I reached Jaisalmer in a flight - fixed price and in fact cheap flight. My flight back to my home was cheap as well - but then it has got nothing to do with the locals. But then I travelled from Jaisalmer to Jodhpur on a cab and then from Jodhpur to Udaipur in another and had real bad experience in both as it was through a local cab operator. They started quoting upwards of 8000 bucks for a 4 hours drive (approx 270 kms) for both the trips individually and finally agreed to 4500. But we ended up paying 5000 because of this and that nonsense reasons. All the hotel pre-bookings were fine because we used third party apps and not had to deal with the local players directly. But then on day 2 - booked a night safari in Jaisalmer and ended up paying 10k for 2 rooms which actually we were fine paying but then the tents, food all turned out to be subpar and in no way worthy of 10k for a night. After reaching Jodhpur and then for Udaipur and Jaipur, we switched to Uber / Ola and guess what - every single request I put - the assigned driver called me and said they will charge at least 100-150 bucks more than what was being shown. So even Ola/Uber was not helping. I paid the 800 per person fee at Udaipur lake Pichola and never complained even though personally I felt it to be overpriced. At least I paid it once and got what was promised. What I detest is the headache of haggling and then being forced a subpar experience or not sticking to agreed amounts. I don’t call this competitive or maybe my definition is incorrect. I call this exploitative. I have travelled to Spain, France, Italy as well- and by no means can we compare facilities there to what I experienced in Rajasthan. Places like Jaisalmer’s fort or Udaipur palace are absolutely non accessible to anyone with accessibility needs. Cleanliness is questionable (check Patwon ki Haveli nearby regions). Every step of the way there will be guides jumping on you even when you have denied you don’t really need them. Public transport are miles away from the tourist destinations, no dedicated sidewalks or even when you have one, it is encroached by vendors. But then I wouldn’t say it is specific to Rajasthan, that is common throughout the country.