With rising demand for backpacker hostels, how entrepreneur Pallavi Agarwal of goSTOPS is constructive amidst the pandemic

Considering that the launch of its very first hostel in Varanasi in 2014, goSTOPS has expanded its presence throughout 27 various areas in India and hosted much more than 4,00,000 travellers throughout our 28 attributes.

As an intrepid traveller all through her everyday living, Pallavi Agarwal first skilled a backpacker’s existence on a journey to Europe in 2012.

“It was not very long just after the vacation that I realised there was a very clear have to have for pocket-friendly social accommodation catering to the aspirations of the substantial youth populace in India, which led me to my journey as an entrepreneur,” she says of the agony stage at the rear of the venture.

Driving the startup wave, Pallavi, Founder & CEO, goSTOPS, forayed into a phase not so properly-recognized in the hospitality sector applying the backpacker hostel model.

“The younger Indian traveller justifies the best accommodation working experience wherever they go, without the need of owning to extend their spending budget. Bringing the backpacker hostels notion to India meant that the country’s youth would get obtain to branded significant-excellent accommodation that right up until now was over and above the access of the Gen-Z. Our one of a kind strategy is focused on millennials and Gen-Zs who are uninhibited in trying out new activities, are cost-free-spirited, and nevertheless discerning at the same time,” she explains.

Raising demand from customers

The pandemic and the subsequent ‘new normal’ resulted in a sizeable change in consumer behaviour, spawning new vacation trends and tactics. As the hospitality marketplace returns to normalcy, Pallavi states we will witness a massive pent-up demand for vacation.

“What we see today is an rising desire for backpacker hostels with bookings going up by 110 per cent because August 2021. We are also viewing a rising variety of bookings from solo travellers above the past few months, with individuals weary of the monotony of remaining at home and looking for some a lot wanted me-time, by preferring to journey on your own. Moreover, the workcation craze has soared about the earlier couple of months,” she suggests.

Cashing in on these new tendencies and anticipations, goSTOPS has pivoted in another way – increasing to new “stunning” areas in India and has a short while ago included new goSTOPS stays in Kerala, Goa, and…