Given below are some important hot-line numbers of India which can be useful for anybody in India: Emergency Services Police - 100 Ambulance - 102 Fire - 101 Telephone Enquiry - 197 International Direct Dialing - 0-02 International Airports New Delhi - 2565021 Mumbai - 26156600 Kolkatta - 25119977 Chennai - 2560289 Airlines Indian Airlines - 1600 180 1407 Jet Airways - 1600 22 5522 Spice Jet - 1600 180 3333 Indian Railway General - 131 Reservation - 132 Arrival - 133 Travel & Holidays Club Mahindra - 1600 33 4539 Cox & Kings - 1600 22 1235 Kerala Tourism - 1600 444 747 Kumarakom Lake Resort - 1600 44 5030 Hotel Reservations GRT Grand - 1600 44 5500 Intercontinental Hotels - 1600 111 000 Marriott - 1600 22 0044 Taj Holidays - 1600 111 825 The list is not exhaustive, please feel free to add anything else.
When looking at the list I think people will be surprised at the top one, the emergency services numbers as I think in most countries people would just be used to dialing the one number for requesting any of those services.
A fantastic list of information that would have helped me enormously the first time I went to India. Many thanks, I will take that to add to my list. I would be greatly interested if there are any general tourist helplines or organisations who can offer advice to tourists about travel and hotel arrangements throughout the country. If anyone has any numbers for that sort of organisation, could they share them please ?
Well this is a good list and it was very clever of you to share this with us. I think that sometimes we think of everything and forget the most important things – these numbers – we have to be prepared for everything so we can have the best vacations ever. As always your posts are very helpful, so appreciate my friend!
This is perfect. It's one of those things that sometimes I neglect to think of until I need it (which is dangerous and kind of silly, I know!) so this is a great resource. Honestly, I think I would just print it out and keep a copy in my passport and in my suitcase. I keep my passport on me at all times when I travel, so it would just give me some peace of mind to know that I would have a contact number for whatever urgent situation I might be facing when traveling.
I think people don't prepare enough and carry numbers like these around because they don't want to think about something going wrong. A lot of the time you won't need the numbers of the emergency services or your countries local embassy but it's always better to have them and not need them than find yourself in a position were you do need them and not have them.
Seriously, you wouldn't belive how many stories there are out there about people needing this numbers but not having them and then getting into some real trouble. Everyone all over the world, should always have all the important numbers written in his phone, or possibly in his head. Especially if you are traveling to a foreign country like India. This is a worldwide problem that should somehow get resolved.
Another suggestion would be to keep a copy of the numbers in their wallet or purse? You very rarely go anywhere without taking that with you so that's another option just in case you don't want to keep them in your phone?
Also you could probably look if there are any apps out there that have all the phone numbers you need, so you don't have to get your contacts messy with so much different numbers. But still, it's always the best option to have the most important ones like police, ambulance and firefighters to keep on speed-dial. You never really now when you will need one, and when you do, even a second can cost someone his life. Having numbers on a piece of paper or something and keeping them in your wallet is not a bad idea, but I just simply think that you should be more prepared in case any of those type of situations come up.
Keeping the numbers in your phone or on an app is a good idea, I'm just thinking about network coverage and if there's any time that you can't use your phone the numbers can be backed up in your wallet or purse in a paper format. Either way, we agree that having access to these numbers is important when travelling and no matter where you keep them, they could turn out to be invaluable.
I usually just save things in the notes section of my iPhone, that way even if I don't have an internet connection I can still access that information with no worries!
Ok then...What if your battery dies? Haha...seriously though, like I said, keeping the numbers in your phone is good idea but I'd also prefer to have a hard copy on me aswell just in case you did lose your phone or something happened to it.
I think when it comes to travelling it is easy to forget the small details as we may think about the big things and not pay attention to these sorts of things and having these numbers even written down, will be useful if you need assistance and can use it if needed. It is important to keep these numbers in a safe place as the phone could lose battery power, especially if you are in an area where there is no charging source and the police number is useful if something goes wrong or need assistance. These numbers could save people the stress they go through when they are needing help, and hope people do note the numbers down so that they will not be searching the numbers when they are in the country.
A big part of travelling is being prepared for all situations, and these numbers will go a long way in helping towards that. Going to a country with the numbers will be a lot easier than trying to find them out when your actually already over there.
