Sharing thoughts and experience...

I have been in Bangalore for 7 years now and I need to visit Kumbakonam (my native) at least 4 times a year for the last few years.  I have tried multiple route to my native and thought of sharing them here. Bangalore - Salem - Namakkal - Musiri - Trichy - Tanjore - Kumbakonam This has been my main route till 2012.  It is 4-lane till Namakkal and you have to cut through Namakkal to catch the Trichy road.  Namakkal to Trichy via Musiri is not the best road for low hung cars.  The condition of the road is unpredictable as the road top layer goes off quite often because of the heavy sand lorry traffic.  Trichy to Tanjore is a nice four lane road.  Tanjore to Kumbakonam road cuts through many town and villages and the 40 odd kms will take more than one hour to cover.  Road condition is also not good.  Total kms will be around 430-440 from Bangalore to Kumbakonam in this route.  It will take about 8 to 9 hours for the travel. Bangalore - Krishnagiri - Thiruvannamalai - Panruti - Neyv

By end of March,  we, family of three friends were planning for a trip.  To avoid travelling in multiple cars, we were on a lookout for a bigger car which can accommodate all three families.  We preferred self drive cars than the taxis/cab just to avoid giving one seat to the cab driver.  We got to know about ZoomCars during that time. Though we could not use Zoom's service at that time, I have been a regular visitor to zoom's website (zoomcar.in) on a regular basis.  My desire to rent a car from Zoom has grown with time and finally got a chance to rent one in May.  Zoom offered a mouth watering discount for my first booking and I booked the car the next day after seeing the email. I have rented Vento and City so far and I am a happy customer of Zoom Cars.  Vehicles were available on time and the condition of vehicles were also good.  Looking forward to try some more zoom cars in the future. Pros : Renting process is simple and straight forward.  All online, very less