aatmanirbhar – Jwalant's site

August 16, 2020August 17, 2020

List of Indian Hotel/Travel Booking Websites

As we move towards Aatmanirbhar Bharat, Indians, who travel so much, could make use of these Indian websites for booking hotels / travels. Surely, there will be many with foreign investments.

Recommendation – Use OYO, and MakeMyTrip group. Use these websites to booking hotels/travels across the world.

Indian websites for hotel/travel booking
- Cleartrip – https://www.cleartrip.com/
  - Headquartered in Mumbai
  - CEO & Founder seems a foreign citizen studied in UK with PIO (Person of Indian Origin card) status – Ref
  - Possible that the International trips booked on the website are in done in collaboration with foreign website like Expedia
- Ibibo – https://www.goibibo.com/
  - Owned by MakeMyTrip Mauritius which is fully owned by MakeMyTrip of India – Wiki
- ixigo – https://www.ixigo.com/
  - Office in Gurugram, Haryana
  - Some foreign hotels are booked through Booking.com
  - Has some investments from foreign companies – which is same for most, if not all, companies
- MakeMyTrip – https://www.makemytrip.com/
  - Headquartered in Gurugram, Haryana; Has some Chinese investment; Wiki
- OYO – https://www.oyorooms.com/
  - Headquartered in Gurugram, Haryana; Wiki
  - Only for accommodation booking and not for travel booking as of yet
- Yatra – https://www.yatra.com/
  - Headquartered in Gurugram, Haryana; Wiki
  - There has been rumors of investments from Saudi
- redBus – https://www.redbus.in/
  - Headquartered in Bengaluru
  - Part of Ibibo Group – Wiki
Some websites popular in India but aren’t Indian
- Agoda.com – Owned by Booking Holdings based in the USA – Wiki
- Goomo.com –
  - Headquartered in Mumbai
  - Owned by Goomo Holdings Services India Private Limited which is subsidiary of a foreign company – Ref
  - One of the director seems to be belonging to a company in Berlin, Germany – Ref
- Trivago.com – Owned by Expedia Group
Not Indian
- airbnb.com – Headquartered in California, USA
- Booking.com – Headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands – Wiki
- Expedia.com – Headquarter in Seattle, Washington, USA – Wiki
- Hotels.com – Owned by Expedia Group
- Google Hotels – Headquartered in California, USA
- Kayak.com – Owned by Booking Holdings
- Momondo.com – Part of Kayak.com subsidiary of Booking Holdings
- Otel.com – Part of MetGlobal Group based in UK with CEO from Turkey – Ref & Ref
- SeatGuru.com – Owned by TripAdvisor Media Group
- SkyScanner.com – Owned by Ctrip (which is Chinese) said to be owned by Booking Holdings)
- TripAdvisor.com – (article in reference says its under Expedia Group)
- Vrbo.com – Part of Expedia Group

Interesting Read
- Who owns who in world of travel: https://opptee.com/travel-search-who-owns-who-who-are-you-booking-with/

June 3, 2020August 23, 2020

Indian Replacements of CamScanner Chinese app

Let’s get to business directly! Use #Swadeshi, Be #Aatmanirbhar
CamScanner like document scanning software from India:

App Name	Google Play Store Link	Apple App Store Link
Document Scanner – PDF Creator	https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cv.docscanner
iScanner	https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.idirection.iscanner
Kaagaz Scanner : Best Indian Document & PDF Scan	https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=kaagaz.scanner.docs.pdf
Bharat Scanner	https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kickhead.camscanner

CamScanner replacement from India

Document Scanner – PDF Creator
- It’s a full-fledged replacement of CamScanner. It has most or even more features than CamScanner.
- Pricing:
  - It has a free edition which comes with ads
  - And then it has Pro and VIP subscriptions; both are one time payments for lifetime use (unlike CamScanner where it’s a monthly or annual payment) and those are not too costly
iScanner
- This is a very lightweight application. It doesn’t have its own storage. It simply let’s you scan a document, stores it as a photo inside phone memory and let’s you export and share it as JPG or PDF.
- Totally free app but seems have started putting ads.
- No-nonsense app.
Kaagaz Scanner
- This app has more features than iScanner but very less features compared to Document Scanner – PDF Creator.
- Totally free app with no-ads
- Again, a no-nonsense app.
Bharat Scanner
- Created by IIM-Bengaluru Alumni.
- Midgrade when looked at features
- Free with Ads

Reference:

Replacements of other Chinese apps: Ref: http://www.uniqueindiatech.com/here-are-the-apps-you-can-use-instead-of-tiktok-camscanner-or-uc-browser/