From the Record.
Travelescape · 2015–2026
Started as a travel blog. Wrote for search engines, like everyone else.
Then stopped, and started writing for people who actually travel.
This is the record of both.
In Their Words
Over the years, editors and writers found Travelescape and wrote about it. Not press releases: just coverage.
The Inception, on Medium · April 2019
"Success Story: Nilabh Ranjan On Connecting Travelers, Writers & Destinations Through TravelEscape"
India.com · September 2020
"Watch: Travel Blogger Nilabh Talks About Perfect Weekend Getaway, Sakleshpur"
Hello Travel
"Travel blogs by Indians you must read": number 10
Holidify
"Top upcoming travel influencers": number 4
From the Journeys
Not tours. No fixed itinerary, no checked-off sites, no group of strangers shepherded through a highlight reel. Each journey was built around one question: what would it feel like to truly be somewhere? Nine people at most, usually far fewer.
- Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh · 2024
- Haa Valley, Bhutan · 2023
- Rann of Kutch, Gujarat · 2023
- East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya · 2022
- Munsiyari, Uttarakhand · 2022
- Hampi, Karnataka · 2021
The journeys now live on TE Journeys.
The Gatherings
No stage, no speaker, no agenda sent in advance. A borrowed room, sometimes a café that didn't mind us staying too long. People who found Travelescape through an essay, or a friend who'd been on a journey, showed up. That was the whole structure.
Bangalore · 2022, 2023, 2024 · Mumbai · 2023
What Readers Said
For eight years, every essay and guide here ended with a small rating box: was this useful? No prompt, no incentive. 1,201 readers answered.
1,201 readers rated · 4.47 / 5 average · 8 years of writing
Most of that writing was the practical kind: temple routes, wildlife sanctuaries, day trips from Bangalore. Written for search and found by strangers, who left a quiet signal that it was worth their time.
The rating box didn't survive the move off WordPress, so the numbers are kept here, as the record of what those years looked like.
The ratings plugin's log: 1,215 entries, sorted by date. All guest votes. No accounts, no prompts, no incentives.
For Editors and Writers
Logos, photographs, videos and the key facts, ready to use: the press kit →