Inside EkoStay with Varun Arora
/EkoStay is like a millennial who saw the dot-com era. Landline to a mobile to a smartphone. That’s how it feels like for us.
That line is not a flourish. It is a field report from Varun Arora, CEO and co-founder of EkoStay — the bootstrapped alternate-accommodation operator that has stayed profitable since 2018, while building systems for the unforgiving rhythm of villa hospitality: 11am check-out, 2pm check-in, and three hours to make a home look like nothing happened.
In this feature, we go inside EkoStay’s model — fixed rentals over revenue share, three tiers from Original to Luxe, the 11-to-2 battle guests never see, and a founder who learnt the business by doing the work, not delegating it.