Several others have attempted to do this video however yours was very clear, concise & exactly the information I was looking for my upcoming trip . Thanks
Thank you sooo much! While in Sri Lanka, we were dreading what to do with 22hrs layover in Delhi but fortunately I found this your video about the Holiday Inn Express transit hotel!
You make very immersive video's... viewer's feel that they're actually accompanying you on the tour / flights... which is super...!! Keep up the good work...and thanks for sharing...!!
Thank you so much for making this I have a 12 hr layover then a flight yo kathmandu. I presume I do not need am e visa as I'm not leaving the airport my final destination is kathmandu I'm arriving from London. I obviously have a kathmandu visa . I will be collecting my checked luggage snd then re checking again using a seperate airline ..great video thanks
We'll be arriving in Delhi at 2am connecting to a domestic flight....Now we know where to stay and how make the booking. Thank you very much for such an informative video. Our problem is solved.
Great video. Very descriptive and helpful. You mentioned, on one of your earlier trips you had left the airport and stayed at ‘aero city’, did you have to take you checked-in baggage along with you and were you able to leave the baggage in airline/airport hold considering this was an in-transit layover for you.
I only had carry on, so didn't need to worry about checked luggage. But if you are checked in through to your final destination (i.e. you have a boarding pass for your next flight) and your luggage is also checked through, then you should be able to go through immigration and stay at aerocity without collecting your bags. They would be held within the airport and transferred to your next flight without you collecting them.
Just checking, im flying from Amsterdam to Delhi with KLM than have a 3 hour stopover for my next flight to Kathmandu with air India, is 3 hours enough? I only have hand luggage. Where is the transfer desk from Air India, i think i do need a hard copy boarding pas?
This is a really useful video thank you- I am flying through Delhi (also to Melbourne) for a visit back home (living in Europe currently) with a 21hr layover! Do you have to get rid of liquids in your bag or collect luggage do you know? This was not my choice but the only ticket option for that day.
I am a Canadian citizen travelling to Nepal Kathmandu, I have my connecting flight to Nepal from New Delhi. I don’t think I need to change terminals and I’m not taking any check in baggage’s to make the transit smoother. My question is do I need to apply for a transit visa ? My connecting flights are less than 12 hours apart. Thank you. 🙏
Hi @Tibetan_wanderer did you need the transit visa? I am Australian citizen and travelling to Kathmandu, Nepal via Delhi and I have 13 hrs of transit. Please share your experience. Would help a lot of travellers, I guess.. Thank you🙏🙏
Thank you so much for this video! I am really trying to understand if I need a transit visa on a UK passport for a 5 hour layover from Paris - Melbourne. Any insight would be very welcome - info online is hard to find and quite confusing!
You don't need a transit visa if you are not going to leave the international terminal. So long as you are going international flight to international flight at Delhi airport you wont need a visa.
@@cruisingandsnoozing1479 Thank you for your response! This is what I thought, but I've been tripping up on whether or not there would be a problem if my bags aren't checked all the way through and am not sure how to acquire this information. My entire journey (Paris - Melbourne via Delhi) is with Air India and is booked as a single ticket.
@@samanthahope7547 Have you already flown and did the luggage transfer go smoothly? Funnily enough, I'm facing the same problem with a flight from Frankfurt to Singapore and I don't want my luggage to only make it as far as India.
@@jonathanmehlhorn6991 Hi! I haven't flown yet, no, so my fingers are still crossed. It sounds like that as long as we don't exit the international terminal (ie: flying international to international), that we should be good. My journey is the first week of August, so I can let you know how I go!
I really appreciated finding this video as it de-confused me about what to do in Delhi airport. I am flying into Delhi with Malaysia Airlines and leaving with Finnair early the next morning. I made a booking with the hotel but just noticed on their web site that they require a 'counter-issued boarding pass' for the next flight at check-in to the hotel. Does the International Transfer Desk at Delhi issue boarding passes? I am not sure how I will be able to get a paper boarding pass any other way. Can you please enlighten me? Thanks, Michael
It depends if your flights are on the same ticket (MAS may be able to check you through to your destination and give you a second boarding pass). If you have carry on only, the transfer desk may check you in to finnair (I'm not sure). You should check with MAS. I would get an Indian Evisa to be safe so that you can go through immigration at Delhi, check in to Finnair, get a boarding pass and then go to the transit hotel when you go back through immigration. (Or you could stay in Aerocity once you are in India)
@@cruisingandsnoozing1479 No, my flights are separate, both bought from Qantas. The airlines appear to be happy with boarding passes on a phone app, or home-printed e-tickets. I think I will take your advice and get an Indian e-Visa, check in properly, and cancel the reservation at Holiday Inn Express. I only have to kill 8hrs in the airport. I don’t think I want to leave the airport, though. Thanks again.
@@samanthahope7547 Go to the official government site: indianvisaonline.gov.in . The form looks very long and tedious. I don’t think there is a special one for transit. I agree it’s very confusing.
Hello there, Hope you can respond to this late query. I have a similar booking coming in December, 13 hour layover from Canada to Thailand on Air India. Do I have to get any kind of a visa? Canadian passport. I want to use this same hotel. Cheers, Gregory.
I am reluctant to give visa advice, but generally speaking if your connection is international to international, you don't need a visa as you are not entering India. To be safe, make sure your entire journey is on a single ticket. Not two tickets, one in, one out of India. Otherwise you may have trouble checking in to your first leg without an Indian visa.
Thank you so much for replying to my query. Yes, my flight is one ticket and according to Air India, arrives at Ter3 and my connecting flight to BKK is also Ter3. So I should be good to go. Will investigate a visa in case of mess up!
Hi....i have a check in luggage to collect...so do i collect it first...then follow yr video to locate the hotel ?. Am i allow to go in again once my luggage is collected.. thank you in advance
You can't take checked in luggage to the transit hotel. It is for guests in transit (between flights). You either check your luggage through to your final destination, or you exit through immigration, collect your luggage and stay at a hotel outside the airport.
I have a flight from Sydney to Vienna and I have a flight transfer in Delhi and I'm staying at the airport hotel because the waiting time is 20 hours, both flights are with air India, do I need a visa to transit in India ?
If you are staying at the transit hotel within the international terminal, you do not need a visa. if you are staying at an airport hotel outside the terminal (in Aerocity for example) then you will need a visa. For a 20 hour stopover I would be inclined to stay at a hotel in Aerocity. The hotels are nicer and you can go outside. It is very easy to get an evisa.
Unfortunately the service industry in India still has the annoying clerk attitude, it's a result of the education system in India that creates this You can deal with it by being slightly assertive
Did you need visa for transit? I have 20 hour transit in new delhi, also aus citizen, just tried checking in online and air india is asking for visa. I also booked this hotel for the layover.
If layover is more than 15 hours for a domestic connecting flight, does Air lndia book and pay Hotel, or you need to book and pay? Appreciate it. Traveling from JFK to DEL to TRv
I'm not sure. You would have to ask Air India. They paid for my hotel the time I missed my connection and had to wait 24 hours, but that was their fault. They did not pay for my hotel when I had a scheduled 12 hour layover.
Many big hub airports have hotels within the international terminals for guests with long transfer times. I've used them at Singapore and Dubai as well as Delhi.
Nice vid. I have a 12 hr layover. I’d like to stay at the hotel but I’d also like to go into town. How would I do that? I’d be coming from Paris then on to Tokyo
if you want to go into town you will have to go through immigration and exit the airport which rules out the transit hotel. But there are plenty of hotels in aerocity which is a 5 min cab ride or 1 metro stop from the terminal. From there you can catch the metro into the city.
You book domestic wing - you can only get access to international wing if you have an onward international boarding pass. For domestic wing you have to go through immigration and enter hotel from landslide. Which means you may as well stay in aerocity.
No, not for international to international transit. So long as you don't go out through immigration, you can pass via the international transfer desk and enter the International departure area. Visa is required if you are transferring to a domestic flight though.
Hi thanks for your knowledge on this, I’m travelling to t3 from London then getting my bags checking in again to a t3 flight to hk 2 an a bit hours later, would I need a evisa for this? really confusing thanks for any help given
Several others have attempted to do this video however yours was very clear, concise & exactly the information I was looking for my upcoming trip . Thanks
Thank you sooo much! While in Sri Lanka, we were dreading what to do with 22hrs layover in Delhi but fortunately I found this your video about the Holiday Inn Express transit hotel!
Excellent vid! Concise, clear, no distracting music or poor jokes…just useful information.
Superb video! Thank you for details and calming my nerves ❤
Ha! Glad it was of assistance!
Wow! Thank you for your video. Very informative and to the point. I actually enjoyed the way you navigate the places. Keep up!
Glad you enjoyed it!
i've only experienced the landside wing of the hotel from domestic, and it's definitely much better than any other Holiday Inn Express in the country
Really enjoy all your travel videos. Feel like I’m on holiday with you both each time I watch them
Thanks for watching Brett.
Amazing video. Detailed and interesting. Good luck from Delhi 🎉
You make very immersive video's... viewer's feel that they're actually accompanying you on the tour / flights... which is super...!! Keep up the good work...and thanks for sharing...!!
Glad you like them! Thanks for watching.
@@cruisingandsnoozing1479 more ...on board... airline trip reports please....!!
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Thank you for the video, it was very informative!!
Super informative review. Answered every question about transiting in Delhi and using the transit hotel. Many thanks!
Great review, thank you. I have two long transits in July and August, so was looking to stay. I will now thanks to your review.
Glad it was helpful! Have a great trip.
I think you love India thanks mate
Thanks for this detailed and comprehensive video on Delhi T3 transit hotel.
Nice Video , You can use ambient sleep music on a speaker to eliminate noises and a essential oil burner to purify the air. Thanks for the video .
Thank you so much for making this I have a 12 hr layover then a flight yo kathmandu. I presume I do not need am e visa as I'm not leaving the airport my final destination is kathmandu I'm arriving from London. I obviously have a kathmandu visa . I will be collecting my checked luggage snd then re checking again using a seperate airline ..great video thanks
I think that you'll need a visa since your connecting flight is different and you'll have to check in again.
@jaskeeratsingh3552 thank you sir appreciated
Great video! I have a long layover in Dehli on my way from Melbourne to Accra.
Booked the hotel after watching this 😊
Great 👍Glad it was of assistance.
If I am coming to london to Delhi and my layover is 17 hours from delhi to patna should I ho outside or not
Enjoyed the details on airport hotel. That's very good to know.
We'll be arriving in Delhi at 2am connecting to a domestic flight....Now we know where to stay and how make the booking. Thank you very much for such an informative video. Our problem is solved.
If you connect to a domestic flight, you will need to go through immigration and use the domestic wing of the transit hotel. Have a good trip!
Will do. Thanks again.@@cruisingandsnoozing1479
Excellent video!!!! Thank you!
Always cool to have an update :) Keep cruising
Hey Malo! Thanks for watching. Stay tuned...
It's a great idea. Thanks for info.
I'm starting at your first video james and watch rhem all 😁
Beautiful india 😍
Great video. Very descriptive and helpful. You mentioned, on one of your earlier trips you had left the airport and stayed at ‘aero city’, did you have to take you checked-in baggage along with you and were you able to leave the baggage in airline/airport hold considering this was an in-transit layover for you.
I only had carry on, so didn't need to worry about checked luggage. But if you are checked in through to your final destination (i.e. you have a boarding pass for your next flight) and your luggage is also checked through, then you should be able to go through immigration and stay at aerocity without collecting your bags. They would be held within the airport and transferred to your next flight without you collecting them.
Did you need any sort of transit visa when you did this New Delhi hotel stop? It was such a useful video, thank you!
I didn't need a visa because I stayed within the international terminal. I didn't go through immigration and enter India.
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Hello. Nice video
Just checking, im flying from Amsterdam to Delhi with KLM than have a 3 hour stopover for my next flight to Kathmandu with air India, is 3 hours enough? I only have hand luggage. Where is the transfer desk from Air India, i think i do need a hard copy boarding pas?
Mr. Coming & Snoozing please try some in Europe , complaining Aussie .catch flight that does not go through India. Go through Singapore .
This is a really useful video thank you- I am flying through Delhi (also to Melbourne) for a visit back home (living in Europe currently) with a 21hr layover! Do you have to get rid of liquids in your bag or collect luggage do you know? This was not my choice but the only ticket option for that day.
You can take small liquids through security (
Thank you I really wish I could use this hotel but any tips for options with a layover when flying out of Terminal 2?
Nice vlog.. first time seeing the I2I transfer of delhi airport.
Nice vlog..
I am a Canadian citizen travelling to Nepal Kathmandu, I have my connecting flight to Nepal from New Delhi. I don’t think I need to change terminals and I’m not taking any check in baggage’s to make the transit smoother. My question is do I need to apply for a transit visa ? My connecting flights are less than 12 hours apart. Thank you. 🙏
Hi @Tibetan_wanderer did you need the transit visa? I am Australian citizen and travelling to Kathmandu, Nepal via Delhi and I have 13 hrs of transit. Please share your experience. Would help a lot of travellers, I guess.. Thank you🙏🙏
@ if you don’t have all the flights in one itinerary you do need the visa. I was not allowed to board my New Delhi flight
@@Tibetan_wanderer thank you so much. Really appreciated 👍👍
Thank you so much for this video!
I am really trying to understand if I need a transit visa on a UK passport for a 5 hour layover from Paris - Melbourne. Any insight would be very welcome - info online is hard to find and quite confusing!
You don't need a transit visa if you are not going to leave the international terminal. So long as you are going international flight to international flight at Delhi airport you wont need a visa.
@@cruisingandsnoozing1479 Thank you for your response! This is what I thought, but I've been tripping up on whether or not there would be a problem if my bags aren't checked all the way through and am not sure how to acquire this information. My entire journey (Paris - Melbourne via Delhi) is with Air India and is booked as a single ticket.
@@samanthahope7547 If your journey is on a single ticket, then your bags should be checked all the way through.
@@samanthahope7547 Have you already flown and did the luggage transfer go smoothly? Funnily enough, I'm facing the same problem with a flight from Frankfurt to Singapore and I don't want my luggage to only make it as far as India.
@@jonathanmehlhorn6991 Hi! I haven't flown yet, no, so my fingers are still crossed. It sounds like that as long as we don't exit the international terminal (ie: flying international to international), that we should be good. My journey is the first week of August, so I can let you know how I go!
Hello, thanks for the video! What is the name of the hotel at the airport ?
Holiday Inn Express Delhi Airport
Thank you for your video.
And how much is the room?
When I stayed it was INR 11658 for 12 hour stay.
How would they prevent someone from buying a bottle of scotch from Duty Free and consuming it in the transit hotel room?
Are there no sleeper pods in the lounges?
I really appreciated finding this video as it de-confused me about what to do in Delhi airport. I am flying into Delhi with Malaysia Airlines and leaving with Finnair early the next morning. I made a booking with the hotel but just noticed on their web site that they require a 'counter-issued boarding pass' for the next flight at check-in to the hotel. Does the International Transfer Desk at Delhi issue boarding passes? I am not sure how I will be able to get a paper boarding pass any other way. Can you please enlighten me? Thanks, Michael
It depends if your flights are on the same ticket (MAS may be able to check you through to your destination and give you a second boarding pass). If you have carry on only, the transfer desk may check you in to finnair (I'm not sure). You should check with MAS. I would get an Indian Evisa to be safe so that you can go through immigration at Delhi, check in to Finnair, get a boarding pass and then go to the transit hotel when you go back through immigration. (Or you could stay in Aerocity once you are in India)
@@cruisingandsnoozing1479 No, my flights are separate, both bought from Qantas. The airlines appear to be happy with boarding passes on a phone app, or home-printed e-tickets. I think I will take your advice and get an Indian e-Visa, check in properly, and cancel the reservation at Holiday Inn Express. I only have to kill 8hrs in the airport. I don’t think I want to leave the airport, though. Thanks again.
@@mcbessell How does one get an India e-visa? Do you mean tourist visa, or transit visa? It's so confusing!
@@samanthahope7547 Go to the official government site: indianvisaonline.gov.in . The form looks very long and tedious. I don’t think there is a special one for transit. I agree it’s very confusing.
@@mcbessell Did you get a visa in the end and was it all ok?
Cost ?
Wbt for domestic flight ???
Hello there,
Hope you can respond to this late query. I have a similar booking coming in December, 13 hour layover from Canada to Thailand on Air India. Do I have to get any kind of a visa? Canadian passport. I want to use this same hotel.
Cheers,
Gregory.
I am reluctant to give visa advice, but generally speaking if your connection is international to international, you don't need a visa as you are not entering India. To be safe, make sure your entire journey is on a single ticket. Not two tickets, one in, one out of India. Otherwise you may have trouble checking in to your first leg without an Indian visa.
Thank you so much for replying to my query.
Yes, my flight is one ticket and according to Air India, arrives at Ter3 and my connecting flight to BKK is also Ter3. So I should be good to go.
Will investigate a visa in case of mess up!
@@gregoryjardine7347 How did you get on Gregory just facign the same dilemma and now not enough time to get an evisa!
Hi....i have a check in luggage to collect...so do i collect it first...then follow yr video to locate the hotel ?. Am i allow to go in again once my luggage is collected.. thank you in advance
You can't take checked in luggage to the transit hotel. It is for guests in transit (between flights). You either check your luggage through to your final destination, or you exit through immigration, collect your luggage and stay at a hotel outside the airport.
Thank you so much sir
Do you need to check in the next flight to get boarding pass and get your luggages checked before check in the hotel?
To use the international transit hotel you must check your luggage through and have the boarding pass for your connecting flight.
I have a flight from Sydney to Vienna and I have a flight transfer in Delhi and I'm staying at the airport hotel because the waiting time is 20 hours, both flights are with air India, do I need a visa to transit in India ?
If you are staying at the transit hotel within the international terminal, you do not need a visa. if you are staying at an airport hotel outside the terminal (in Aerocity for example) then you will need a visa. For a 20 hour stopover I would be inclined to stay at a hotel in Aerocity. The hotels are nicer and you can go outside. It is very easy to get an evisa.
Unfortunately the service industry in India still has the annoying clerk attitude, it's a result of the education system in India that creates this
You can deal with it by being slightly assertive
Did you need visa for transit? I have 20 hour transit in new delhi, also aus citizen, just tried checking in online and air india is asking for visa.
I also booked this hotel for the layover.
Hi! Did you end up needing a Transit Visa?
If layover is more than 15 hours for a domestic connecting flight, does Air lndia book and pay Hotel, or you need to book and pay?
Appreciate it.
Traveling from JFK to DEL to TRv
I'm not sure. You would have to ask Air India. They paid for my hotel the time I missed my connection and had to wait 24 hours, but that was their fault. They did not pay for my hotel when I had a scheduled 12 hour layover.
Yay another aussie
How much was the hotel
Sir,How can i bokk this
16:47 in the video explains how to book
There is a hotel in the airport?
Is it in all the major Airports around the world?
Many big hub airports have hotels within the international terminals for guests with long transfer times. I've used them at Singapore and Dubai as well as Delhi.
How much fare habibi u didn’t tell
Where did you keep your luggage?
@@AbuDaudRoktim Luggage needs to be checked through to final destination. It is a transit hotel. You do not collect your luggage in Delhi.
How much is per night?
What price pr nighi in...this hotel room...?
So if i booked with air india did i get it free?
@@AhmadAnan-no5fk no. You have to pay
Nice vid. I have a 12 hr layover. I’d like to stay at the hotel but I’d also like to go into town. How would I do that? I’d be coming from Paris then on to Tokyo
if you want to go into town you will have to go through immigration and exit the airport which rules out the transit hotel. But there are plenty of hotels in aerocity which is a 5 min cab ride or 1 metro stop from the terminal. From there you can catch the metro into the city.
What is the name of the hotel sir ? Can I have a detail plz .
Holiday Inn Delhi Airport Terminal 3. www.newdelhiairport.in/airport-hotel?prophazecheck=1
Is any other hotel in delhi airport
Not in airport terminal, but plenty in Aerocity 5 minutes away
I arrive in delhi from international flight and have a domestic connection… do i book international or domestic wing?
You book domestic wing - you can only get access to international wing if you have an onward international boarding pass. For domestic wing you have to go through immigration and enter hotel from landslide. Which means you may as well stay in aerocity.
@@cruisingandsnoozing1479 Thanks, I hear that its a hassle checkin in from landside!!!
@@cruisingandsnoozing1479 What do you mean by "landslide" ?
@@adityabenwal Should be "landside" - it means before you go through passport control. Once you go through passport control you are 'airside'.
@@cruisingandsnoozing1479 ok
How much one day in the hotel please?
Check the hotel website: Holiday Inn Delhi Airport Terminal 3. www.newdelhiairport.in/airport-hotel?prophazecheck=1
I would have flown through Dubai on Emirates I think.
I would have too, but EK was an extra $7000 for a biz class ticket!
Do you need visa for transit ?
No, not for international to international transit. So long as you don't go out through immigration, you can pass via the international transfer desk and enter the International departure area. Visa is required if you are transferring to a domestic flight though.
Hi thanks for your knowledge on this, I’m travelling to t3 from London then getting my bags checking in again to a t3 flight to hk 2 an a bit hours later, would I need a evisa for this? really confusing thanks for any help given
Just watched this so it's no crown Plaza Changi
Not even close. A very ordinary Holiday Inn!
As in money cost