Aahilya Holidays are perfect for you if you just love stitch, embroidery, block printing, quilting and textile art. We specialise in really unique holidays that go off the normal tourist route and onto the off the beaten track. We love to explore rural villages, traditional textile techniques which honour the ethnic culture of each country that we visit. Always looking out for colour, culture, patterns and people, you will discover India presents a feast for the senses. On our textile trips, we really want to find the real event with the real people by taking you places that you did not even know existed. Some of our textile holidays are aimed at those who like a little more comfort - such as in Jaipur, we stay for the whole holiday in one hotel and take little day trips out from that one base. However, some of our textile trips are more intrepid - we have our own coach which travels around a specific area - such as the embroidery holidays - moving onto the next attraction each day. Whatever you love to do and see, you will be delighted at our magnificent little daily adventures together. So if you need a holiday that is for you, featuring visits to what you love, then our Aahilya Textile Holidays are designed for you! Come, enjoy and make new friends too. With a friend, a partner, a family member, or by yourself - we are all together having the time of our lives.
On our textile trips, we really want to find the real event with the real people by taking you places that you did not even know existed. Some of our textile holidays are aimed at those who like a little more comfort - such as in Jaipur, we stay for the whole holiday in one hotel and take little day trips out from that one base. However, some of our textile trips are more intrepid - we have our own coach which travels around a specific area - such as the embroidery holidays - moving onto the next attraction each day. Whatever you love to do and see, you will be delighted at our magnificent little daily adventures together. So if you need a holiday that is for you, featuring visits to what you love, then our Aahilya Textile Holidays are designed for you!
Come, enjoy and make new friends too. With a friend, a partner, a family member, or by yourself - we are all together having the time of our lives.
We love to share our enthusiasm with our guests to find something different, unique and most of all, authentic. That is quite a challenge these days, but not impossible! We work with a team of travel specialists in India. Our account managers are Anup and Isha who do all the on ground research to satisfy our requirements and organise the itinerary that we request. Great team work! Check out the videos to see and hear about previous trips and then go ahead and book your dream holiday. Need any more help? Then just email us info@aahilyaholidays.com with your questions.
Isha was born in the Northern State of Punjab and home is now the capital , Delhi. She has been in the travel industry for over well over a decade traveling to all regions in South India and now heads up our textile department organising trips all over the Indian sub-continent, Uzbekistan and Japan and her superb knowledge of all things travel textile provides us with a fantastic content that we offer or guests- all at great value too.
Isha’s deep passion for textile and the crafts helps her curate immersive rich experiences alongside internationally renowned textile artists – many of our textile theme guests have visited the region at least 5 times with us! There is a huge amount of logistics and finer detail that go into making a successful well run trip with plenty to keep folk occupied whilst at the same time allowing some time to breathe and take it all in and she is an expert at making sure all the trips run like clockwork. She will accompany trips where possible although she is always on the lookout for artisans well off the beaten track and is all consumed by the vast array on offer in South Asia and beyond – in her words its become ‘An Obsession’ which absolutely fits with the Aahilya Holidays culture.
She an avid collector of fabric so to understand different styles, weaves, and patterns and she loves accompanying the group to all the local bazaars and giving them all the best tips on haggling and of course making sure that what catches there eye is a quality piece worthy of the journey to back home.
Anup was born in the Northern State of Himachal and home is now the capital, Delhi. Anup has a Master's Degree in Tourism from Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla (former summer capital of British India period).
He has an experience of 12 years in travel service and worked with the prestigious travel companies like Cox and Kings, Western & Oriental & Travel Counsellors and learned the art of service delivery specifically to the inbound clients visiting India especially from UK, USA & Europe. He guided various Textile & Art holidays tours arranging block printing/art workshops in the different parts of India.
He has the expertise in handling the entire ground operations so that everything works well starting from the day of arrival until their departure by taking care of all the aspects. He has well-travelled in most of the parts of India and sub-continent having hands-on experience of various destinations. He ensures you to give the perfect holiday assistance and the broadest tour and travel solutions leading to an amazing holiday experience.
Anup was born in the Northern State of Himachal and home is now the capital, Delhi. Anup has a Master's Degree in Tourism from Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla (former summer capital of British India period).
He has an experience of 12 years in travel service and worked with the prestigious travel companies like Cox and Kings, Western & Oriental & Travel Counsellors and learned the art of service delivery specifically to the inbound clients visiting India especially from UK, USA & Europe. He guided various Textile & Art holidays tours arranging block printing/art workshops in the different parts of India.
He has the expertise in handling the entire ground operations so that everything works well starting from the day of arrival until their departure by taking care of all the aspects. He has well-travelled in most of the parts of India and sub-continent having hands-on experience of various destinations. He ensures you to give the perfect holiday assistance and the broadest tour and travel solutions leading to an amazing holiday experience.
Gulzar Bagri is a Travel vlogger, Photographer and he made his career in the Inbound travel industry
He has done his graduation in Tourism Management from Delhi University and started his career in the travel industry in 2015 and gained 5+ years of experience in the Inbound travel industry. In his career journey he learnt a lot about tourism like Itinerary making, costing, file handling, transport, flight & train ticket bookings, interacting and briefing the guests.
He got the opportunity to travel around North, East and west India with travel groups. He has been to Rajasthan, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Maharashtra & Bihar
In 2020, due to lockdown he had to switch his industry and work in different industries where he learnt about Management, sales, strategy Making, team handling and client servicing.
Now he has come back to the travel industry with more experience and Managerial skills.
