Your city is a
skill. It's time
to get paid for it.
Turn your free time into income. Show travellers the city you've always known — on your schedule, at your pace. No degree required. No fixed hours. Just you and the place you call home.
Who can become
a host
No tour guide licence. No hospitality degree. Travlink hosts are real people — students, professionals, homemakers, retirees — who know their city deeply and have time to share it.
College students
Host on weekends and holidays. Earn without affecting studies. Apply skill bonuses for languages you speak.
Working professionals
Host on weekends and public holidays. Your professional knowledge and language skills earn you extra.
Homemakers
Host during the day while the family is out. Build a real income stream on your own schedule.
Retired individuals
Stay active, social, and earning. Your life experience in the city is your greatest asset here.
Freelancers & creatives
Fill gaps in your schedule with hosting bookings. Flexible by design, just like your work.
Transparent. Fair. Yours.
Every Travlink host starts at the same guaranteed base rate. Prove additional skills and your hourly rate increases — permanently.
Guaranteed from your very first booking. No negotiation. No waiting period.
You keep 100% of what tourists pay you. Travlink charges ₹0.
Four steps to your
first Booking.
The whole process takes under a week. Most hosts complete verification in 2–3 days and are live and accepting tourists within 5 days of applying.
Apply online — takes 10 minutes
Fill out the host application with basic details about yourself, your city, your availability, and the kinds of experiences you'd love to offer.
Free to applyBackground verification
We run a standard government ID-based background check. This keeps the Travlink community trusted. Typically completed within 48 hours.
Fast turnaroundSubmit your skill proofs
Share proof of any skills that qualify for the ₹100 bonus: degree certificates, language proficiency, culinary training, and more.
+₹100 per skillComplete training & go live
A short online training covering guest safety, great hosting practices, and how the platform works. Your profile goes live the same day.
Profile live same dayMore than money.
Much more.
Hosting isn't just a side gig. It's a way to build connections, credibility, and a growing income — all on your own terms.
Guaranteed base rate from day one — and it only goes up.
Real income, flexible hours
Earn ₹500+ per hour on your own schedule. Host on weekends, mornings, holidays — whenever you're free. No minimum hours, no maximum.
Meet people from across the world
Every tourist you host comes from a different city, culture, or country. Build genuine connections you'd never make in your daily life.
Show off the city you love
You're not following a script. You share what you genuinely love — your favourite lane, the best chai stall, the sunset spot no one knows.
Build a reputation that grows
Every great booking earns a review. Top-rated hosts get featured, attract more tourists, and unlock priority placements as we grow.
Verified badge — instant credibility
Your Travlink Verified badge signals trust to every tourist browsing. It's a signal that you've been checked, trained, and endorsed.
Your rate grows as you do
Each approved skill permanently raises your hourly rate. The upcoming Upgrade Tiers system will create new earning levels for top hosts.
The more you host,
the more you earn.
We're building a tier system where hosts who go above and beyond are rewarded with permanently higher base rates, priority bookings, and featured placements. Register now — your bookings today count toward your tier from day one.
What our hosts
say about it.
"I had every Sunday free. I started hosting Travlink tourists six months ago. Now I earn more on Sunday than I used to earn in a full work week."
"I speak French and have a history degree. Travlink verified both. My rate went up to ₹700 per hour from day one. I've now hosted tourists from 12 countries."
"I retired two years ago and felt like the city I'd spent 30 years in was slipping away from me. Travlink gave me a reason to go out, meet people, and be useful again."
Your city has been
your best skill
all along.
Apply in 10 minutes. Be verified in 48 hours. Start earning from your very first booking — at ₹500/hr minimum, with no upper limit on what your skills and reputation can build.