The travel pioneer thinks that travel, especially solo travel for the average Indian woman, is less about visiting a place, ticking off the sightseeing spots or taking selfies. Sajna is the administrator of 22 WhatsApp groups with 300 members each and uses social media to promote and finalise travel plans. Her main source of travellers is the agency’s eponymous Facebook group which has 11,000 members. As part of this, her company will sponsor short two-day trips for travel enthusiasts to promote offbeat destinations in return for blog and video posts online. Another association is the travel fellowship Prayaana. Appooppanthaadi has tied up with Responsible Tourism Mission Kerala, the state government’s mission to promote sustainable travel. The members of the trip could be volunteering their time for anything––from teaching language skills to coding to the locals. A ‘give-back-to-the-community’ trip that involves volunteering in a village is on the cards. I never thought I would start a travel company that would come so far,” says the techie who quit her job in Technopark in Thiruvananthapuram to pursue her passion for travel.Īlso read: India’s first and only chain of observatories, Starscapes, is busy creating sparkling astronomy experiences across the countryĪs the travel company hits the 400th tour milestone this year, Sajna wants to give back to society. It has been my dream to travel the world. Our bedtime stories were often about his travels. “He would save money to treat me with sweets, savouries, local garments and photographs. Sajna’s wanderlust started when her father, a truck driver, brought home goodies and postcards from his peregrinations. I thought it was the right time to start this travel agency as a side hustle,” she remembers. “I posted the fun parts of the trip on social media and inquiries started flooding in. Sajna’s best memory is about how it all started-the maiden trip to Rosemala in the Kollam district with eight women. Another first for her travel company is its first international trip slated for this year. In the last seven years, 4,300 women have travelled across India, thanks to the decision made eight years ago. The 36-year-old Sajna, a mother to a two-month-old baby girl, aims to celebrate the travel company’s 400th trip milestone before the year is out. This June, she completed the 398th professionally-organised trip of her travel agency named Appooppanthaadi. Instead, she went solo, came back home to Kerala and started a women-only travel group. Her story starts way back in 2014 when she and a few friends planned a weekend trip from Thiruvananthapuram to Odisha.

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