There’s no dearth of online “top 10trekking places” type lists in India, but at TrailWala
we believe that what people need isn’t generalized travel ideas, it’s
actionable data. That’s why we make it a point to share as much as we can about
the trekking companies who list on our site—we give you a blurb on how they
came about, and we also provide the ability for trekkers to leave reviews.
Let’s say you use TrailWala to find a Kalavantin Durg trek or to go up Kalsubai or do
river rafting at Kolad or Rishikesh.
Hundreds of vendors contact trips to these
places, but the devil is in the details, and it’s the little touches that make
or break an experience. This sort of word of mouth information is crucial for
other travelers, trekkers and adventurers down the line.
That’s why the
adventure tourism industry in India needs more reviews. Did you enjoy the
paddle boarding experience you had in Goa? Other Trailwala visitors would love
to know. Did you think that the Duke’s Nose rappelling activity you went on had
top notch safety equipment? If you leave a review, it could really help someone
else down the line, as they struggle to figure out their perfect trip. That’s
why what people need is not more travel lists about Top 10 places, etc.
They
need real, actionable information they can use to locate and book their ideal
trip. Time is limited, and the search costs for multi-day trips are heavy—you
need to know exactly who you’re traveling with, who else is going, what the
living situation is, what the safety standards are.
Getting vendors to answer
these questions is useful to an extent, but what you really want is for a
traveler before you to leave a review—to tell you that the Spiti Valley trek by
so-and-so operator was amazing, or that such-and-such vendor didn’t have good
arrangements for the Goecha La trek. That’s the kind of info that would really
help future trekkers.
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