Meet Keya
Creative, Humble, Perfectionist
This is my home and I treat people coming in as my guests, hence making due efforts to ensure that they are served best to my abilities.
On a typical day...
I’m a clean person and keep a clean house.
When I host guests...
I’m helpful and hands on. I can show them where to go and help them get there.
Family Hobbies
Gardening, Music, gigs, festivals, Poetry, Painting, Flower arranging
Hosting guests since
2016
About the Homestay
- Welcomes
- Males
- Females
- Couples
- Families
- Students
The house is located at Baganpara, off the Bolpur-Suri main road and is easily accessible via local transport. The Viswabharati campus is also pretty close and is again, easily accessible via local transport (which can be arranged on prior request). We have an open kitchen where you can cook as per your own sweet will as you do at home and trust us, we won't charge you anything for that :) We do not serve full meals at this point as we believe while you are at Shantiniketan, it's best to roam around and have lunches or dinners at the lovely restaurants around. However, we have an ever-smiling couple who would wake you up with a hot cup of tea for a perfect start to the day and follow it up with a nice little breakfast.
There are 3 types of rooms available for your stay that can accommodate a maximum of 6-7 guests. The rooms are spacious so that you don't feel cramped out of space. Two of them have an attached bath and the other has access to the common bath.
The most attractive part of the stay might well be the balcony and the vast open roof which are so perfect for those long conversations that you probably might lose track of the time; that's what has happened to us over the years and that's exactly why these are still our personal favourite places in the house.
We love music, we love Tagore (silly, but that was THE reason we thought of building this house at Shantiniketan, a good 30 years back), and we would love to have people who share this passion. However, as a gesture of peaceful co-existence to the neighbours, we politely request guests not to indulge in playing loud music which might seem out of place and not of good taste with the surroundings and we're sure they understand.
If this sounds like home to you, we're sure it'll feel like home too, once you are here.
House Facilities
- Garden
- Parking
Bedrooms available for booking
About the Area
Our house is locate very close to the Hotel Vasundhara on the Sericulture road and is easily accessible from the main bus stand and the railway station by public transport. We can also arrange for a local transport for pick up, drop or site-seeing around Shantiniketan if there's a prior request. The main Viswabharati campus, Khowai, Haat, Mela math are all a good 15-20 mins ride from our house.
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
House Rules
Try to avoid too loud music that might disturb neighbours.
Smoking Rules
Your host smokes.
Smoking is allowed indoors and outdoors.
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.