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Our team sincerely asks you to observe our house rules for a harmonious stay...
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE COMING
Check in is available from 1PM to 9PM (Please inform us if you’re planning to arrive after 5 PM). All rooms have to be vacated before 10AM.
Early check in (before 1 PM)) and late checkout (after 10 AM) is subject to availability and may be charged.
All guests must register with ID proof (Aadhar card, Pan Card, voter's card, driver's licence or passport). Foreign nationals including OCI must present their original passport and visa/OCI card.
ADVANCE PAYMENT
Upon receiving your reservation, we will send you an email to confirm your reservation with an advance payment within 24 hours. If we do not receive your advance payment within 24 hours, regrettably we will have to release your reservation.
CANCELLATION POLICY
We apply a 14 days free cancellation policy to all booking. If you cancel in the 14 days before arrival, we will refund the entire advance payment. If you cancel your reservation 14 days or less than 14 days before your reservation, there is no refund.
DOS AND DON’TS IN AUROVILLE
Request an AuroCard upon your registration if you’re planning to stay for some time in Auroville. Only guests staying inside Auroville are eligible to receive an AuroCard. The AuroCard serves as your identity card and is required for visiting Matrimandir and attending many cultural events and classes.
Please observe ‘QUIET TIME’ which is from 10PM to 8AM.
Before retiring to your room, please switch off all the lights and fans in the common area and the corridors.
In case you want to celebrate a personal event, please inform the GG team beforehand.
Keep your valuables in your safe. The guesthouse is not liable to personal losses.
Enjoy the common spaces of the guesthouse. Please inform us if you have personal guests. You’ll need to obtain permission for a group activity. Even if you have permission, please keep in mind that other guests can also use the facilities.
In the shared kitchen, place your food items and personal utensils in your private food cupboard.
The kitchen is available for use by all Gaia’s Garden guests. Do consider others when using this facility and clean the area after use. This will make other guests’ cooking experience equally pleasant as yours.
Segregate your waste:food items and organic waste for compost, clean dirty plastics and other items for recycling.
Help us preserve our garden.
Pets are allowed in Badam Tree with permission.
DON’TS
Smoking is not allowed in the buildings
Consumption of alcohol is not permitted.
Auroville is a drug free zone.Drugs are not tolerated under any circumstances.
Gaia’s Garden’s plants and guests are here for peace and quiet. Loud music or dance parties are not allowed.
Visitors are not allowed after 10:00PM.
Do not invite friends for meals without prior approval.
OTHER THINGS GOOD TO KNOW
There is power backup for lights, fans, and plugs but not for air conditioning.
Free Wi-Fi is available in the common area (dining room, all the terraces) and most rooms.
Free private parking on site.
Gaia’s Garden is gifted with good, sweet water from the ground, which we filter and offer freely to our guests. There’s no need to buy bottled water.
There are no single-use toiletries in your bathroom. We provide carefully sourced artisan Ayurvedic soap and shampoo produced by cottage industry from the Sri Aurobindo Ashram and toilet paper.
We can offer Laundry Service for ₹400+GST per bucket. Upon request, fresh towels can be provided.
Free room cleaning service is twice a week upon request. Additional room cleaning service is ₹400+GST.
Nutritious vegetarian buffet lunch is available in Auroville at Solar Kitchen and Aurelec.
There are several Auroville-related restaurants, cafes, bakeries a short distance away from Gaia’s Garden. Food delivery is also possible.
The office hours of Gaia’s Garden is from 9AM to 9PM. Please respect the privacy of the Gaia’s Garden team and do not call outside of office hours, except in case of emergency.