The fuel crisis is hitting travellers' wallets hard.

For some, it means travel is out of the question, but when travel is your business, rising costs must be absorbed or passed on.

Tour company ExperienceKart had a great summer, despite the fickle weather.

But managing director Karthik Subramanian said the recent fuel prices had been hard to take.

"The costs have risen more than two-and-a-half times, which is a sudden shock," he said.