random musings from the cockpit. What we’re doing currently, our progress as a company, life behind the scenes, …. etc. etc.
My Chance Encounter with Jan Koum, Founder & CEO, WhatsApp
Last year roughly around this time, I got a chance to interact with Jan Koum. Now seems to be a good time to re-collect those 60 minutes. I had almost given up on the visit since my visa application had gone in at the very last minute and the 10 other Co-Founders from different start-ups(…)
Why is Flat Fee Such a Big Deal?
It’s pretty surprising how different sets of people react to the pricing model we follow. While most customers who are just about discovering the intricacies of their holiday find themselves a little overwhelmed by the barrage of different price points while others who’ve been struggling to decipher why their holiday costs them as much as(…)
Planning is in the Details
I talked of Holiday Planning and how it tends to get fused into Booking every time you go out and *buy* a holiday package. So let’s talk about what holiday planning really gives you. Since I’ll be talking a lot about a Holiday Itinerary, it is essential to first explain what it is and what(…)
Holiday Planning - What Did You Say?
“There is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle, than to initiate a new order of things. For the reformer has enemies in all those who profit by the old order, and only lukewarm defenders in all those who would profit by the new order, this(…)
Most Annoying Habits of Travellers
You have either been at the receiving end or at the giving end. Truth is you have been at one end. Travelling with someone is much like living out a marriage. You enjoy your time with the person, you suffer him/her, you annoy the hell out of the dawg. Some are difficult, some are a(…)
The African Diaries – What not to do in Tanzania
When you announce that you’re off on vacation to Africa, for reasons unfathomable, it is most commonly assumed that you’re heading to either South Africa or Kenya. There happen to be 58 countries (recognized by the United Nations) on the dark continent; I’m sure you’ve heard of Djibouti and Burkina Faso, no?! The one that(…)
A very happy second birthday
‘Time flies! Years of plenty disappear before the eternity to which we are all hastening’ - John Fletcher And why do I get reminded of it……because today(…)
Making History at WeAreHolidays
It is the year 736 AD. Dust flies from the barren land, as a mob of turbaned riders on galloping horses trample down everything unfortunate enough to lie in the way. Suddenly, the head raises his sword and all men and steeds stop obediently. The leader’s horse tosses his head in the air and neighs(…)
Why buying a holiday package is better than putting it together yourself: The 5 P’s
When I was in college, I would never consider buying a holiday package from a travel company. Mostly, my friends and I would travel to a destination taking a bus or train. When we’d reach, we’d take an auto and look around to find a cheap yet decent hotel and then for the remainder of(…)
Why We Love Group Travel
We love Group Travel. But wait a second, who is we? It’s definitely not WeAreHolidays. It’s the Large Travel Company whose ad you see in the newspaper every other day. Yes, the full page colourful ad with loads of weird holiday package names - an ample sprinkling of Amazing Europe, Thrilling Maldives, couple of Discover(…)
It’s Complicated!
Holidays are complex. And that’s no understatement. And so is anything to do with them. And we’re connected with Holidays in every conceivable way. So if you’re a statistician, the equation A=B & B=C hence A=C is true for us, i.e. we’re complicated as well. But we hate unnecessary complications. Hence we strive for simplicity(…)
v1.0 is live (Born - New Delhi, DoB - Oct’12)
Well this post is long overdue. But nonetheless, better late than never. In Oct’11 we first made a very basic version of the product live. A lot of water has flown under the bridge since. In Oct this year, we released v1.0 of our online product, and since then we’ve been making small(…)
WAH’s New Year Travel Resolutions for 2013
New year’s right next door, and it is that time of the year again - no, I did not mean that time of the year when you feel cold. No, not even when you get drunk and party all night on new year’s eve. What i was talking about was it’s that time of the(…)
WeAreHolidays Janakpuri Version
Once upon a time Charles Caleb Colton suggested that ‘imitation is the best form of flattery’ and ever since people have been using the line happily. Err no one knows Colton though. So yesterday, we were going through Google Analytics, checking which pages on our website people like visiting, the keywords they use, trying to(…)
5 things to consider while booking a hotel
The first thing that people regularly search by, while searching for a hotel they want to stay in, is the price range they are comfortable with. But once you have done that, and get a list of, say, ten hotels falling in the range, what is then the best way to choose the perfect hotel.(…)
Shahid Afridi buys a holiday package from WeAreHolidays
At WeAreHolidays, we love our game of cricket. We support the game as a whole and cherish all the players that make this the sport that it is. Alright, we don’t like Ponting too much, for he’s massacred our bowling time and again, but yes we love the sport. And just to show our appreciation,(…)
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