
Priya
Co-founder & CEO
Why DOT, in Priya’s words
Before I built a travel community, I was just a simple girl who always wanted to travel.
When I was around 18, I had this little dream of travelling on my own, seeing new places, meeting new people, experiencing the world differently and having the freedom to just pack my bag and go.
But when I actually started thinking about travelling alone, especially as a girl, the doubts came in,
Is it safe?
Will I be okay on my own?
How will people look at me?
What if something goes wrong?
I started looking for communities, clubs and groups where I could meet people who wanted to travel too. I rarely found options, especially inside South India, I couldn’t find anything that felt like my space — a place that understood our culture, where Tamil people could meet, travel together, feel safe, have a good time while exploring the whole wide world and especially feel like “HOME”.
So, like most people would, I let go of my little dream of solo travel and moved on.
What I didn’t know then was that this very problem I was facing would one day become the reason I built a solution. I wasn’t looking for a business; I was looking for a community where I could belong.
And somewhere along the way, I realised that if I was looking for this space, there had to be so many others looking for it too. That realization became the beginning of Dream On Travel — a community built to make travel feel safer, more welcoming and more connected.
I started DOT because I couldn’t find the community I was looking for. So, I decided to build it.


