Tariff / Fare for season 2025-26 (Ending in April 2026)

The Cube Construction Engineering Limited in association with Easy Toll Solutions Private Limited, presents the Palace on wheels ticket price structure for 2025-26 (Ending in April 2026) under the following terms and conditions:

Category Sept. 2025 & April 2026 (Per Night) Oct. 2025 to March 2026 (Per Night)
Presidential Suite (Per Cabin) USD 3223 USD 3510
Super Deluxe (Per Cabin) USD 2629 USD 2748
Single Occupancy (Per Pax) USD 1328 USD 1501
Double Occupancy (Per Pax) USD 864 USD 976

Category Sept. 2025 & April 2026 (Per Night) Oct. 2025 to March 2026 (Per Night)
Presidential Suite (Per Cabin) INR 2,64,300 INR 2,87,800
Super Deluxe (Per Cabin) INR 2,15,600 INR 2,25,300
Single Occupancy (Per Pax) INR 1,08,900 INR 1,23,100
Double Occupancy (Per Pax) INR 70,800 INR 80,000


  • GST as applicable shall be charged extra.
  • 10% additional shall be charged on the trips having Christmas and New Year.
  • Children up to the age of 5 years will be complimentary; however, it will be in the same cabin.
  • Tariff will be charged for the children aging above 5 years but less than 12 years @50% provided they sharing the accommodations with the adult.
  • One cabin has occupancy of 2 adult Pax only, additional mattress can be provided for infants or child below 12years based on policy.
  • The Tariff in Indian currency is fixed for the guests having valid Indian Nationality proof i.e., Valid Indian passport & OCI card holders (valid proof for the same need to be submitted at the time of booking in case of any variance in the documents than Dollar rate would be applicable).
  • Operator, under information to RTDC reserves the right to revise the tariff at any time without any prior intimation.

Terms & Conditions:-

Booking & Payment Procedure

  • 25% of the ticket value against advance at the time of booking along with the list of guests/Pax and their passport scanned soft copies.
  • Balance payment 60 days prior to the departure date.
  • If the balance payment is not made at least 60 days prior to the departure date, a penalty of 12% interest will be applied.
  • In case of bookings made within 60 days prior to departure date then 100% payment shall be deposited to the authorized O&M operator along with the booking details.
  • The rate of exchange prevailing on the date of transaction would be applicable as per the RBI. GST as applicable shall be charged extra.
  • Children upto the age of 5 years will be complimentary; however, it will be in the same cabin. Tariff will be charged for the children aging above 5 years but less than 12 years @50% provided they sharing the accommodations with the adult.
  • One cabin has occupancy of 2 adult pax only, additional mattress can be provided for infants or child below 12years based on policy.
  • The Tariff in Indian currency is fixed for the guests having valid Indian Nationality proof i.e., Valid Indian passport & OCI card holders (valid proof for the same need to be submitted at the time of booking in case of any variance in the documents than Dollar rate would be applicable).

Cancellation Rules for Deduction of amount-

  • 10% of ticket value shall be deducted on cancellation between 120 to 90 days before the travel date.
  • 25% of ticket value shall be deducted on cancellation between 89 to 60 days before the travel date.
  • 50% of the ticket value shall be deducted on cancellation around 59 to 30days before the travel date.
  • No refund shall be admissible in case the booking is cancelled within 29 days before the departure date.
  • On cancellation of booking Suo-moto by Operator 100% of the fund deposited (without any kind of additional charges/claims) will be refunded.
  • However, Operator will not be liable for any refund or compensation for any services such as pre/post accommodation, airline tickets, and excursions etc. that have been booked by the guest and/or their Travel Agent.
  • Operator, under information to RTDC reserves the right to cancel the tour/trips at any given point of time to whatsoever reasons, 100% of received amount will be refunded in such cases. Operator will review and apprise the agents of such instances 60days prior to departure in case of low occupancy. Operator has the right to cancel the departure upto 30days prior and inform the agents or individuals of such bookings.
  • The minimum occupancy defined is of 50% to run the operations, i.e.17cabins.

Direct Individual / Online Booking and Discount Structure

  • Direct Individual/Online booking on RTDC Operator website is also available for POW. Payment for such bookings shall be charged as per policy.
  • A special offer shall be admissible to each guest on direct individual/online booking.
  • Vouchers of 20$ per day per pax will be provided, which are non-transferable and limited to daily utilization in same tour/trip.
  • No commission to any agent shall be allowed for such bookings.
  • In order to implement a robust and transparent operator booking system effort would be done to book and cancel all tickets online.

Part Journey

  • For the already existing such booking transferred through RTDC will be accommodated by the operator but for the new booking, part bookings will be entertained only on the discretion of the operator based on the occupancy.
  • The new booking will be made only for the full itinerary i.e., 7 nights. In case, any guest leaves en route the start of trip/journey no amount will be refunded or claimed by them in any form as per the policy.

Procedure for Confirmed Bookings

  • In case of all confirmed booking, it shall be confirmed only on deposition of 100% ticket value along with the Passenger List/Passport Scan copy 60 days prior to the travel date. In case, Passenger List/Passport Scan copy 45 days prior to the travel date are not received, booking shall be treated as cancelled and no refund will be admissible.
  • Once the names of the guests have been received, no substitution shall be permitted. The previous name, if changed/removed shall be treated as cancelled booking. The new name(s) will be treated as fresh booking and will be confirmed keeping in view the availability.
  • In case of charter booking offer received for a tour, if less than 20 seats/pax is booked in this tour than Operator can offer an option to GSA/Travel Agents/Individual Traveller. In such case GSA/Travel Agents/individual Traveller shall be provide an option for full refund or amendment/shifting of seats free of cost available in next tours.

No Show/ En Route Termination of Tour

  • No Show: In case of no show/non-arrival of the guest, no refund or adjustment future travel will be possible. The whole amount shall be treated as forfeited. However, under the circumstances like Natural Disaster / Natural Calamity/National Security Events etc. the matter will be favourably considered by the Authorized Operator to the extent of Tourist/Passengers satisfaction as well as their comfort for better luxury travel experience and related promotions.
  • EN Route termination of tour: In Case termination of tour by the guest, for any reasons, no refund or adjustment for future travel will be admissible. The amount for unused portion of the tour shall be treated as forfeited.
  • Operator may declare Special Business Promotion scheme from time to time. Also, there may be changes route/visit plan changes as per the instructions or guidelines received from State Dept/Indian Railway/RTDC/Nominated agencies on the special event dates falling on 26th Jan, 2nd Oct etc. beyond the operator control and management.

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