Hotel Vikram

You will find Hotel Vikram right across from the Sayajigunj petrol pump. It is on the corner of Dinesh Mill Road. This part of Vadodara is always moving. There are students from the university and people going to the station. We see the cars lining up for petrol all day long from our windows. The hotel has been here for years. It is a simple setup. We have the rooms and a small area where people sit. It is not the kind of place with a swimming pool or anything like that. We just focus on keeping the beds made and the floors swept. Sayajigunj can be a bit dusty because of the traffic, so we are always wiping down the furniture. The staff mostly lives nearby. We have one guy who has been here since the start. He knows where all the switches are and how to fix the fans when they rattle. We don't do much advertising. People usually just see the sign when they are getting fuel or walking from the station. The rooms are basic. We have windows that look out onto the road, so you can see the city life happening. It gets a bit quieter at night when the petrol pump isn't so busy. We just keep the doors open and wait for whoever needs a place to stay for the night. It is a plain, honest kind of place to be.