Palace on Wheels, Maharajas' Express, Deccan Odyssey, and the Golden Chariot — fixed-departure rail programs that carry the hotel, transport, and sightseeing in one booking.
7 Nights / 8 Days: Palace on Wheels — Rajasthan circuit from Delhi
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9 Nights / 10 Days: Maharajas' Express with pre- and post-tour nights
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8 Nights / 9 Days: Golden Chariot through Karnataka
Ideal traveler mix
Premium and luxury leisure clientsOlder travellers avoiding long road legsCelebration and anniversary programsIncentive groups taking a whole carriage
What gets built in
Cabin reservation on the chosen departure
Pre- and post-tour hotel nights at the start city
Airport and station transfers either side
Optional extensions once the train program ends
Planning Facts
Luxury Train Journeys at a glance for agents
The practical numbers your clients ask about first — before the itinerary conversation starts.
Operating season
Roughly October – April
The trains do not run through the summer and monsoon months
Departures
Fixed dates, not on request
The client's dates have to fit the schedule rather than the other way round
Booking lead time
The longest of any India product
Cabins are limited and popular departures sell out months ahead
Start cities
Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru
Depending on the train and the route chosen
Ideal duration
7–8 nights on board
Plus a night either side for flights
Luxury Train Journeys Overview
Designed for faster quoting, cleaner routing, and stronger on-ground delivery
Luxury rail is the one Indian product sold by departure date rather than by itinerary. The trains run fixed schedules through a season that broadly spans October to April, cabins are limited, and a sold-out departure cannot be substituted — which makes these the earliest bookings in an agent's India calendar. In exchange they are unusually simple to operate: accommodation, transport, meals, and most sightseeing travel together, so the client unpacks once and the ground coordination that normally fills a Rajasthan itinerary is largely absorbed by the train. They suit clients who want the country's headline sights without the road legs between them.
Hotel support
The train carries the stay for the duration of the journey, so the hotel work sits either side — arrival and departure nights in Delhi, Mumbai, or Bengaluru, plus any extension the client adds once the rail leg finishes.
Transfers and sightseeing
Station transfers timed to boarding, and the on-tour excursions handled by the train's own program. We coordinate the pre- and post-tour nights, flights, and any extension so the whole trip stays on one file.
Ideal traveller mix
Premium and luxury leisure clientsOlder travellers avoiding long road legsCelebration and anniversary programsIncentive groups taking a whole carriage
Built into the plan
What agents can package quickly
Cabin reservation on the chosen departure
Pre- and post-tour hotel nights at the start city
Airport and station transfers either side
Optional extensions once the train program ends
Why It Converts
Why Luxury Train Journeys works well for agent-ready packages
Key planning highlights and package-friendly strengths for Luxury Train Journeys.
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Palace on Wheels through Rajasthan from Delhi
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Maharajas' Express on multiple national routes
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Deccan Odyssey across Maharashtra and Rajasthan
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Golden Chariot through Karnataka and the south
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One booking covering stay, transport, meals, and sightseeing
Suggested program flow
Sample itinerary shapes agents can pitch fast
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7 Nights / 8 Days: Palace on Wheels — Rajasthan circuit from Delhi
Easy to adapt for FIT, premium leisure, or corporate rooming and movement plans.
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9 Nights / 10 Days: Maharajas' Express with pre- and post-tour nights
Easy to adapt for FIT, premium leisure, or corporate rooming and movement plans.
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8 Nights / 9 Days: Golden Chariot through Karnataka
Easy to adapt for FIT, premium leisure, or corporate rooming and movement plans.
Yono keeps hotels, transfers, sightseeing, and attraction planning in one destination workflow, which makes quotation sequencing cleaner for agents.
Service Scope
Built around what agents actually need in Luxury Train Journeys
Destination services typically built into Luxury Train Journeys requirements for travel agents.
Hotel bookings
Contracting aligned to value, premium, and upscale rooming mixes.
Private transfers
Private and SIC movement planned around arrival windows and day sequencing.
Sightseeing tours
Experience mapping built to suit leisure pace, add-ons, and operational flow.
Attraction tickets
High-demand ticketing supported with package-first turnaround and coordination.
Ready-Made Itineraries
Itineraries for luxury train journeys clients
Programs from across India that suit this interest. Each one can be reshaped before quoting.
Palace on Wheels — Rajasthan by Rail
7N / 8D
The Rajasthan circuit run from a luxury train, so the client unpacks once and the city transfers happen overnight.
Routing
Delhi departure
Jaipur
Sawai Madhopur
Chittorgarh
Udaipur
Jaisalmer
Jodhpur
Agra
Delhi
What it covers
Cabin accommodation, meals, and scheduled excursions on board
Ranthambore safari at the Sawai Madhopur stop
Udaipur, Jaisalmer, and Jodhpur without road days
Taj Mahal on the return leg
October – April, on fixed departure dates
Premium clients and travellers avoiding long drives
Net rates on request — nothing is published publicly
More of India
Other ways to travel India
Clients rarely want only one kind of destination. These group the rest of the country by interest.
Agents can still request a custom package from the quotation form.
Agent Questions
What agents ask us about Luxury Train Journeys
Straight answers from the desk that quotes and operates this destination.
How far ahead do these need booking?
Further ahead than anything else in India. The trains run fixed departures with a limited number of cabins across a season of roughly October to April, and popular dates go months in advance. If a client is considering one, the departure should be held before the rest of the itinerary is built around it.
What is actually included on board?
Accommodation, meals, and the scheduled excursions at each stop travel with the train, which is most of why clients choose it. What sits outside is the flights, the nights before and after, station transfers, and any extension — which is the part we coordinate.
Who are these best suited to?
Clients who want the headline sights without the road legs, and older travellers in particular, since the transfers between cities happen overnight while they sleep. They also work well for celebration trips and for incentive groups large enough to take a block of cabins.
Destination Interlinks
Keep Luxury Train Journeys connected to the rest of the portfolio
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