India Travel Tips

• You must carry your papers, passport and visa at all times.
• You should be able to produce an identification card when asked to do so.
• There are several authorized currency exchange centers all over India; in fact almost all premier hotels offer this service.
• There are Internet cafes, telephones booths, ISD / STD booths all over the country, thus communication isn't a problem.
• Avoid tipping beggars, stray tramps and street children.
• Purchase a Lonely Planet Guide or Footprints India guide that gives you a fair idea about the places, hotels, tour attractions, roads and modes of communication in different parts of India.
• Buying or trading in drugs and intoxicating substances is an offense punishable by law.
• Avoid small eating joints that are not frequented by too many people.
• Avoid sporting revealing clothes.
• Women should avoid befriending strange men and visit places only with an experienced tour guide.
• Photography with artificial light and a tripod at various monuments requires special permits from the Archaeological Survey of India.
• Tourists may have to pay a certain amount of standardized fee while visiting certain monuments.