Travel with Caravan

-Jatin Kochar

What is traveling?

Let’s try to define travel!

In pre-modern & basic mathematical terminology, it means moving from point A to point B, having a vacation, and returning. But, let me assure you, in today's world travel means more than that and people are simply dependent on it. For such people, life without travel is like a dance without music or a movie without popcorns!

On the personal front for the traveler, travel is a form of self-expression, turning introspection mode on, broadening their mind, experiencing various cultures, getting familiar with modus operandi of the world. Travel is a life-transforming experience, which increases the frequency of epiphanies, and with each trip traveler’s perspective on something evolves. Long talk cut short, not age, but yes, Travel does make one Wiser.

Such a beautiful form of experience, travel, has hit to the core due to the pandemic. All traveling related activities during lockdown have undergone through the blanket ban. But after 4 series of lockdowns, India has started unlocking and in phase 1, accommodations (hotels, hostels, and resort) in most states are allowed to open up. As travel tends to be a possible reason in abetting the COVID outbreak, wanderlusts are cautious for the first time in their life for planning their next trip.

Introducing to Caravan Travelling

What if, Social-Distance Travelling or Contactless Travelling is a thing! Minimal contact with outsiders apart from your camaraderie! Have you ever heard of Caravan Travelling! These Caravans are self-sufficient vehicles, having comfy beds for good-night tight sleep, cooking utensils and gas stove to satiate your hunger, having restrooms and shower in place, and are integrated with music system and LCD TVs for a gala time. Besides that, a professional driver with a background check will drive you to your destination, and an amiable helper would be there for you. These vehicle caravans come in two sizes: accommodating either 4-5 or 8-10 travelers. Hence, they are perfect vacation plans for the family, the couple of 'couples' or a group of friends.

The Caravan Travelling presents an opportunity to spend quality time with loved ones, nurture the relationships, and create memorable moments. All we agree to is that journeys are more important than the destinations. It's what you will feel when you travel to the Caravan. For safety purposes, there are tie-ups with resorts and hotels where caravans are parked for you to take rest at night. During the day, you can park the caravan beside the beach, play some sports or you can take it up the hills and enjoy mystic scenes of nature and prepare the lunch.

It provides you with the utmost freedom and mobility, that you could explore the whole contour without any hassle. Moreover, the best part is it’s not that heavy on the pocket. It costs around 2500 bucks for a person for a day to stay in it including traveling costs. Well, I believe, a trip to caravan with really closed ones should be a part of the to-do bucket list for the wanderlusts!

Particularly in today's different and difficult times, Caravan Travelling is a very viable option. As it is safe as compared to other modes of traveling because one doesn’t make contact unnecessarily with others.

Currently, such travel options being offered by 4-5 small travel startups, I don’t have any doubts that in near future, it will be a very popular option and it will be an industry within the industry!