Australian Woman Calls Foreign Travellers Coming To India “Stingy”; Says, “You Don’t Have To Suffer”

It’s quite common to witness foreign backpackers in India, travelling on crowded locals, bargaining with vendors, photographing slums and jostling in hostels. Foreign tourists’ tendency to give up the luxe or comfortable life in India for budget-friendly travel is not new. But what’s new is an Australian podcaster who called foreign travellers coming to India “stingy”. What’s her take? Simple: “You don’t have to suffer to come to India,” she says.

Foreign Travellers Called Out For Being “Stingy” In India

Bree Steele, an Australian podcaster and producer’s latest reel was a direct attack on foreign travellers coming to India for a budget-friendly travel experience. The same foreign travellers who’d otherwise choose luxurious hotels and a comfortable travel experience in their home country or on international trips. Steele asks why foreigners are so stingy when they come to India.

The podcaster revealed that she has noticed high-paying foreigners flying to India who won’t spend a dime. They’d bargain over tiny amounts of money, choose hostels over hotels and take a 17-hour train instead of a flight. They reason that they want to have an “authentic experience” in India. But Bree Steele argues that not everyone travels in trains, bargains and stays in hostels in India.

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Australian Woman Says India Trips Can Be Luxurious; Netizens Agree

“You don’t have to suffer to come to India,” opined the Australian woman while throwing light on the great range of luxurious and mid-range hotels available. She points out that India is so much more than slums, heavy duty trains, cheap food that would make one sick. Rather, the country has innumerable hotels where one can “eat like a king or a queen.”

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Through her reel, Bree Steele wanted to clear the misunderstanding that travel to India had to be frugal. It could entail luxury and comfort too, which foreign travellers need to understand. The travel enthusiast’s reel garnered a lot of positive response from Indians who thanked her for highlighting the nation’s glimmering side. “They eat from places half of India doesn’t”, “As an Indian, it surprises me when foreigners do this”, “They have past life karma to burn”, were some of the comments by Netizens who agreed with her.

Well, what do you think about foreign travellers ditching comfort for an “authentic” budgeted India trip?

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