5 Factors to Evaluate While Choosing a Route for Your Trip

As a provider of Self-Drive rental vehicles and company of adventure tours, we have formidable experience executing our trips and adventures. Often, users and readers ask us how they can ensure that the trip they are planning will be the best possible. Over the years, we have given the same solution to all our users and readers with the question, and it's that plan and evaluate all eventualities to have a relaxing Trip.

Beyond all other eventualities, we always advise all our users to evaluate the routes they will be taking to their destination thoroughly. This will surely help them ensure that they have a relaxing time. Through this blog, we will try our best to provide you with valuable information about how to evaluate routes before leaving on a trip.

Here are a few factors you should weigh in before trying to choose a route for your travel plan.

Availabilities of Eateries and Petrol Pumps along the way

This has to be one of the most important aspects that we believe that every traveller should look at. The availability of eateries and hotels would make your travelling much easier and more relaxing. If you are heading on a long drive that too on a highway, we would recommend that you try to opt for highways that do have motels along the way. Or if that's not possible, choose a  route that goes through cities so that you can easily exit the highways to find overnight stay's

Availability of Infrastructure

Evaluate the routes you choose based on the kind of infrastructure available, and check for the quality of the highway as well as the number of lanes available on a single track. The better the construction of the highways you use more relaxing would be the trip you head out on. To gain more information about the national highways that connect all the different cities of India, we recommend that you go to the  Ministry of Road and Transport's website. From there, you could easily gain knowledge about the different highways that lead to diverse parts of the country. For more information about toll roads and highways that would allow you to plan more efficiently, we advise that you download Rajmargyatra to easily go through the options available for highways.

Sightseeing Opportunities a Route Provides

With all such planning, don't forget the prime focus of your trip. Your adventure is aimed to help you have a relaxing time and enjoy yourself. Hence, while choosing a route, we recommend that you choose a route that offers scenic views. If you can have a small detour to witness the beautiful landscapes around, we recommend that you do so so that you can have a much more relaxing and easy-going trip.

In case you are travelling through different States

If you are travelling through different states, we would recommend that you are aware of the legal laws that differ in different states. Here is a list of laws you should always be aware of.

A few laws that you abide by a change in every city, and hence, it's essential that every traveller should be privy to them. To help fellow travellers gain such knowledge in one go, we have iterated this list of a few of the laws that change after crossing or riding beyond city limits. 

• The permittable alcohol drinking age in every city is different
• There are different laws regarding travelling with alcohol.
• Check the specific laws of the states you would be crossing while travelling to ensure that you don't have to pay any kind of fines while being checked.
• In case of dry states, it is advised not to carry any kind of alcohol with you.
• Certain prescription drugs could also be questionable, most of them are psychotropic drugs necessary for anxiety attacks and several other ailments. If you suffer from such conditions, carry medical prescriptions with you.
• A particular class of drugs, such as Alprazolam as well as Xanax Xr, may lead the state police officers to question. As per the rules of the international conventions as well as India's act and rules, a person is allowed to maintain such psychotropic substances for personal use provided they have a valid prescription, and the dosage should not exceed 100 units.
• In case you suffer from such challenges and issues always carry a prescription that can be presented to the authorities if necessary.
• In case of elections or any religious festival, police might be on the lookout and possibly check and investigate vehicles that fit their purpose.
• Taking care of all such differences in rules and regulations would help you to travel freely without any challenges or issues.

Beyond these rules here are a few of the best routes that would provide you with the best scenic views along the road with best infrastructure.

Mysore To Ooty

Ooty is one of the most perfect destinations for a weekend getaway, the rolling hills and the picturesque mountains are picture-worthy in every instance.  Travellers often consider Ooty to be the star of Nilgiri and the joy of being in Ooty gets further enhanced if you plan to take a road trip all the way from Mysore to Ooty. The beautiful landscapes coupled with that of local shops and eateries along the way would surely make your trip worth your time.  The seamless, sprawling stretches of tarmac between Mysore and Ooty would ensure that you have a trip of a lifetime.

Manali To Spiti

One of the most beautiful routes that you can cover during your trips, the impeccable roads coupled along with the scenic beauty of Rohtang Pass, Gramphu, Chhatru and Batal would surely make this trip worthy of your time. Travellers who have been on this road trip till the end often praise its beauty on internet forums. While the twisty and bendy roads might seem like a hardship from far away from close-by they provide the most picturesque views of the sprawling valleys around. If you consider yourself to be an adventurer and want to explore India this road trip should definitely be on your list.

Jaipur to Ranthambore

This 175 km stretch is enough to let the travellers understand the environmental diversity of the nation. Passing through highways and road networks it would take you long to end up in between the most barren lands covered with sand on either side. This stark difference often takes riders by surprise and invigorates their very souls to explore even further. We recommend that if you are planning to go on this ride you do so in between the months of October and March as during those times the temperature varies between the ranges of 10’c to 30’ c.

Chennai to Pondicherry

Another one of the most sought-after road trips in India that would go through some of the most renowned areas such as Madras Crocodile Park, Dakshina Chitra Heritage Museum, Shri Temple Mahabalipuram and the Alamparai Fort.  If in case you want to explore India on wheels this is a must-visit place for all explorers and travellers.