Aisha Khan
Founder & CEO
05 - About Gopedia
We help people travel better.
Gopedia is the world's most loved travel guide and hotel directory. We combine editorial-grade writing, verified reviews, and a marketplace of stays and experiences, so every trip starts with the right context.
1,200+
Destinations covered
48k
Hotels indexed
2.4M
Reviews moderated
186
Countries on the map
Our mission
Make every trip feel less like a transaction.
The travel internet is loud, paid, and largely identical. Gopedia exists to offer the opposite: a calm, hand-built place where stories matter, locals get credit, and a good recommendation is not an ad.
Whether you are booking a heritage hotel in Udaipur, planning a Spiti road trip, or just reading about a town you may never visit, we want every minute spent here to feel like time well spent.
What we do
Six things, done well.
Destination guides
Hand-curated long-form guides for every place we cover, written by people who lived there, not scraped.
Hotel directory
48,000+ stays compared on price, photos, and verified guest reviews.
Experiences & packages
Vetted attractions and end-to-end packages from trusted travel companies.
Community & reviews
TripAdvisor-grade reviews and Reddit-style discussions for honest, real-world advice.
Plan-a-trip concierge
Free planning chat with local experts in 18 cities. No commission, no upsell.
Maps & offline access
Pinch-to-zoom maps and offline guides, because mountains do not have wifi.
Our principles
Three rules that have not changed since 2018.
01
Travel writing should feel like travel.
No SEO sludge, no generic listicles. Every guide is written by someone who has actually been there.
02
Honest beats optimized.
We would rather lose a click than recommend a place we do not believe in. Sponsorships are always disclosed.
03
The local always wins.
From homestays in Spiti to family-run kitchens in Pondicherry, small operators get the same shelf space as global chains.
Our timeline
From 200 readers to 4.2M.
2018
Started as a travel newsletter for 200 readers.
2020
Launched gopedia.com with 47 destination guides.
2022
Crossed 1M monthly readers, opened the hotel directory.
2024
Series B raised. Added experiences & packages marketplace.
2026
1,200+ destinations, 48k hotels, 4.2M travelers worldwide.
The team
People behind the place.
Tenzin Dolma
Head of Editorial
Marcus Wirth
Head of Product
Priya Sharma
Hotels Partnerships
Verified reviews
Every review checked for authenticity. No paid placements.
Editor-curated
Each guide written by people who have actually been there.
Independent
We do not sell your data. We do not run pop-ups. We do not have to.
Get in touch
Partner, pitch, or just say hi.
Tour operator, hotelier, or writer with a great story? We would love to hear from you.