Hotel Tourist Deluxe

If you’ve ever walked around Paharganj, you know it’s a bit of a maze. Our place, Hotel Tourist Deluxe, is at 7361 Ram Nagar on Qutab Road. Being so near the New Delhi Railway Station means there is never a quiet moment. You have the rickshaws honking, people shouting, and travelers dragging their suitcases along the pavement at four in the morning. It’s just the way life is around here. We spend most of our time dealing with the usual stuff like fixing a leaky tap or making sure the linens are actually clean for the next person. It’s not like those big glassy hotels you see in the newer parts of Delhi. This is an old building in a crowded neighborhood. We have folks coming in from all over, some looking for a cheap place to crash and others just lost looking for directions. The lobby is usually a bit cramped with bags, and the staff is always running around trying to keep up with the check-ins. Qutab Road is always dusty, so we’re constantly wiping down the front desk. It’s a lot of manual work and sometimes things go wrong, like the power acting up or the water pressure being a bit low, but we just handle it as it comes. It’s a real, messy, busy business in the heart of the city, and we’ve been at it for years.