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Budget Trip Planner for India
Plan a trip around a firm budget: places in India and Nepal that fit, with stays, food, local transport and activities estimated in rupees for your whole group. Built for travellers who start from what they can spend and want to know where it gets them.
A budget trip planner is only useful if its numbers are honest. Averages hide the costs that break budgets: the one expensive transfer, the peak-season room rate, the entry fee you forgot. Wayfitly shows costs as ranges, with each guide broken down by stay, food, transport and activities, so you can see where the money goes before you commit.
Set a firm total and the planner looks for destinations where your whole trip fits, not just the accommodation, with a buffer for the things that always come up.
Plan it in four steps
- 1
Set the real total
Decide the most you'll spend, including getting there and back, and enter that as your budget.
- 2
Choose when to go
Shoulder season often cuts stay prices sharply with only a small change in weather.
- 3
Break it into categories
Stay, food, transport, and activities each have different ways to save; every destination guide has a budget table for both travel styles.
- 4
Keep 10–15% back
A buffer for delays, medicine, or a price you didn't expect keeps a budget trip from becoming stressful.
Example: 8 days in Kerala for under ₹25,000
Constraints: eight days in November, buses and trains, hostels and homestays, and a canoe ride instead of a houseboat.
The plan
- Days 1–2: Fort Kochi and Mattancherry
- Days 3–4: Munnar tea country
- Day 5: Thekkady spice gardens
- Day 6: Alleppey backwaters by canoe
- Days 7–8: Varkala cliff and beach
What it costs (estimate)
- Hostels and homestays (7 nights)
- ₹4,200–8,400
- Food
- ₹3,200–5,600
- Buses, trains, autos
- ₹2,400–4,800
- Activities and entry
- ₹2,400–4,800
- Total
- ₹12,000–23,500 per person
Excludes getting to Kochi. An overnight houseboat would add roughly ₹3,500–7,500 per person for a couple sharing.
Read the Kerala guide
Built for this kind of trip
The budget comes first
The planner divides your total by days and people, then labels each place as comfortable, fits, tight or over budget, with the estimated total for your group.
See where the money goes
Each guide breaks costs into stay, food, transport and activities for backpacker and mid-range travel, so you can see what to cut.
Compare before you choose
Put up to three places side by side to see costs, season and trip length together, and pick the one that leaves room in the budget.
What experienced travellers do
- Eat where locals eat
- Meals at local restaurants cost a fraction of tourist cafés and are often better.
- Use sleeper trains and night buses
- An overnight journey saves a night's accommodation as well as a day.
- Avoid peak weeks
- Christmas, New Year, and long weekends can double prices in popular places.
- Check what's free
- Many of the best experiences, from temples to viewpoints and walks, cost nothing.
Start with a real constraint
Ask the trip assistant something like:
- “Where can I go for 5 days in November with ₹20,000?”
- “Compare Goa and Gokarna for 4 days on ₹15,000 each.”
Places that suit this trip
Frequently asked
How accurate are the budget estimates?
They're typical ranges, not live prices. The lower end assumes simple stays and local food; the higher end is more comfortable. Prices rise at peak times like Christmas and long weekends.
Does the budget include getting there?
The planner's daily estimates are on the ground only. The trips-by-budget pages for eight Indian cities include return travel.
Does the budget include getting there?
The daily estimates don't. The trips-by-budget pages for eight cities do include return travel, and each guide's getting-there section gives typical options.
What's the cheapest time to travel in India?
It depends on the region: the monsoon is cheap for Kerala and Goa, while summer is peak season for the Himalaya. The guides list the best value months for each place.
Plans and costs are starting points, not live prices or bookings. Check current prices, permits, weather, safety advice and schedules before you travel.