Meet Geetika
Creative, Sociable, Open minded
I am a gypsy at heart and my home reflects my personality. This is a travelling home and stays on in one place for just 3 years, making friends along the way and experiencing new places with guests.
On a typical day...
I’m mostly at home/work from home.
When I host guests...
I’m helpful and hands on. I can show them where to go and help them get there.
Family Hobbies
Golf, Cycling, Running, Bird watching, Camping
Hosting guests since
2016
About the Homestay
- Welcomes
- Males
- Females
- Couples
- Families
- Students
Homestay by Geetika
KHANABADOSH - India's first travelling B&B!
Ever visited some place, where you felt you belonged? Where you breathed easy and your mind became quiet…where you instantly saw beauty in everything you looked at, not because it was there…but because you were never more, in the now. Didn’t the thought to someday live there for a stretch of time, cross your mind? It crossed mine. So I decided to live the thought and put a foundation under proverbial castles…to have a place of my own, in all such places. A beautiful, luxurious, modern place—in soulful touch with the local earthiness. I waved goodbye to a plush corporate job; gave up on the car, the house, the big-city and a lot of other stuff, I’d called life. So I reset life, KHANABADOSH was born and I became the person who carries her home on her shoulders. First stop Mashobra. I love the mountains—the magical quality of mountain air that coaxes you to chug, not sip; the slow pace—of your feet, heart and soul; the need to stop ever so often to gaze amazed, hear in awe or smell in rousing. If you too share my passion, consider this an invite to stay at a beautiful place—my home. Discover…explore from its comfortable warmth…eat what I cook for you or feel free to cook for yourself. Get your pets if they’d be comfortable (and allow others to be). Listen to folklore from local story-tellers, while you secretly marvel at the intricate network of veins on their hands and openly laugh accompanying their toothless smiles. Children, women, men of all ages, colour, religion or sexual orientation are welcome. Artists, writers, poets and people who appreciate their skills will especially rejoice. You’d want to return, for sure. Here, in Mashobra or who knows where. For, Khanabadosh will surely move when it needs to as it’s blissfully oblivious of boundaries and gleefully aware of soul-stirring places.
My Pets
2 Dogs
House Facilities
- Garden
- Bikes for use
- Laundry
- Parking
- Internet Access
Bedrooms available for booking
About the Area
Mashobra, at an altitude of 2500 m, is well connected to Shimla via the historic Hindustan-Tibet Road which was constructed by Lord Dalhousie in the year 1850. Boasting of gorgeous views, dream like locales, thick Deodhar forests and lovely weather through the year,it could easily have been the quieter cousin of the more noisy and crowded Shilma, which is why it attracts travellers who come looking for solitude and some time exclusively for themselves and with nature. Mashobra is perfect in any weather. The summer is warm with a little nip in the air early mornings and late evenings. Monsoons turn the area lush green and while travellers may not be able to step out as often as in other seasons, the romance of sipping on steaming coffee, a book in hand, is not lost on many. We have a spate of guests who just come to watch the rain beat down endlessly on the roof and see the skies being set on fire every evening! The winters in Mashobra are white, sparkling and great fun. Clean crisp air fills your lungs as you trudge through snow, mesmerised at the stark contrast of the clear blue sky and the pristine white of the snow.
Local Area Facilities
- Park
- Shopping Centre
- Bus Stop
- Hospital
Meals
Hosts can offer a complimentary light breakfast at their discretion. All other meals, including a full breakfast, might incur an additional cost, if offered. Meals and any additional payment should be arranged directly with your host.
Included in the stay
- Complimentary Light Breakfast
- Use of Kitchen
Available on request at an extra cost
- Full Breakfast
- Half Board
- Full Board
- Packed lunch
Diet Type available on request
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
- Diabetic
- Lactose Intolerant
- Nut Allergies
House Rules
It’s a home. Not a jail. And yet…it’s a home. Please stay like you’d stay at yours…mindful of the sensitivities of other guests and your host.
Adhering to the checkout time will be of great help to us, especially if we have a reservation for the same room that day. However, if there’s no such urgency…the timings will be relaxed, without your saying so.
You won’t find any ‘No-Smoking’ signs at Khanabadosh. As you alone, are in charge of your lungs. So light up, if you must…just don’t light us up.
As mentioned, we are a green-loving joint. Please join us in our endeavour to save electricity, recycle water and produce compost. You’ll find duly colour-coded waste receptacles all over Khanabadosh. Please help us in keeping the waste suitably segregated. Incidentally, did you know that it isn’t just the kitchen/ vegetable waste that goes into a compost pit. Cardboard, newspaper, clean paper; coffee grounds & filters, corncobs, eggshells and nut-shells; cotton and wool rags, dryer and vacuum lint; flowers, leaves, plants, pine needles, vegetables and fruits; sawdust, wood chips, grass and yard trimmings; teabags; AND even hay & straw are merry compostables. So now you know…please abide/ take a pledge and oblige.
Smoking Rules
Your host is a non-smoker.
Smoking is allowed outdoors only.
How do I book?
Contact the host to check their availability and ask them any questions you have about staying with them. Once the host confirms they’re available for your dates, you can complete your booking.
When do I pay?
Once a host confirms they're available, you can go ahead and pay the 15% booking fee (maximum of 250 $£€ for longer term bookings) using a choice of payment methods: Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Maestro, Laser, JCB & PayPal (not available in certain countries). You then pay your host on arrival or as stated by your host on their profile and agreed by you on booking. Please be cautious if a host requests advance payment if its not included on their profile. Our hosts have been advised that if they wish to request advance payment they must make this explicit in their profile. We do not recommend the use of Money gram or Western Union.
When can I share my contact details?
Host and Guest email address, phone number and home address will be exchanged in a confirmation email sent to both immediately after a booking is completed. It's against our policy for Guests and Hosts to exchange direct contact details via our messaging system.