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Safety for women has become a burning issue in India as the cases of abuse and molestation have increased in our country. Even the female travelers from outside India are facing problems while traveling in India.
Rashmi, a thirty-two-year-old is the Founder and CEO of Wovoyage, a travel startup, which is particularly clued on to making women travelers’ time and money worth their while.
Started in 2016, Rashmi has organized 207 trips that include solo women travelers as well as corporate bookings. Even though most of her business is done through her website, she recently opened an office, what she calls the ‘Women-friendly Travel Centre’, in Paharganj.
Her travel startup provides girl guides to solo women travelers. These girls are recruited through an internship programme that she runs with language schools. “This helps me take care of the language issue,” she said.
Rashmi said in an interview that her love for travel was sown by her mother. She remembers taking many an impromptu trip with her mother and sister. “She was my life force, my mentor. I hope I can live up to her memory,” said Rashi who lost her mother at an early age.
Rashmi also recruits young boys and girls from unfortunate circumstances. She trains them and they, in turn, are a big asset for her. “I do not go on every trip now. These young people have learned well,” she says.
In an interview, she revealed how an accident gave her idea for her venture. “I had a big road accident in 2008. I was in the ICU of a government hospital for 12 days. It took a long time for me to recover from this accident. I started traveling as soon as I recovered and regularly use to perform Seva at the Manikaran Gurudwara in Himachal Pradesh. There I used to accompany foreigners and tell them about the Sikh culture and about India. I also started working with NGOs along with traveling and while doing that I was struck with the idea of Wovoyage,” she says.
Wovoyage works with embassies and solo travelers, and in the last eight months has had a turnover of Rs 45 lakhs. She has a center in Paharganj and another one in Tokyo, Japan. We wish her all the best in her venture.
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