GYDUP
India, with a local on your side.

Travel differently. Experience India through the eyes of a local.

Starting in Chandigarh. Expanding across India.

India is incredible. It can also be overwhelming.


A new language. Unfamiliar transport. Menus you can't read, prices you can't judge, and a hundred places to choose from.

GYDUP puts a local person on your side, so you can enjoy it instead of working it out alone.

What a local companion does

Travel assistance

Local communication

Explore a destination with someone local beside you.

Plan your day and understand your options.

Help talking with shopkeepers, restaurants and drivers.

Personalised planning

Local discovery

Food, cafés, markets, neighborhoods, culture and photography.

Tell us what you like and get an experience built for you.


Local companion

Choose your experience

$200

GYDUP Personal

GYDUP Premium Companion

GYDUP Explore

$75

$150

Starting price · Up to 1.5 hours

Starting price · Up to 3 hours

Starting price · Up to 4 hours · 1–2 travelers

A private, highly personalised day with a local companion.

  • Fully private and tailored

  • Time to plan before you arrive

  • Your local point of contact during the experience

A short local introduction to your destination.

  • A local to walk and talk with

  • Tips on food, places and getting around

  • Help with simple conversations

A more personalised experience built around your interests.

  • Planned around what you like

  • Cafés, markets, neighborhoods or culture

  • Help communicating with locals

Starting prices are in USD and may change as GYDUP grows. Tips are always optional.

Where we are now

Starting in Chandigarh. Expanding across India.

Rishikesh

Chandigarh, Panchkula and
Zirakpur

Shimla

More of India

Hi, I'm Preeti Grace

GYDUP started with a simple idea: traveling somewhere new gets a lot easier when you have a local person on your side.

Landing in Chandigarh?

Send a request and I'll come back to you with a plan.