How Private Villas Add a Charm to Intimate Celebrations

We learned one of the greatest lessons in 2020- gratefulness for every moment of our life. As things start looking a little brighter this time around, we eagerly look forward to celebrating life in itself. It need not be a birthday or occasional party, but the idea of relaxing, taking time off to rejuvenate feels desirable. A cherry on the cake of your celebrations is when you truly make an experience of it. Celebrating in private villas or homes is a step up over hotel rooms or banquet halls because they provide a well-curated experience just for you. And we have many such reasons for you to come, celebrate with SaffronStays…

Unparalleled Privacy 

SaffronStays Arrivée
Unparalleled privacy in spacious villas!

An entire place to yourself, with nobody else to pry on what you do, what you wear or how weirdly you laugh. You can do the embarrassing dance moves by the private pools or flaunt your sporty side on gaming lawns, our private villas near Mumbai, Lonavala, or Alibaug all are equipped with various facilities for guests to choose from. While you enjoy, our chefs and caretakers on site will ensure you get the best hospitality. 

Safe and Sanitised Villas

SaffronStays Horizon 360°
Regularly sanitized villas

It’s become a norm to check on the hygiene standards and practices being followed whenever you book a place for a vacation now. All our private villas and homes are regularly sanitized and keep up with the safety protocols as per the Govt. So be rest assured that your safety is also our concern, that we fully address. 

Intimate Celebrations Stay Intimate

Celebrate with your loved ones!

The premise of having small, intimate gatherings is to only have people that you really want by your side. When booking private villas for wedding-related events, it gives a space and time to personally bond with your people, instead of the rushed hi-hellos and plastered smiles.

With SaffronStays, you can choose an occasion — pre-wedding party, roka, wedding to reception and leave it to us with the arrangements to make it a memorable one for you! Don’t stress over what can go wrong, when you can focus on what to make right- a choice to select private villas for your intimate celebrations. You will cherish your special moments when you exactly remember how happy you felt in them.

Freedom of Choice 

SaffronStays Parnakuti, Nashik
Relax in a way you wish to!

You have a lot of free time on your hands when you are being taken care of by someone else. There’s no worry about what’s cooking for breakfast or lunch, or what tasks need to tick off the routine. In spacious villas, one can have the ‘Me-time’ or ‘Us-time’ as you desire, by the pool, walking on the lawn, playing games, or curl up with a book in a cozy corner. You have the flexibility to spend your time as you want, something that you cannot do at your own home at times. That essence of being free of restrictions or responsibilities even for a day or two is so engrossing.

The Foodie Experience

Farm-to-Table food experience
Farm-to-Table food experience at Sanvina Farms

The food you eat during your vacation is also very much a part of your memories. How many times have Dal Makhni or Chicken Masala Curry from fancy hotels tasted distinctly different? But when you’re staying at private villas like ours, where chefs have their own specialties infused with local tastes, food also becomes part of an experience. Have a preference for veg-only homes? We got that too! From coastal style curries at beachside homes in Alibaug, to farm-to-table experiences at private villas in Karjat, your stay with us also serves you some delectable dishes.

Home For Every Vibe Tribe  

SaffronStays Over The Valley, Mahabaleshwar

What is your vibe for celebrations? Taking a nature’s retreat, cousins’ reunion, family staycation, work with a view, girls getaway or occasions — we have luxurious private homes that match it. Wake up to sunrise views over mountain valleys at beautiful villas in Lonavala or to the sound of sea waves by staying at a beach-facing private villa in Alibaug, go organic farming in rustic homestays around Mumbai or plan a workation from WiFi-equipped private homes. We have pet-friendly homes around Mumbai and Pune, so a getaway with your pooch, why not? 

Celebrate You! 

Kamal Farms by the River, Karjat
SaffronStays Kamal Farms by The River, Karjat

Last, but not least — celebrate you for being you! We all have seen difficult times, dealt with extra pressure, crumbled even but here we are again. Owe up to that, to give yourself a celebration you deserve. With the whole place to yourself in private villas, you need not have a show-and-tell, but a quiet celebration of just your family. Go all out with your favorite playlist or elusively finish that self-help book that you’ve been putting away.

Be grateful to you, your loved ones, celebrate life with SaffronStays, and let us be the gracious hosts to add the feathers on your party hats! 

Plan a Workation- The New Travel Trend!

In adapting to the new normal of working from home, a lot of people aced it with remote working. Complementing their professional life, people added personal feats of traveling by working from a vacation or the buzz word these days ‘Workations’. Workation in simplest terms means a working vacation; You unwind after finishing work. Now, with fears looming over of another possible lockdown, the search for workation destinations in and around the city spikes up. A workation with family by your side, where you get busy on your work tasks in the day and switch up to play later on has the perks of a work-life balance we all hope to achieve.

A workation with family needs to be thoroughly planned to address the comforts of every family member, those who have to work and those who don’t. At the same time, ensuring privacy, following safety protocols, and hospitality that takes care of everyone will make it an enjoyable experience.

Easy Guide to Plan a Workation

Choosing a Safe Location

It’s imperative to choose a safe location considering the COVID-19 situation. While a lot of you may dream of working from the hills, the government has now made COVID tests mandatory for several states. So pick a place that is nearby and follows all safety and social distancing protocols. 

Strong Network Connectivity

One of the pre-requisites of fixing upon a workation destination is a stable internet connection and cell reception. A place with good WiFi and regular electricity will enable a smoother work process. It is wise to choose a private villa vis-a-vis a hotel, where there will be a lot of people chancing upon the free internet connection. 

Destination With Activities to Do

A home with a pool, large lawns, gardens or near the beach ensures rejuvenation activities once the laptop shuts down. So pick a place that facilitates your unwinding away from any devices. 

SaffronStays Horizon 360°, Mahabaleshwar
SaffronStays Horizon 360 °, Mahabaleshwar

If you want your workation to be wrapped in close arms of nature, then SaffronStays Horizon 360° in Mahabaleshwar opens up to infinity views of the surrounding green valley. This chic 3-bedroom villa provides a refreshing stay with a cool breeze from the thicket of trees around. The home’s striking feature allows you to catch both sunrise and sunset from its spacious balconies. You can take the kids boating in the Venna lake just a kilometer away, or to the Mapro garden (30 mins drive) and have a workation trip.

Guaranteed Privacy

SaffronStays Kenzen, Alibaug
SaffronStays Kenzen, Alibaug

Choosing a private villa ensures the whole place is to yourself and enough social distancing from the crowds. There’s no worry of you disturbing someone, or vice-versa when you are sitting outdoors. Like, if you choose SaffronStays Kenzen, you can sit all day long in the greener courtyard or find a spot under any tree as your workstation. Wind up with a book or play a game of badminton in the spacious outdoors, you’ll have unparalleled privacy here. It’s a cluster of 7 bedrooms, so you can plan an outing with your extended family as well. With Awas, Kihim and Mandwa beaches in close proximity to the home, spend your evenings basking the views of sunset by the beach.

Warm Hospitality


SaffronStays The Forest, Alibaug

What fulfills an experience of a memorable vacation is the service you enjoy during your stay. Be it a break from the kitchen chores or served with tea just when you wished for, the feeling of being taken care of properly is heartwarming. When you are busy answering calls or sharing quality time with your family, let our trained chefs and staff on-site help you with your needs. In SaffronStays The Forest, in Alibaug you can savour some lip-smacking meals with signature local taste. The chirping of the birds is the only sound that accompanies your keyboard clattering. This 4-bedroom villa is pet-friendly too, so make a complete workation with family, without missing your pooch.

Let your work meet leisure by trading up the monotonous lives in a four-walled concrete jungle with open spaces, cooler workstations, rejuvenating change of scenery, and laughter of your loved ones.

Recipe 10: Vegetable Kurma

Vegetable Kurma, SaffronStays Coconut Grove, Kanakapura
SaffronStays Coconut Grove, Kanakapura
SaffronStays Coconut Grove, Kanakapura

21 days, 21 home chefs reveal their secret recipes. 

While we cook IG-worthy food in our kitchen for the quarantine days, comfort food is what we go back to. And so, Ramesh Kumar Mallik, our cook at SaffronStays Coconut Grove, a private villa near Bangalore, shares the recipe for Vegetable Kurma. 

Ingredients:

  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1 tsp asafoetida 
  • 5-7 curry leaves
  • 1 chopped onion 
  • 1½ tsp Mustard seeds
  • 1½ tsp cumin seeds
  • 2 chopped green chillies
  • 1-2 cloves (optional)
  • 4-5 tbsp grated coconut
  • 2 tsp turmeric 
  • 1 tbsp Kitchen King
  • 2 tsp garam masala
  • 100 gms peas
  • 1 potato (cubed)
  • 250 gms cauliflower
  • 1½ chopped tomato (optional)
  • 250 gms sliced carrot 
  • 250 gms french beans (chopped)
  • Salt

Method: 

  • Heat oil in a pan. Add asafoetida, curry leaves, onion, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, green chillies and cloves. Simultaneously, boil all the veggies together for 5-7 minutes.
  • Add in the grated coconut, turmeric, Kitchen King masala and garam masala.
  • Add all the boiled veggies, salt and cook for 10 minutes. 

Enjoy with hot parathas.

Vegetable Kurma

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