With care

For a woman travelling alone.

Late from the airport, home after a dinner, across the city on business: what the house does so that a woman travelling alone does not have to think about the car at all.

I

Named before he arrives

The evening before, the name and photograph of your sarathi and the number of the car reach you in writing. The car that arrives is that car; the man at the door is that man. If either is different, do not step in — call the house.

II

Two people in front, never one

A driver drives; the sarathi rides beside him and hosts. You are never alone in a car with one stranger, and the seat beside the driver is never yours to be asked into. The cabin behind is yours entirely.

III

Someone of yours, kept informed

Name a sister, a friend, a colleague: they receive the car, the sarathi and the live journey when it begins, and a word when you are inside your door. Nothing is sent to them before the car is on its way.

IV

What makes any washroom yours

Say "a stop" and your sarathi chooses the best place on the route — a hotel, a mall, a well-kept fuel stop — and tells you which before he turns in. The house does not keep those places, so it carries what it can answer for: in the seat pocket, a sealed comfort pouch — a toilet-seat spray, disposable covers, a hygienic standing-use funnel, wipes, a hand sanitiser, pads, tampons and liners, a discreet bag — replaced once opened. He waits at the car, within sight of the door.

V

Women sarathis, in training

The house is training women sarathis now; see what is coming. Until they are on the road, ask on the reservation and the house tells you honestly, before you confirm, what it can arrange.

VI

Seen to the door

At night the car waits until you are inside and the light is on. The sarathi does not leave the kerb before.

What the house never does

Never a stop you did not ask forNo errand, no fuel, no second passenger, no "my friend will ride along".
Never a word out of placeNo questions about where you live or who you are meeting; the conversation is yours to begin.
Never a route you did not agreeIf the road changes, the sarathi tells you why before he turns.
Never a door leftAt night, the car waits until you are inside.

Reserve your carSay "travelling alone" in the note; the house takes it from there.

Questions guests ask

Is it safe for a woman to take a chauffeur alone in Mumbai with Unlyra?
Every sarathi and driver is police-verified, named to you with a photograph the evening before, and the car is the one written on your confirmation. Two people sit in front — a driver and a host — so you are never alone with one stranger, and someone of yours can follow the journey live.
Can I ask for a woman sarathi?
The house is training women sarathis now. Ask on the reservation and it tells you honestly, before you confirm, what it can arrange for your journey.
Where do you stop if I need a washroom?
At the best place on the route — a hotel, a mall or a well-kept fuel stop — chosen by your sarathi and named to you before he turns in. The house does not keep those places and cannot vouch for them, so every car carries a sealed comfort pouch: a toilet-seat spray, disposable seat covers, a hygienic standing-use funnel, wipes, a hand sanitiser and a woman’s essentials, replaced once opened.
Can my family follow the journey?
Name someone on the reservation. They receive the car, the sarathi and the live journey when it begins, and a word when you are home.

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