Straight answers.

Closer to a planning service that produces confirmed bookings. In Kodagu we work with hosts regularly and confirm with them directly. Elsewhere a coordinator finds and confirms options for you. Every page states which applies.

A coordinator contacts the host with your exact dates and group size and gets a yes or no. We never mark something available on the strength of a calendar alone.

A first reply within five minutes in working hours, and usually a confirmed option the same working day. Long stays and large groups take a day or two because the host has more to weigh.

Not yet. Instant confirmation needs a live availability system we are still building. We would rather be slow and correct than instant and wrong.

We tell you, suggest the closest thing we can genuinely serve, and record the request so it counts towards where we build next. We will not take a booking for a place we do not cover.

Only after availability, the total price and the cancellation terms are confirmed in writing. Online payment is being set up with a licensed payment partner; until then it is settled directly and documented on both sides.

No. Athiti earns a commission from the partner on confirmed bookings. Planning help is free whether or not you book.

Terms are agreed per booking with the host and stated in your confirmation before you pay. A single site-wide policy will be published when online payment goes live.

Message the same thread. Before confirmation, changes cost nothing. After confirmation they follow the terms agreed with that host.

Properties are visited or walked through on video, and photographed by us. We eat at every kitchen before working with it. Drivers' licences, vehicle papers and insurance are seen before any guest travels.

Because we have no verified ones yet. Publishing invented reviews would destroy the only thing this service runs on. They appear when real guests have stayed and consented.

Message your coordinator immediately. We contact the host, and where something is genuinely misrepresented we move you or refund the difference. Partners who repeat it are removed.

Your number is used to answer your request. No marketing list, and hosts see your details only once you approve an option. The full policy is on the privacy page, currently under legal review.

Application, then a visit or verification call, photographs, and agreed rates and house rules. Documents come last, in a secure step. Nothing goes live unvisited or unverified.

A commission on confirmed bookings, agreed in writing during onboarding. The rate is not published on this site yet because Athiti's own records show more than one structure.

Yes. Athiti is one channel, not an exclusive arrangement.

Through the same WhatsApp thread that started your plan. During a live trip you also have an escalation number in your itinerary.

No. We coordinate what happens once you arrive — the stay, the food and the local transport — and we will arrange the pickup from your station or airport.

One follow-up, then we stop. The thread stays open for whenever you come back.