MakeMyTrip’s latest initiative will let you rent villas instead of hotels

To escape the routined mundane life, we leave for vacations. However, we always end up in the same budget hotels, covered with white drapes and that old-feel furniture. But, if you choose Rightstay, an initiative from MakeMyTrip, you can rent guesthouses or villas for a lavish, authentic experience at affordable prices. Interesting, right?

MakeMyTrip has expanded its scope beyond booking hotels, flights, and other ticketing options with its newest initiative — Rightstay.

With Rightstay, the company is aiming to connect travellers with local hosts who can make them feel a part of the family, and help them enjoy the stay at their place. Hence, company has already started selecting more than 10,000 properties ranging from guesthouses to villas, creating a strong community of local hosts

Deep Kalra, chairman of MakeMyTrip said, "MakeMyTrip platform had guesthouses and villas which were ready to update their inventory and we found strong demand for them. They were not part of the hotel association. We did a lot of internal debating and to give it the right wherewithal to compete with everyone we thought it’s best to have a unique identity called Rightstay."

The company is also expecting the demand to rise and the number of properties on the platform to surpass the 100,000 mark by the end of next year.

Deepak Tuli, senior VP (growth business) at MakeMyTrip and co-founder of Goibibo will spearhead the new homestay aggregation business. He said, "We have all the leisure destinations registered on our platforms like Goa and Manali. We want to explore other regions like the Northeast and are expecting to add about 25,000 – 30,000 properties by the end of this financial year."