For the last six months, Gopal Sharma has spent nearly two days every week at a hotel in his hometown Kolkata. "It is more convenient because I don't have to spend 1.5 hours travelling all the way home to Howrah. Also, taking a cab costs almost the same," says Sharma, who typically books a room between Rs 700 and Rs 1,000. For instance, Akshay Chatur vedi, who lives in Connaught Place, regularly books hotels when his meetings in Gurgaon run late. "I usually have pending work, which I will be too tired to finish by the time I reach, he explains.

Source: Times of India September 24, 2017 01:07 UTC