This attitude towards pre-martial sex is starkly in contrast with the reality in India. As a result, unmarried couples wishing to rent a room for a night is largely frowned upon. Enter startups like StayUncle and, more recently, OYO Rooms, with its launch of ‘Relationship Mode’ on its platform.
It has taken steps to remove the tag – ‘No hotel rooms for unmarried couple’ for some of its hotels. On OYO Rooms Relationship Mode, you get to see only those listed hotels that are welcome to unmarried couples. These hotels allow unmarried couples even with local IDs to check in without any hassles.