Experience the real India - living in a family home

Mahindra Homestays, a new concept of holiday accommodation to experience the Real India, launched in the UK last week. The concept introduces a portfolio of over 50 unique family properties in stunning locations throughout India, starting with Delhi, Rajasthan and Kerala and Himachal Pradesh, all with a live on-line booking facility.

A Mahindra Homestay combines the comfort and distinction of a boutique hotel with the personal hospitality, informality and local knowledge enjoyed when staying with family friends. A Homestay offers an insight into the cultural traditions, history and everyday life of an Indian family and guests have the opportunity to enjoy authentic Indian food at its finest - home cooked with most hosts offering first hand cooking classes.

The ever expanding collection of Mahindra Homestay properties are as diverse as the locations themselves, with five unique homestays in remote Spiti in the worlds highest village, Komic, to luscious private tea plantations in southern state of Kerala.

A Mahindra Homestay isn’t just a place to stay; Homestays offer a vast range of activities for the guest to choose from. Activities such as yoga, ayurvedic treatments and massage, backwater rafting in Kerala, to exploring tiger trails in the Periyar Tiger Reserve, each giving guests a unique opportunity to experience the specific culture and beauty of the area.

India is renowned for being incredibly diverse. With literally hundreds of different languages, everything from style of dress to architecture changes from state to state and town to town, a local insight is not just a luxury, it is essential to getting the most out of this extraordinary country.

Mr. Ramesh Ramanathan, Managing Director, Mahindra Holidays and Resorts commented:

“Mahindra is one of India’s most reputable and successful companies. We offer a wide variety of high quality Homestays across India - each one carefully selected and inspected to ensure they comply with the high standards of Mahindra Homestays, including comfort, cleanliness, safety and originality. All the host families of the Homestays have been personally met by our people before they are recommended”.

Booking can be done via the live website or by telephoning - a national number call-centre of Mahindra Homestays, dedicated to providing the most comfortable and enriching experience of ‘The Real India’ available today.

For further information and for online booking log on to Mahindrahomestays.com.