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On A Mission To Replace Your Plastic Water Bottles!

It’s a given that you should be drinking lots of water a day.

Especially given air-conditioned offices, it becomes even more important to remember to drink – and have a bottle handy that’s easy to refill and keep sipping from. And from what we’ve seen, everyone uses plastic bottles! We don’t like those at all.

Why? Read this. Or take a look at this. Clearly, even recycling is NOT a solution. It has to be stopped at the source of the demand – consumption!

So we decided to do something about it. You’ve already seen we’ve been using these at our properties. They’re pretty popular too – many a guest has asked if they could take one home 🙂

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Bottled Water – Linger Style

We have now decided we’ll do the same for howmanyever offices we can do it for across Bangalore. Yes, we’ll find great looking bottles, clean them thoroughly, make them look smart (see the sticker choices below) and send them over – complimentary!

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All you need to do is to FILL the form below, and we’ll do the rest. The bottles will be delivered to your office within a few days, complimentary! Do send us a pic or two with the bottles at your desks, of course 🙂

 

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Surfing at Gokarna. Even for Beginners!

We’re always looking for local stories and fun things to do around our places. On our last trip to Gokarna a few days ago, look what we found!

Yep, there’s a surfing school in the neighbourhood. And Sandeep of Cocopelli is a passionate young man who’s been living around there for a decade teaching a bunch of local kids what he loves most – surfing!

They also do sessions for those willing to go learn surfing – starting with “Try It” sessions. you’d typically need a course of 3-4 sessions of a couple of hours each over a weekend to get somewhere. Kids 9 and above are allowed, and they do not merely rent surfboards unless you’re a regular, experienced surfer. Prices for a session start at approx 1000/- with all the kit (board, an upper-body rash protection suit, etc) and training. Sandeep is confident that he can guarantee anyone will learn to surf in the duration of the course.

It’s doable even in this season, when the water’s a little rough. They’ll advise you on when it’s safe.

Even getting to his place in the monsoon was an awesome experience – check this out 🙂 (Yup, that water that you see is the path)

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So the next time you wanna come Linger, do check out this option. Let us know, we’ll connect you with Sandeep and you’ll return with a tan, fun memories and a lot more!

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The Kind of Payment That Lifts Your Spirits

We were having a pretty crappy day at work – catching up with account sheets and realizing how bad the rising costs over the last 6+ months have hit margins. It’s not a great feeling to need to consider raising prices again, and wonder if the already slow market will slow down more.

And while you’re doing suchlike, a surprise gift like the one arrives, totally lifting your spirits and reminding you why you’re really doing this in the first place, and the numbers will work out, eventually, so don’t worry 🙂

 

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The earth laughs in flowers

Poornima, a guest who had been to Linger at Bavikodla, Gokarna and sketched it while there shared this with us. We’re delighted, amazed, and very touched. This is the other kind of rewards doing Linger has – and keeps us determined to keep going.

“‘The earth laughs in flowers‘ and so shall you…the mystical flower power, so petite fragile yet so vibrant and colourful! Doodle trip — with Anita in Gokarn, Karnataka. made this picture during my stay at Bavikodla with my sister. It was wonderful thank you.”

Poornima – thank you! For making our day, and making it easier for us to ride over the bumps and still enjoy the journey. See you Lingering soon again….

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Entrepreneurs, your need vacations too. And a break.

Entrepreneurs are tireless doers. They need a do-nothing break too.

If you’re running a bootstrapped startup, let us know – we have a soft corner for you 🙂

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Of course, its 2 days of no connectivity, clear thinking, and a total recharge. Trust us, it helps!

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In Support of Indian Authors – One Pick A Month At Our Libraries

 

As many of you guys already know, we love buying books and each Linger location has a library – it goes very well with the idea of a relaxed, do nothing vacation along with endless cups of tea and quiet pretty places!

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More recently, we’ve been loving how a new wave of Indian authors are getting comfortable writing in a style that’s comfortable, not necessarily targeted at an audience abroad in content and style, and is also being picked off the (virtual?) shelves and read a lot. Indeed, our bookshelves themselves have quite a few of these.

So we thought we should formally support this and help more Indian authors be read by even more folks.

Here’s how. Every month, we’ll ask for recommendations on our Facebook page and Twitter feed for one Indian author, and based on what people popularly want, pick a few copies for our libraries. Our little bit through this will hopefully help at least 12 authors being read by a large set of people who visit our places every year!

So head over and suggest something 🙂