How Our Package Pricing Works (and How to Read Any Package Like an Agent)

Most package pricing looks like it was designed to be misread. 'From ₹38,000' in giant type, and the price you actually pay in an email three days later. This post explains how package maths genuinely works — ours and everyone else's — so you can read any quote like someone who builds them.

The base unit: per adult on twin sharing

Almost every package price you see is per person, assuming two people share one room. That assumption carries the whole structure, because the room is usually the biggest cost in the package and it gets SPLIT between two people.

So when a package says ₹38,000 per adult, the room-nights inside that number are half a room per person. Two adults, one room: 2 × 38,000. Simple.

Where it bends: the single supplement

One person travelling alone still occupies a whole room. The 'single supplement' is the difference between half a room and a full one, plus the fixed per-person costs that don't change. It typically runs 30–35% of the adult price. It is not a penalty for being single; it is a room that no longer has a second person paying for it.

Three adults sharing one room? The third sleeps on an extra bed, the room cost splits three ways, and the per-adult-triple rate is a bit lower than the double rate. Our calculator handles this automatically when your adults outnumber your rooms.

Children: the two prices parents should know

• Child with bed: the child gets their own extra bed. Costs more, because beds and breakfasts are real.
• Child without bed: shares the parents' bed. Cheaper — you are paying for meals, transfers, seats and tickets, not furniture.

Age bands matter: most hotels define a child as 2–11. On their 12th birthday, hotels consider them adults regardless of what parents consider them. Infants under 2 travel nearly free on land arrangements — a nominal charge covers admin, not services.

Seasons: the honest reason the same trip has four prices

Hotel rates genuinely change through the year — sometimes by 60% or more. We encode this as seasons on every package:

• Standard: the base rate card for most of the year
• Peak: school holidays, Christmas–New Year, long weekends — hotels raise rates and so must the package
• Festival: event-driven spikes (Diwali in Rajasthan, New Year in Goa)
• Off-season: monsoon coastal months and similar — the same trip, genuinely cheaper

A package that quotes one flat price year-round is either padded to cover peak (you overpay off-peak) or will 'adjust' the quote when you share dates (the classic bait). Live seasonal pricing is more honest even when the peak number stings.

Taxes

Our displayed calculations include taxes (5% on tour packages) in the final figure — the number the calculator shows is the number on the invoice. When comparing quotes, always ask whether the figure is pre- or post-tax; a '₹36,000 + taxes' quote and a '₹37,800 all-in' quote are the same money wearing different clothes.

What 'from ₹X' means on our site

The 'from' price on our package cards is the LOWEST active combination — usually the cheapest hotel category in standard season — including taxes. It is a real, bookable number, not a decoy. Open the package and the calculator shows every other combination live: pick 4-star, pick peak season, add a child, and watch the total rebuild in front of you with the full breakup — adults, supplements, children, taxes.

The exclusions section is where quotes are won and lost

Two packages at the same price are rarely the same package. Read the exclusions like a lawyer:

• Are flights included? (Ours are quoted separately at live fares — bundled 'flight-inclusive' prices hide fare padding.)
• Are monument tickets and local union cabs included, or payable at gates? (We list gate-payables with honest ballparks.)
• Which meals? 'Breakfast' and 'MAP' (breakfast + dinner) are very different grocery bills.
• Visa fees? These change; we keep them separate and visible on our visa pages rather than freezing a stale number into a package.

An agent who itemises exclusions is not being annoying; they are showing you the whole bill before you pay any of it. The alternative is finding the rest of the bill on the trip.

Try it on a real package

Open any package on this site and play with the calculator — change the hotel category, flip the season, add a third adult. If a combination we have not priced yet comes up, the panel says exactly that and offers a same-day quote instead of inventing a number. That is the whole philosophy: the price you build is the price we honour.