Your Diwali getaway group may not all have Monday off

Diwali falls on Sunday, November 8 this year. Govardhan Puja is Monday the 9th and Bhai Dooj is Wednesday the 11th, and plenty of people in Delhi NCR are only now planning a quick getaway for that weekend.

The catch with a group plan made this week. Whether that Monday is a day off depends on where you work. Haryana and Uttar Pradesh list it as a holiday, so offices in Gurugram and Noida may get three days, while Delhi itself doesn't. Put four friends from four offices in one car and someone is either taking leave or heading back on Sunday night, along with everyone else.

The questions worth asking first. Who actually has Monday off, and who has to apply for leave today? If one person must be back on Sunday, is a long drive to the hills still worth it, or does a closer place give everyone more time there? Is the hill station you picked one that jams every festive weekend? And does the hotel booking still work if someone's leave gets refused?

Where SearchSpot fits. Tell it the dates, who's coming and where each person starts from. It asks follow-ups like these before suggesting anything, then checks the drive, the stay and the cancellation terms against the whole group, with a human team behind the AI. It shows what it found and what's still uncertain.

Why it won't just push the popular hill. SearchSpot puts you before commissions. It isn't trying to sell you a particular hotel, so its only job is the best value for this group's trip, wherever and whenever it's found.

Before anyone books the Saturday morning drive, ask SearchSpot whether the plan still works for the friend whose Monday is a working day.

If you want it to check your own Diwali weekend plan: searchspot.ai/get-app