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Linger-ing – for our Seniors : A heartfelt offer.

Last week I took my parents to see both our places – and though it was a whirlwind trip, they fell in love with the calm, relaxed environs and the feel of the place. They’ve lived up North all their lives till they moved to Bangalore recently,  but relished the Akki roti, Neer Dosa, the Jeera Kaapi and whatever else our kitchens served them. They’ve promised to be back!

Dad listening intently to Mr.Chandrashekhar explaining Vanilla pollination at Balur Estate

Got us thinking. We think in terms of young families and folks out cycling, trekking and whatever it is we do to take our minds off the daily grind. But the Seniors – who’ve slogged through times that were less certain and more challenging than what we’ve been through – would love to Linger as well.  These are beautiful places, and they have time!

So we want Seniors to Linger a bit.

All Senior Citizens get 50% off for a Mon-Fri stay right through the year (not counting long weekends, the Christmas Vacations and the like). We’ll be happy to have them over and spend some time doing nothing. We’ll even help with travel plans and arrangements. Do spread the word, and ask your dad/mom/aunt/uncle to give us a call at +91-95900-50001 or send us mail at stay@lingerleisure.in

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Farm More Important Things

Right from the time we started work at Chettimani, we wanted to grow food around there – its a very satisfying feeling to be a producer and not merely a consumer. Apart from the coffee, there’s little we have done by way of effort so far. This year, the hope is to change that, and grow some banana, and add more pepper vines, and maybe even some paddy.

Nature’s blessed the place with natural produce – and there’s jackfruit, butterfruit, kaipuli, guavas and a bunch of other stuff with no inputs from our end. It feels awesome to be part of such a fertile, green, productive place.

If any of you would like to come over and get involved in any farm related work, let us know. Its a joy we’d love to share.

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With love, for and from the World Champions!

The Indian Cricket Team, as of course you know by now, has given us much to cheer and much to be proud of. They’ve also been rewarded handsomely – and many have suggested they could do something nice and generous with some of this.

Linger extends an opportunity to the Indian Cricket Team to both enjoy their rewards, and have the cake as well! We welcome them to take a nice do-nothing break at our properties, and we’ll donate 100% of the proceeds to deserving charities!

Dhoni and co,  for once, come over and do nothing, whenever you decide to take a break from your tiring schedules 🙂

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A Year of Lingering

Linger will complete a year of hosting its first formal guests around the 15th of March! Its a journey thats been fun – we met lots of interesting people, added another property, and played host to a lots many happy memories.

Thanks to folks for spreading the word for us – we depend on you guys to keep us going. In fact, the word of mouth actually helped us get covered in the Outlook Traveller within our first year itself!

We’re of course celebrating. And to do this – all reservations at Chettimani for dates between the 11th and the 25th are at our introductory prices that folks paid in March last year!

We just love to see folks Linger ….

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Doing nothing on the Saddle

One of the most amazing ways to spend pleasant, lazy mornings is pretty places is on a bicycle. It keeps the peace, its healthy and helps you breathe in the clean air, it works up an appetite and you get to see a lot more of the place, up close – especially on the smaller trails off the roads. Its also a lovely way to spend some time with your own thoughts, catch up with the local sights, sounds, people and get a good endorphin rush first up in the morning.

Linger destinations are a dream come true for bikers, and we encourage all our guests to do short rides, at least. Chettimani is in an undisturbed area with tarmac, off-roads, and then there’s the Talacauvery climb to challenge most. Balur Estate has 26 kms of jeep roads inside the estate itself – and there’s 2 lakes to find, lots of hills to climb. Both places also offer excellent routes and roads to go do long rides if thats your thing. Our places have bikes now – MTBs – and we’ll be a adding a few more.

If you plan to take your own bikes there for some serious riding, you’ll surely have a lot of fun there. Do let us know if you need to borrow a bike rack. There’s a pump there so you’re all set!

Get on that saddle and ride!