TRAVEL

Travel is back, but it has changed forever. People are more flexible about where they live and work, and that is a permanent shift.

I was 17, traveling across India, and every budget hotel was a gamble. Dirty sheets, broken AC, cockroaches. I thought, what if every cheap hotel room was actually clean and predictable? That question became OYO.

New York to London in 3.5 hours. That is not a luxury — it is a productivity tool for anyone whose time is worth more than the ticket price.

Being a digital nomad isn’t a lifestyle choice. It’s an investing strategy. I see markets that Bay Area VCs never visit.

Travel is the largest consumer category in the world. People will cut spending on almost everything before they cut spending on experiences.