Our Story
We don't sell trips.
We create collisions.
The best things in life come from unexpected connections. A conversation that changes your perspective. A collaboration that becomes your life's work. A stranger who becomes a lifelong friend.
2014 — The Experiment
"What if you put a filmmaker, artist, and musician in a car to somewhere remote?"
It started as a thought experiment. What would happen if you brought together creative people who would never otherwise meet—different cities, different skillsets, different worlds—and dropped them into the Himalayas for 10 days?
The first RTX (Roadtrip Experience Project) brought 30 creators to Spiti and Lahaul. Photographers, musicians, filmmakers, entrepreneurs—strangers when they boarded, collaborators by the time they left.
The magic wasn't the destination. It was the collisions. People who'd never cross paths in normal life, suddenly creating together. That's when we knew we'd found something.
"The most interesting conversations happen in cars. People are automatically in retrospection mode—so much themselves."
Solo travel can be lonely.
Group tours feel forced.
We built something in between.
2,400+
Travelers since 2014
50+
Collaborations born on trips
85%
Return for another experience
The Evolution
From road trips to a global community
RTX — Roadtrip Experience
The original format. Creators packed into vehicles, driving through remote landscapes—Spiti, Vietnam, Sri Lanka. No itineraries, just experiential maps and room for spontaneity.
BHX — Beach House Experience
For entrepreneurs seeking "brain vacations." Laid-back conversations, exchanging perspectives, growing businesses through connection. Less movement, more depth.
F of X — Forest Festival
A carnival-cum-forest-retreat in Jim Corbett. Artists and content creators jamming together for 4 days. Workshops, performances, collaborations under the trees.
ExCo — The Experience Co.
Everything we learned, scaled. A platform where curated creators host transformative experiences for their communities. The collision engine, now accessible to everyone.
The Philosophy
"Enable, don't execute."
We don't script experiences. We curate the people, create the space, and let magic happen. When a filmmaker needs candles for a spontaneous music video shoot at 2am, we source them—because being reciprocative to what the artist wants is the point.
Our selection process cares more about who you are than your credentials. We receive hundreds of applications and ask questions like "What does your dream project look like?" to understand patterns, passions, and whether you'll add to the collective energy.
The result? Groups where every person makes the experience better for everyone else.
Collisions That Mattered
What happens when the right people meet
100 Days in Europe
Deepak Ramola met photographer Vibhor Yadav on an RTX trip. Together, they spent 100 days documenting Syrian refugee children across Europe—a project neither imagined alone.
Project 72 Hours
Amelie from Paris returned to Kohima after her RTX experience to launch a beautification project with local artists. What started as a trip became a cross-cultural art initiative.
A Graphic Novel
Biebe Natso connected with an illustrator during a trip and together created a graphic novel about street art in Nagaland—preserving stories that might otherwise be lost.
50+ documented collaborations. Four soundtracks. Two giant murals. Three documentaries. 500+ photo projects. And countless friendships we'll never fully count.
Founder
Jaytirth Ahya
The Curator
"I didn't want to meet interesting people over coffee. I wanted to work with them."
Jay started his career at a startup funding firm in Bengaluru, surrounded by dynamic people doing extraordinary things. But networking events felt shallow. He kept wondering: what would happen if two people from different cities doing amazing work actually met and created something together?
That question became RTX. Then BHX. Then F of X. Now ExCo—a decade of learning how to create the conditions for meaningful connection, packaged into a platform anyone can access.
A multi-hyphenate himself—photographer, writer, experience designer—Jay finds his creative outlet in taking people on trips. His measure of success? Not the destinations covered, but the collaborations that outlast the journey.
Come back as a
different person|
Not just rested. Expanded. With collaborators who get what you're building and friends who feel like they were always there.