Every year, thousands of Pune families book international holidays online. Most compare only one number: the price on the screen. That single habit costs travellers dearly. A ₹15,000 saving on paper often hides an 18-hour layover. Or a 3-star hotel marketed as a luxury resort. Or an unverified local driver waiting at a foreign airport.

Online travel aggregators promise one-click convenience. In reality, they often deliver something else entirely. A flight gets rescheduled at 2 AM in Bangkok. The chatbot loops through the same three canned replies. No human picks up the phone. No one reroutes your family’s connecting flight, and no one adjusts your hotel check-in. This is the