Why GoTrustelle?
GoTrustelle is built on three simple ideas — the freedom to explore, the comfort of trust, and the warmth of a woman-led journey.
A small team obsessed with getting every detail right.
GoTrustelle is a young Indian travel company, founded in 2026 by a team that grew up traveling and hosting guests across India. We started with one observation: most group tours to India feel like factories. You're rushed through monuments, pushed into emporiums, and fed the same buffet. We thought travelers deserved better.
So we built the kind of tours we'd want our friends from abroad to take — small groups, long evenings, real meals with real people, and the freedom to slow down. Every departure is personally overseen by a founder or senior team member.
The team behind your journey.
Two co-founders, one in India and one in Germany — so you have a trusted person on both sides of your trip.
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Based in India★ FounderShikha Mangal
Founder · Your host on the ground
Shikha Mangal
Founder · Your host on the ground
"I want you to feel India — not just see it."
Hi — I'm Shikha. GoTrustelle is my baby, and honestly, the project I've wanted to build for years. I grew up in a small town in central India (Madhya Pradesh), in a family that never travelled much but always made space for guests. That's where I first learned that looking after someone on the road is really just an extension of looking after someone at home.
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Based in Germany★ Co-founderMelissa
Co-founder · European travel liaison
Melissa
Co-founder · European travel liaison
"India isn't better or worse — it's just different."
I'm Melissa, based in Germany, and I've been quietly obsessed with India for almost a decade. My first trip was in 2019, when I flew to Rishikesh for a 200-hour yoga teacher training. I thought I'd stay four weeks. Six months later I was still there, slowly working my way south, living in little guesthouses, learning to cook dal from the aunties who ran them.
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Small groups. Always 8–10 max.
We cap every departure at 8–10 travelers. Less scalable, yes — but it's the only way to travel at your pace, not the group's.
Hire local, pay fair.
Our guides, drivers and homestay hosts live in the regions we visit and are paid above local market rates.
Leave it better.
We offset carbon on every tour, avoid single-use plastics on the road, and partner with women-led artisan collectives.
Transparency, always.
No hidden emporium stops, no commissions. What we publish is what we deliver.
Safety first.
Verified hotels, 24/7 on-trip support, and a safety protocol tailored for solo and female travelers.
Slow is a feature.
We build buffer days into every itinerary. You don't need to see everything — you need to see it well.
No third-party resellers. We handle every booking ourselves.
A real human on WhatsApp any hour, any day of your trip.
Intimate, personal, and fully adaptable to you.