First a quick update. Our organizers or volunteers do not find accommodations either for attendees or speakers. We might in our individual capacity as friends help someone out but that is not something we do as a group. But we have a short post on somethings you can do if you are from outside Pune.
Accomodation
For staying in Pune, you could look at any options from either Fabhotels, Oyorooms , Ginger hotels depending upon your budget, convenience. If you are looking to stay near the conference, then would suggest to look for hotels in and around Baner .
If you don’t mind traveling and want to see more of the city, you could look at hotels near ‘Koregaon Park’ , ‘Deccan Gymkhana’ or if you want to experience old world charm then look for hotels near ‘Laxmi Road’ , ‘Shaniwar Peth’ , ‘Kasba Peth’ and surrounding areas.
Pune is also home to YMCA so if you are either a YMCA member or love that atmosphere, ambience that is also possible.
Tourism in Pune
If you are in Pune and you want to explore Pune, there are quite a few options to see Pune in its glory. One option is to go for heritage walks which are organized by quite a few private travel companies and a non-profit. Intach usually does a heritage walk, a stories walk and couple of other walks on the second or third weekend like this.
If you want to explore the city by Bus there are Pune Darshan buses both by Pune Muncipal Corporation and private tour companies. There is also no shortage of things to do in Pune after WordCamp so make sure to get the some idea of what the city is and has to offer after WordCamp is over.
The heritage walk could be organized but needs to have at least 15 odd people who would be interested in that and would cost INR 500/- apart from refreshments and any other expenses. All the proceeds go to intach for their heritage conservation activities.