Sushant says: "Voltage in India: 220 volts. Most laptops, phone chargers and toiletries come with universal chargers (meaning they will work fine on 110 US or 220 India). You should ask everyone to check their chargers and if it says 110 ~ 220, it's fine"
Basically, there are two things different:
- The plugs in India are different than the US.
- The voltage is different also. It's 220 in India and 110 in the US
This means that your stuff that can't handle 220 volts will melt when you plug it in. These are small things like maybe a curling iron or a rechargable battery charging center.
But most electronics nowdays (laptops, digital camera battery chargers, phone chargers, iphone chargers) can handle that voltage. Check the item's sticker, they usually look like these on the bottom of your laptop or back of your battery:
Now, about plugs. The plugs are different. We have flat "pins":
They have Round Pins (usually) but I've also seen Sideways Flat Pins (sometimes). These are all technical terms! I worked in Electrical Department at OSH! (I don't know if these are actually technical terms. But I know that the "A" in A19 light bulb stands for arbitrarily-shaped!)
See these round or flat pins?
Adapters for said pin style often look like this:
Sometimes look like this.
And the hotel will probably be able to provide them to you.
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