TripCompanion 2.0 — in the works
We went looking for the places nobody lists.
TripCompanion is being rebuilt from the ground up. Describe the trip you want and get the places worth it — the landmarks, and the quiet ones locals keep to themselves.
Can you guess the gem?
Three places 2.0 turned up. Loved by the people who go, unknown to almost everyone else. Tap to reveal.
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Hidden gem
Coast of Tamil Nadu · Landscape
Reveal
The salt pans near Puducherry. Come at sunrise, while the pans are being worked, and before the heat.
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Hidden gem
Cauvery delta · Workshop
Reveal
The bronze casters around Thanjavur. Lost-wax casting, done the way it has been for centuries, in family workshops.
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Hidden gem
Chettinad · Craft
Reveal
The silk dyers of Chettinad. Skeins hung out in the lanes to dry — the colour comes before the cloth.
What’s coming
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Say it how you’d say it to a friend
“A week somewhere warm, great food, nothing too touristy.” Get real destinations back, with real places in them.
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Hidden gems, measured
Places people rate highly that still see few visitors — with real photos, opening hours and how busy they get.
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Trips you plan together
Drop places into days, drag them into order, and plan with the people you’re travelling with.
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A passport that fills up
Collect a stamp for the gems you find — and add your own, with your photos and your words.