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Tourists have been providing a living for many Delhi citizens, hotel staff, restaurant owners, shopkeepers, taxi and rickshaw drivers, beggars and even hash-dealers for years. Some will try to benefit from your lack of experience. Double-check all the information; have limited trust in people you have met by chance. It often happens that someone who appears to be helping you for nothing actually works for a travel company. Many of the so-called ‘free tourist information centres’ are tour agencies, looking for business. Taxi and motor-rickshaw drivers, and cycle-rickshaw riders, will charge you double the normal price (and tend to drive around further if the price was not pre-arranged).

You need to bargain for many items in shops and on the street. Restaurants and hotels usually have fixed prices, but check before you commit. Always arrange the price for transport before you set off. Bargain for taxis and rickshaws, whose drivers will try to take you to shops and emporiums. On arrival, allow yourself a day to adjust before making important decisions on travel arrangements or shopping.