India Travel Tips: Ten Small Things That Make a Trip Easier

Carry a printed and a digital copy of your ID and bookings. Hill areas and ferries often have patchy mobile signal.

Keep long road transfers to the morning. Mountain roads are slower than maps suggest, and daylight driving is safer.

Book popular hill stations and beach towns early for school holidays and long weekends; rooms and cabs go first.

Pack layers for the hills even in summer, and light cottons plus a rain jacket for the coast.

Tell your travel expert about elders, small children or dietary needs at the start, so hotels and vehicles are chosen around them.