Rajasthan's tour packages almost always follow some version of a heritage circuit - Jaipur's pink-hued forts, Jodhpur's blue old city beneath Mehrangarh Fort, Udaipur's lake palaces, and Jaisalmer's golden desert fort and camel-safari dunes. Which cities make the cut, and in what order, is the single biggest difference between competing itineraries, since covering all four properly needs 8-10 days, not the 5-day version some budget packages compress it into.
Climate here is genuinely extreme and non-negotiable for trip planning: winter (October-March) is when almost all tourism happens, with pleasant days and cold desert nights, while summer (April-June) regularly crosses 45°C in cities like Jodhpur and Jaisalmer, making sightseeing during the day close to unbearable. A handful of operators still run summer packages at steep discounts - fine for palace-hotel-and-pool trips, risky for a desert-safari-heavy itinerary.
Rajasthan is also where India's heritage-hotel concept is strongest, with converted palaces and havelis offered as a real accommodation category alongside standard hotels - a major price and experience differentiator worth checking package-by-package.