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The Indian Answer to Airbnb That Actually Gets India

Traditional Himachal Pradesh homestay with mountain views representing India's growing vacation rental market

The real India that global platforms missed—authentic homestays in places like Himachal Pradesh are finally getting their digital moment.

While global platforms dominated vacation rentals, millions of Indian hosts stayed offline—not by choice, but by design. Language barriers, complex tech, and hefty commissions kept small-town hospitality out of the digital game.

Enter Homeyhuts. A Hyderabad engineer looked at how vacation rentals worked in America, then asked a better question: what would this look like if we built it for India?

The answer: multilingual support, offline onboarding, and zero commissions. Just a simple subscription starting at ₹490.

In one year, they’ve scaled to 1,600+ listings across Telangana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Goa. Kerala is next, with Malayalam-speaking support already in place.

This isn’t another Airbnb clone trying to extract value. It’s a platform built from scratch for Bharat’s hospitality economy—where 40% of India’s 2.75 lakh homestays have been waiting for someone to finally include them.

For hotel owners, suppliers, and hospitality professionals, this represents more than competition. It’s a massive new ecosystem of hosts who’ll need everything from linens to SOPs to partnership opportunities.

Read the full analysis in this week’s Pulse by Zarnik →

The homestay revolution isn’t coming. It’s here. And it speaks your language.

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