Your Travel Agent for India
A local, registered agency that plans, books and runs your trip — private tours across India, Nepal and Bhutan for international travellers since 2007.
A Local Agent Who Owns the Whole Trip
A travel agent for India plans and books your hotels, private driver, guides and internal transport, and stays on call while you travel. We do that from Jaipur for travellers from the USA, UK, Australia, Canada and Europe, building each itinerary around your own dates rather than a fixed group departure.
Choosing who to book with is the hardest part, so below is how the main options differ and how to verify any India agent, including us, before you pay a deposit.
Booking Site, Overseas Agent or Local India Agent?
Online booking sites
- Fast to compare, but the hotel, driver and guide are usually separate bookings with no one owning the whole trip.
- Support is often a ticket queue in a different time zone.
Overseas travel agents
- Familiar and convenient, but they typically subcontract the on-the-ground work to a local company you never meet.
- Useful if you want one agent for flights and everything else back home.
A local India agent (us)
- We are based in Jaipur and plan, book and run the trip ourselves, so the person who built your itinerary is reachable while you travel.
- Best for private, tailor-made trips built around your own dates.
Comparing private, group and do-it-yourself travel instead? See why travellers choose a private tour.
How to Check an India Travel Agent Is Legitimate
Industry registration you can verify
We are an IATO-registered agency (Indian Association of Tour Operators), recognised by Rajasthan Tourism and listed in the Ministry of Tourism directory. Ask any agent for the same links.
A real office and a real phone number
UG-36, Crown Plaza, Vaishali Nagar, Near Nursery Circle, Jaipur, Rajasthan 302021. WhatsApp or call +91 9929094862.
Independent reviews, not just testimonials on their own site
4.9 out of 5 on Google (140+ reviews) and 4.9 out of 5 on Tripadvisor (282+ reviews). Read them on the platforms themselves.
Payment and cancellation terms in writing
A 30% advance secures hotel bookings, and the full refund schedule is published in our Terms & Conditions.
Years in business
Planning private journeys for international travellers since 2007.
Booking With Us, Step by Step
Step 1
Send us your dates and interests
Message us on WhatsApp, email or the contact form with rough dates, who is travelling and what you want to see. We reply within 24 hours.
Step 2
Receive a day-by-day itinerary and quote
A real itinerary built around your dates, with hotels and routes we know first-hand. Change a city, a hotel tier or the pace until it fits.
Step 3
Confirm with a 30% advance
The advance secures your hotel bookings. We confirm each piece and keep you updated until you fly.
Step 4
Travel with us on call
Your English-speaking guide and driver know your itinerary in advance, and our office is a WhatsApp message away if plans change.
What Our Guests Say
Real reviews, word-for-word. Read all 140+ Google reviews
“Incredible experience with colorful Indian holidays. All the 12 days trip was very comfortable with good car and very good driver Bunti who had a professional behavior helping us to everything that we need. Highly recommend Colourful”
“Booked a tour of Agra and Rajestan with CIH. Narendra helped us plan our trip and itinerary - worked through a few options before final plans were fixed. The tour was excellent with great guides at each stopover. The hotels were all good, especially the Haveli in Jaipur and the Taj in Agra. The price we paid was great value too. Would recommend CIH and hope to tour with them again soon.”
“Our second trip with CIH, tour Chennai to Cochin. Excellent trip, great hotels , except LA Woods, great guides, really good safe driver, food wonderful. We have recommended them to our friends who have also been. Runs like clockwork”
India Trip Planning by Country
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Questions About Using a Travel Agent for India
Can't find your answer? Our team responds within 2 hours on WhatsApp and within 12 hours by email.
What does a travel agent for India do?
A travel agent for India plans and books the practical parts of your trip — hotels, a private driver, guides, internal transport and entry arrangements — and is your point of contact if anything changes. A local agent like us also advises on things that are hard to judge from abroad, such as realistic drive times, which season suits which region, and which hotels are worth the price.
Do I need a travel agent to visit India?
No, you can book everything yourself. An agent is most useful on a first trip or a multi-city route, where drive times between cities are long, popular monuments have fixed closing days (the Taj Mahal is closed on Fridays, for example), and good hotels and drivers sell out in peak season from October to March. If you only need one hotel in one city, booking directly is usually fine.
How do I know an India travel agent is legitimate?
Check four things: a verifiable industry registration (IATO membership and the Ministry of Tourism directory), a physical office address and working phone number, reviews on independent platforms such as Google and Tripadvisor, and payment and cancellation terms published in writing. We are IATO-registered, recognised by the Ministry of Tourism, based in Jaipur, and rated 4.9 out of 5 on Google and Tripadvisor.
How much deposit do you take, and when do I pay?
We take a 30% advance of the total tour cost to proceed with hotel bookings. Our Terms & Conditions page sets out the remaining payment arrangements and the refund schedule, and we flag any non-refundable deposits (for example at some luxury hotels, wildlife safaris and flights) before you confirm.
Can you book Palace on Wheels and other luxury trains?
Yes. Palace on Wheels is our sister company's luxury train, and we are an authorised booking agent for it. We can book it on its own or combine it with a private hotel-and-driver itinerary before or after the train journey.
Where are you based, and which languages do you speak?
Our office is in Vaishali Nagar, Jaipur, Rajasthan. We work in English, French, German and Spanish, and every trip includes an English-speaking private guide and driver.
How quickly will I get a reply?
We reply to every enquiry within 24 hours, usually with a few questions about your dates and interests so the first itinerary we send is close to what you want.
A travel agent for India plans and books the practical parts of your trip — hotels, a private driver, guides, internal transport and entry arrangements — and is your point of contact if anything changes. A local agent like us also advises on things that are hard to judge from abroad, such as realistic drive times, which season suits which region, and which hotels are worth the price.
No, you can book everything yourself. An agent is most useful on a first trip or a multi-city route, where drive times between cities are long, popular monuments have fixed closing days (the Taj Mahal is closed on Fridays, for example), and good hotels and drivers sell out in peak season from October to March. If you only need one hotel in one city, booking directly is usually fine.
Check four things: a verifiable industry registration (IATO membership and the Ministry of Tourism directory), a physical office address and working phone number, reviews on independent platforms such as Google and Tripadvisor, and payment and cancellation terms published in writing. We are IATO-registered, recognised by the Ministry of Tourism, based in Jaipur, and rated 4.9 out of 5 on Google and Tripadvisor.
We take a 30% advance of the total tour cost to proceed with hotel bookings. Our Terms & Conditions page sets out the remaining payment arrangements and the refund schedule, and we flag any non-refundable deposits (for example at some luxury hotels, wildlife safaris and flights) before you confirm.
Yes. Palace on Wheels is our sister company's luxury train, and we are an authorised booking agent for it. We can book it on its own or combine it with a private hotel-and-driver itinerary before or after the train journey.
Our office is in Vaishali Nagar, Jaipur, Rajasthan. We work in English, French, German and Spanish, and every trip includes an English-speaking private guide and driver.
We reply to every enquiry within 24 hours, usually with a few questions about your dates and interests so the first itinerary we send is close to what you want.
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