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Help (FAQ) - Frequently Asked Questions

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Welcome to our helpdesk. Here are some help articles and frequently asked questions about this website.

What is Trayaan?

Trayaan is essentially our travel blog, a collection of our travel stories with details and useful information about the places and destinations we've been to. In addition to that, we also provide you with handy maps, tips and other details to help you visit that place.

We also give you useful travel tips based on our own travel experiences. We also blog about all things travel and photography in our perspectives and photography sections.

How can I find information about places and destinations?

Typically, the information about any place or destination is included in our travel stories. You can use the Jump Links in the travel story posts or articles to navigate within that post or article.

Travel stories, typically the ones on a place or a destination, will also contain place details and information such as transportation, food, accommodations, maps, tips for travellers, and best times to visit the place, towards the end of such posts or articles.

Visit the Travel Stories section, or the Places and Destinations section, or simply make a search using the search bar on Trayaan, to read more about the place or destination you wish to know more about.

Whatever you find here right now is not something exhaustive. We regularly add new travel stories, destinations, tips, and more. So, bookmark Trayaan.com and keep visiting!

How do I use the Maps?

In our travel articles, we usually include a helpful map for your convenience. Currently, all maps shown on our site use the Google Maps service.

Example Map
Example of a typical map showing the View Details, View Larger Map, and zoom in and out buttons.

You may view more details on the marked places by clicking on the View Details button (the icon at the top-left corner of the map). You can view more details by Zooming in and out using the + and - buttons on the map.

You may choose to open them in a new window by clicking on the View Larger Map button (the icon at the top-right corner of the map), and you may add them to your maps if you're logged into your Google account.

You may also star the map (click on the little star next to the map's title) to view it on Google Maps.

If you have the Google Maps app installed on your smartphone, then clicking the View larger map option may open the map in your app itself (in case it is chosen as the default application. Otherwise, it may open in your mobile browser itself).

You may save the maps for later reference by using the app's Offline features by downloading the areas and include it in your saved offline locations to access it later during your trip. View the Google Maps Help for more details.

How to search for something on this website?

Use our search box which is on every page on this website. On desktop, you can find the search box at both the top and bottom of the each page.

On mobile devices, tap on the search button found on the top-right corner of the top navigation bar to open the search box.

View Search Help & Tips for more help on searching something on Trayaan.

How to use Dark Mode feature?

Well, you don't have to do much. Trayaan will automatically detect your web browser's or your device's dark mode preference. Easy-peasy!

Difference between regular (light) mode and Dark mode. (Examples).


Note: This feature works for browsers or devices that support a dark mode. The method to enable/disable dark mode in your web browser may be different for different devices. Typically, it should follow your device's mode (light or dark) by default, unless you've chosen to override it in your browser's settings. Make sure that you have the latest version of your web browser installed on your device and check your browser's help page to know how to set or unset a dark mode.


How to share an article?

To help you share an article to your social media app or service, we provide some handy share buttons which you can see while you're on any article on Trayaan.

Typically you'll see a few sharing options to some social media services and other options such as email, for example. To see even more sharing options, just click on the share button alongside.

If you're viewing Trayaan on a mobile device then in these more sharing options you'll also see a Share to app button which you can tap on for options to share it to an app or service on your mobile device.


No, they're not. We do not get paid for any mentions or reviews of anything, whether it's a hotel, a device, travel gear, tools, a place, a destination or whatever else. We don't do paid or sponsored articles. All the mentions and reviews are purely based on our travel experiences. More >

Can I use a photo from trayaan.com on my blog/website or somewhere else?

No. Sorry, we cannot authorise or permit the use of our photos on other blogs/websites or anywhere else.

I spotted an error/mistake in an article. How do I report that?

We appreciate your efforts of notifying us by bringing any errors or discrepancies to our knowledge. You can notify us through our Contact Us page, by highlighting and briefly explaining the error and the full link (URL) to that web page on which you spotted that error. The issue will be dealt as soon as possible, and the errors will be corrected after our review.

How can I subscribe to updates from Trayaan? Does Trayaan provide email newsletters?

Yes, we do. You can subscribe to our newsletters by email and get notified when there's something new on Trayaan or whenever we've got something really useful or interesting to share.

View our Newsletter Subscriptions page to subscribe, and for more details about it. Subscribing to our Newsletters by email is one of the best ways to follow our blog and stay updated. There will be no ads, no pesky promotions, and absolutely no spam from us.

Newsletter Subscriptions Help

For help, please view the below sections.


Are these newsletters free?

(or is there a fee?)

Our Email Newsletters are free, that is, there's no fee. It's a no fee, all free, see? In case we provide some premium service or features in the future for a fee, then you may choose to subscribe to such a paid feature, if you want to. But our free newsletters will always be free and we won't charge anything for that.

How do I Subscribe to the Newsletters?

(or, if you're having trouble subscribing)

To subscribe, head to our Newsletter Subscriptions page or to our Newsletter Archives and enter your email address and click the Subscribe button.

After this you will begin to receive emails from us when we post our next newsletter.


Not receiving our email newsletters after subscription?

If this is the case, then try the following :

  • Check under the Promotions tab in your email service as our email might be found there.
  • If you still don't find our email there, then please check the Spam or Junk folder in your email service and then if you find our email there, open it and then click on "Not Spam" or "Not Junk" options there so that our subsequent emails do not end up there.
  • If you couldn't find our email in either of above folders or anywhere in your email service, go back to our newsletter subscription page and then re-enter your email address and hit subscribe. Please ensure that your email address is entered correctly without mistake. You won't be subscribed if you don't enter your email address correctly. If everything's okay then after you entered your email address and hit the subscribe button, you should see a tick mark in its place and a little Sign Out link below it.

How do I change my subscription e-mail address or unsubscribe from your Newsletters?

Want to unsubscribe or change your subscription e-mail address?

If you wish to change your subscription e-mail address to receive our e-mail newsletters, you have to first unsubscribe your old e-mail address as explained below, and then subscribe again with your new e-mail address.

To unsubscribe, just use the easy unsubscribe link provided in each newsletter email you receive from us. The unsubscribe link can be found at the bottom of each email newsletter that you receive from us.


Which are the supported web browsers?

You can access this website using any modern web browser such as Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Apple Safari, etc., on a variety of devices such as desktops, mobile, or tablets. If you've got the latest version of your web browser then that's all you'll need.

Note to IE / Edge Legacy users : We no longer support Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge Legacy. While some parts of this site may still work fairly on later versions of them, we do not recommend that you use these old legacy browsers anymore. If you're still using these, we recommend that you use a newer modern web browser instead. Microsoft itself doesn't support legacy browsers anymore and recommends to use their newer Microsoft Edge instead.


Anything else?

You can reach us through our Contact us page.