Our oldest client once told us: 'The best part of a holiday is the second Tuesday.' We thought about that for a long time. What he meant is that the first five days of any trip are adrenaline — new places, new food, the itinerary to execute. By the second Tuesday, you have stopped performing tourism. You have a favourite café. You order in the local language, badly. You nap.
This is slow travel, and it is the thing most Indian travellers — raised on 10-country Europe tours and 'if-it-is-Tuesday-this-must-be-Belgium' itineraries — never get to experience. A two-week holiday in one valley in Kashmir beats a two-week, six-city Europe scramble. A one-week Ubud stay in a rice-field villa beats three nights each in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, and Bangkok.
Our rule of thumb: plan half as many cities as you think. Stay twice as long in each. Budget a full day per trip for 'nothing' — a walk, a long lunch, a bookshop. This is what you will remember.
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