hserus

thank you for the reply.

yes I am south indian who used to live in Delhi and I have decent Hindi so I can kind of make my way through in a pinch.

I may end up staying with relative or a friend. Unfortunately there does not seem to be late night flights out of DEL to MAA as there is from BOM. I am told it is fairly easy to connect from BOM these days with plenty of late night connections for the domestic leg and one does not have to wait until the next morning.

The only reason I am connecting in DEL is because on our return we intend to stay a couple of days in Delhi and Continental offered convenient schedules and reasonable fares during summer time.

For several years I have avoided both BOM and DEL connections and flown directly to MAA whenever possible. This time is an exception.

I checked online and it seems there is a Hotel Star right next to Radisson near the airport costing around INR2000 but I have no idea how good or bad

A few years ago, foolishly I booked one of those hotels near Mumbai airport that offered airport pick up and drop in Andheri E and when I got there it was just horrible. Filthy to say the least. That is the reason I am wary of these airport hotels

thks again

hsubbu