hensil

I and my friend have planned a 9 days trip to Rajasthan from Mumbai in the first week of November. My route is as follows:
Mumbai>Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad-Mehsana-Palanpur-Disa-Tharad-Sanchor- Barmer-Devikot-Jaisalmer
Jaisalmer-Pokharan-Dechu-Balesar-Jodhpur
Jodhpur-Pali-Udaipur
Udaipur-Ratanpur-Himmatnagar-Ahmedabad-Mumbai

I may do a day in Mt.Abu.
I am seeking information on hotel for my stay and food at above destination. I am looking at average hotels in the range of Rs. 1500-2000 for 2 persons.
Seeking for advice on my itinerary and hotels.
Henry

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aargee

In Rajasthan, don't worry on accomodation, approach any of the RTDC hotels, but, since its season time, all the prices will be doubled + you may hardly get any accomodation at RTDC. With RTDC stay, you've a pure VFM because, when I stayed in a STD room, the cost was around 700-1000 (depending on the cities) & was provided with morning BFast (that too most of it was customized otherwise it were buffet )

Here's something, if you'd like to consider...

Day 1 - Mumbai-Mt Abu
Day 2 - Local site seeing & leave Mt Abu towards Jaisalmer
Day 3 - Jaisalmer + local site seeing
Day 4 - Jaisalmer-Jodhpur & stay overnight
Day 5 - Stay at Jodhpur + local site seeing
Day 6 - Jodhpur-Udaipur
Day 7 - Udaipur + Local site seeing
Day 8 - Udaipur to Vadodara (choose between Vadodara/Ankaleshwar/Surat depending upon how far you can ride)
Day 9 - Vadodara-Mumbai

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chicmagnet

^^ Awesome route plan aargee!

Sorry to crap the thread but was looking for a Rajasthan trip plan hehehe

@hensil: How you going? I am planning something in the last week of October.

satya_3d

last month, i stayed at RTDC mount abu, and its decent hotel.
they charged 950/- (incl. all tax) AC room with complimentary breakfast in morning.

BTW will you be visiting Jaipur, now days its great to visit places around here..


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hensil

Thanks argee for the break down. The reason I chose Ahmedabad stay while going is, my friend is reaching Mumbai airport at 8am in the morning and from there we will be driving straight on our trip. I may not make it to Mt. Abu till evening hence Ahmedabad stay. Knowing this do you still recommend your itinerary or stick with mine?
I cannot make booking of hotels because I am not sure of exact day I'll be reaching there. I can miss a day or 2.
By the way, is 1st week of November a season?
Henry

hensil

I am driving this time (Swift), hope to do a Ladakh on two wheels next year.
Henry

hensil

I have read all bad reviews on Jaipur, therefore not going there. Sorry.
Henry

aargee

With mild (aggressive; wrong word though) speeds Ahmedabad - Mt Abu should take about...
Ahmedabad-Mehsana-Palanpur - 2 hrs
Palanpur-Mt Abu - 2 hrs

I leave the choice to you whether you need to make to Mt Abu

Will that still hold good on 9 days or 9 + missing days

RJ season starts from Oct & goes all way upto Feb end; a good advantage with RTDC hotels is that, there's ample parking & no one bugs you & the ride is safe. I actually prefered safety over anything when I booked & I was glad I did that.

Tks JD I'm actually Thankful to you

@chicmagnet - Tks

Otherwise, what you could do is...

Day 1 - Mumbai-Ahmedabad
Day 2 - Ahmedabad - Mt Abu
Day 3 - Local site seeing & leave Mt Abu towards Jaisalmer
Day 4 - Jaisalmer + local site seeing
Day 5 - Jaisalmer-Jodhpur & stay overnight
Day 6 - Stay at Jodhpur + local site seeing
Day 7 - Jodhpur-Udaipur
Day 8 - Udaipur + Local site seeing
Day 9 - Udaipur to Mumbai (going to be tough & will take about 16-17 hours without break); otherwise extend one more day.

Jaipur isn't bad, but, after visiting places like Udaipur & Jaisalmer (calm & small cities), you'll not like because Jaipur is big city (nearly metro); traffic is horrendous (worse than South, sorry to say); otherwise, you can visit Jaipur for the forts & especially Bhangarh (that I missed). You cannot expect the same welcome & hospitality that you get at Udaipur & Jaisalmer at Jaipur!!!

or else, skip Jodhpur & visit Chittorgarh fort & Haldi gati; Udaipur & nearby places are worth to be seen for 3 days...atleast.

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