Author: Ashish Gupta

Ashish Gupta is the founder of Perfect Agra Tours. He has lived in Agra his whole life, a few miles from the Taj Mahal. He started the company in 2010 on a single idea: that a traveler coming to India deserves a guide who actually lives in the city being shown, not someone reading a script written somewhere else. Fifteen years and more than 10,000 travelers later, he still reviews every itinerary and reads every piece of guest feedback himself. He writes here about the practical side of travel in northern India — how many days a Golden Triangle trip actually needs, why the time of day you visit the Taj Mahal matters more than the number of days you spend in the country, what monument tickets really cost, and the logistical problems that quietly ruin otherwise good trips. Perfect Agra Tours is a member of the Indian Association of Tour Operators (Regn. No. ALD211002) and the American Society of Travel Advisors (Member ID 900399156), and partners with TOFT India on licensed, responsible wildlife tourism. Based in Agra, Uttar Pradesh.