Zigzag Homestay — Hotel in Agra

As I read the real Reviews and this hostal seems good to stay...But I would like to say something and hostal management have need to knew it... Once a foreigner was walking with direction using Google map to ur hostal at near of idgah crossingand his mobile was not working well...and he was really very confused and worry... That was 8pm and I was travelling to idgah station therefore I had to catch the train to lucknow and in the way of idgah station, since foreigner friend was walking towards sai ki takiya...I was sitted in a auto... Driver stopped the auto and went to him and started conversation with man and than I told him that your destination is so far from here you can't reach by walking even in 1 nd half hour...than driver said to him that he will leave you at hostal by gestures and motions than he stopped an another auto and say him that leave this man at near big bazar and he took 100ra from another auto driver as a commision and said to the foreigner man that this man will leave you at hostal and you give him 500rs...Man was agree with them and went to sit in another auto than I stopped him and said first thing you are paying him much money and there is no guarantee that he will leave you at ur destination or not....But he didn't gave value to my words although I wanted to tell him something more info but he leaved with him......Means. You can understand the auto driver may leave him at big bazar and from there too that's so far from there in night .... You should say to them that use ola or uber in...

We arrived here by train at 6am and Moses and his team were so accommodating. They even let us check in that early! I had called the hostel the night before to see if it was possible to drop off our bags when we arrived so we could go straight to the Taj and he sent me through a pile of helpful information - he told us the best and cheapest way to get to his hostel, sent me the link to pre purchase our Taj tickets so we wouldn’t have to line up, even told us the best cafes for breakfast around the area. They also offer sunset tours around the Taj which unfortunately we didn’t have enough time to do. When it was time to leave again, one of his staff members walked us to our Uber to make sure we found it okay. 10/10 stay, the rooms are basic but clean and perfect for a night or two. The service is excellent and we felt right at home. Thanks again Moses - Maddi, Lianna and Luke

Oh and it’s so close to the Taj Mahal!...

I loved the staff at this hostel! They are truly fun and caring people who attract like-minded travelers. It's a good budget option in a very expensive, touristy city, and they offer a beautiful sunset tour to see the Taj Mahal. That being said there is a lot of improvement to be made to the facilities. For solo women travelers: know that the location is out-of-the-way, down some unpaved roads with few street lights. There's no AC in the rooms (even the staff prefered to sleep in the AC'd common area!) and even with fans blowing hot air around (38+) you wake up sweating. The cleaning of the bathrooms should be more rigorous, and there are a lot of mosquitoes, probably because of the stagnant water in the main hall! But keep making improvements ZIGZAG, you guys have a good...