Holiday with college friends in Pondicherry

Last summer I went to Pondicherry with my college friends. We were six girls and our target was to spend more on shopping and roaming around and less on hotel stay and food. But our parents would only allow if we were staying safe. 

My father’s office always books a service apartment for him when he goes for business tours. His secretary told me that she always books from NievaWorld. The portal lists economical, comfortable and safe apartments. So I went on www.nievaworld.com and booked a 3-room holiday home for myself and my friends. And since the apartment was listed on NievaWorld, my father was assured of the safety.

Our holiday home was fabulous, clean and very well located. We were all jumping with excitement once we were in. The reception staff was very helpful, they told us what to beware of and who you can trust. They guided us about the best places to visit and also the nearest place we could get our groceries. Once we got our groceries, we were sorted for our weeks stay. 

And the amount of fun we had, cooking our food, roaming around, dancing, playing and what not. We were on our own and relaxed. After our four torturous years of engineering, I think we all needed it. That week brought us closer to each other. And because our Pondicherry holiday home was so cheap and we were doing our own cooking, we managed to extend our stay too. 

Our place was near the Paradise Beach and so we spend a lot of time playing on the beach and engaged ourselves in the daring water sports. We were all really in paradise. How those 10 days past away we only realised when they were over. I think our on our back home journey we are had dreamy eyes and trying to relive the 10 days and trying to secure as many memories as we could. 

Service Apartments helped reduce Company Costs

I work in the admin department of my company. We have offices across India and so people keep on coming to Mumbai (our head office) for meetings quiet often. 

In one of our quarterly budget review meetings we found that the cost of the stay of people coming and staying in hotels was quiet a lot. And so it was decided to find a solution to reduce the cost under this head. So while researching, I came on to www.nievaworld.com. The site had listings of various service apartments available in Faridabad, Delhi, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon, Noida, Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Chennai and Bangalore. The apartments are very diligently listed and are available in all budget ranges.

I chose a two bedroom apartment which was near our office building and within my budget. I wanted to experiment this option for a quarter, so that I have some solution by the next quarter’s review meeting. 

So I went ahead and booked the serviced apartment for a quarter. And by the end of the second month I was amazed to see a 20% drop in the amount. The apartment was near our office building, so it saved local travel cost. Since I had booked two bedrooms, two to four people could share it, that save the additional room cost. We hired a cook, who cooked for the guests.

Even the employees were happy. They were provided with facility of free sauna and a swimming pool. And they were getting home cooked meals, which saved them from the outside food. 

There was another thing. The service apartment was booked for three months, so it also saved my admin assistant the task of booking the room each time someone was coming or rescheduling the booking if someone cancelled. And then there were times in peak seasons when we did not even get hotel bookings. But with Service Apartments, it was for us to keep for the whole quarter.

So now we only opt for Serviced Apartments. And we have an apartment not only in Pune but also Delhi and Mumbai. Thanks to www.nievaworld.com, we got a good deal too. I think it is a wonderful concept. Saves us so much of headache.