Company Retreat Planner

# Trip Planning for August 2025

## Scenario:
- 4 days break
- 8 people
- Self-driving

## Ideal Conditions
- Mountain Hikes
- Cold weather
- Boating
- Affordable accommodations
- Close to Bangalore
- Cool downtown areas
- Fairly priced food

## Possible Destinations
- Ooty
- Wayanad
- Conoor
- Yercaud
- Munnar

## Destination Breakdown

### Ooty

__Pros__
- Relatively close
- Nice cold weather
- Boating opportunities
- Nice downtown area

__Cons__
- Expensive accommodation
- Limited food options

### Wayanad

__Pros__
- Fairly price accommodation
- Nice downtown area

__Cons__
- No boating
- Far from Bangalore
- Very cold and raining all the time
- Bad food options

### Conoor

__Pros__
- Affordable accommodation
- Good boating options
- Mountain hikes

__Cons__
- Bad downtown scenes
- Bad food options

### Yercaud

__Pros__
- Nice cold weather
- Good boating options
- Good food
- Affordable accommodation
- Close to Bangalore

__Cons__
- No mountain hikes

### Munnar

__Pros__
- Affordable accommodations
- Decent weather

__Cons__
- Far from Bangalore
- No hiking
- No good food

__Outcome:__ After discussion, we finalised Coonoor as the destination.

## Itinerary

### Day 1
- Drive to Conoor
- Rest
- Camp fire dinner

### Day 2
- Hike mountains
- Rest
- Camp fire dinner

### Day 3
- Boating
- Shopping in downtown
- Rest
- Mountain Party 

### Day 4
- Visit famous breakfast spot
- Lunch
- Drive back to Bangalore

## Budget for 8
- __Accommodation__: $1000
- __Fuel__: $250
- __Boating__: $300
- __Hiking__: $250
- __Food__: $300
- __Shopping__: As per need

## Conclusion
A 4-day trip to Conoor will cost roughly $300/person which will include boating and hiking along with food, transportation and accommodation.