M
Manisha
Co-founder
The long story
Tag Along didn't start with a business plan. It started with a wish: to help people experience Sikkim beyond the package-tour route.
We began as a tourism consulting firm, trying to nudge travel in Sikkim away from the usual package circuit. Our first experiment was Ride the Silk — a product built around experience, not itinerary.
Around 2016, we kept meeting travellers in Gangtok who wanted something simple: a place that was affordable, clean, transparent and less formal than a hotel. We also wanted a space where the connections built on the road could keep going after check-in.
That small need became Tag Along.
"The best parts of travel are never planned."
— House motto, painted somewhere by the stairs
Where it began
Tag Along started as a tourism consulting firm, with the simple wish to help people experience Sikkim differently from the standard package route.
Ride the Silk
The first experiential travel product. A way to see the region through stories, people and roads less mapped.
A gap in Gangtok
Around 2016, we noticed travellers needed a place that was affordable, clean, transparent and less formal than a hotel.
More than a bed
What began as accommodation became a shared space where travellers, locals, artists and new Gangtok residents could meet, learn and connect.
Gigs, workshops, events
These grew organically from the relationships in the room — not from a marketing plan.
An urban community space
Today Tag Along is a place of sharing, learning, connecting and growing. Long stays and Tag Along 2.0 are a growing part of that story.
Co-founder
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We take longer than we should. It's usually worth it.
Neighbours before suppliers. Recipes before menus.
The living room belongs to whoever's in it.
Nine beds. We know your name by dinner.
We're on the quiet side of Development Area, below the High Court. Follow the smell of roasting coffee — or ask anyone in the neighbourhood.
12 Development Area Road,