(L-R) Vidyanand Tripathi, Co-founder; Manish Agarwal, Co-founder & CEO; Mukesh Goel, Co-founder & CFO; Alok Goel, Co-founder & CTO
The flourishing tourism and travel sector, with approximately, 18 million international tourists arriving in India, came to a virtual standstill due the abrupt lockdown and travel restrictions imposed post the corona pandemic, not only in India but the world over.
Despite the crippling lockdown, in 2020, the travel and tourism sector contributed around 4.7 percent to the total gross domestic product of India. Though this was a drastic decrease from the pre-Covid era, but the silver lining is that it’s back on track.
Travel restrictions have been eased, wearing of mask is no more mandatory though it is still observed at entry and exit points at airports and few luxury hotels, but the precautionary measure is no more a deterrent to prevent tourists from moving out. With the doing away of internal restrictions of displaying negative polymerase chain reaction and even vaccination certificates pre and post travel at transit and lodging points, has brought travelers out of the closet.
Time space in India is re-witnessing an unprecedented rise of travelers who self-managed their research, tailor-make their bookings rather than rely on the limited range of options provided by restricted tour package providers.
The modern biz-tourists however face multiple challenges that are unique to India including hassle-free commuting within cities, to wide-ranging pricing fluctuations and even surly hotel accommodation that adheres to limiting guest facilities. Often flight and train timings are mis-matched with hotel timings leaving with a unique problem for business travelers of keeping luggage for the said duration to attend business at hand.
There is certainly a lack of convenient luggage storage locations close to major transit areas, market hubs or business centres. Key tourist spots across India are not designed to enable tourist keep their luggage. Biz-travellers are often seen lugging their suitcases to conferences and market areas.
There is the problem of stowing your luggage at a secure location which is convenient and not heavy on the pocket. Where to store your luggage, is the question?
Lugsto, India ka cloakroom, entered the arena bringing much relief to travelers. It was the answer for short term storage facilities to stow luggage at secure locations and enable travelers stay cluster free.
The young startup, Lugsto assists travelers and keeps their luggage so that they don’t have to lug it with them. So, if you are visiting the Taj Mahal or the Red Fort, Lugsto cloakrooms are available at convenient points where you can drop your suitcase and roam around hassle-free. If you are going to Gateway of India in Mumbai or visiting Madam Tussaud museum in Delhi, well, Lugsto comes to the rescue.
Travelers who often found themselves without an easy way to tote around the luggage that they needed on a trip, Lugsto gives an alternative option.
Though you can leave your luggage in a hotel room, but before check-in or after check-out timings of hotels, travelers need space to store their bags. Additionally, if you have not rented a car to travel post hotel check-out time, you require a clock room. This is also the case as accommodation timings are mismatched with the travel timings, travelers can effectively utilize their time and remain hands free by going ‘Lugsto’.
Lugsto has over 200 clock room points in around 48 town and cities. Be it, Bengaluru or Pune, Lucknow or Chandigarh, Bhopal or Ahmedabad, Goa or Noida, the locations and possibilities are exhaustive if not endless.
You can just log on to Lugsto website and choose the desired location, date and time after and select your preferred location. Once you book your desired store, you will receive contact details and exact coordinates on your email ID. Show your booking email with Photo ID at store and enjoy the luggage free travel with LUGSTO. Its that simple and easy!
With technological advancements, integration of transit locations with travel itinerary, startups like Lugsto can overcome the problem of locating real estate and customers alike. There is a need to create more space in ever-expanding cities, by solving the problem caused by the lack of short-term storage solutions in the market to allow, biz travelers to stow their luggage at safe, conveniently located destinations and remain cluster-free for business or private engagements.
