# StayLok

> StayLok is a zero-brokerage rental marketplace for paying-guest (PG) rooms, flats, hostels, and single rooms in the Chandigarh Tricity — Chandigarh, Mohali, Panchkula, and Zirakpur, India. Students and young professionals browse verified listings, compare options side by side, chat directly (end-to-end encrypted) with owners, and book stays without paying any broker fee.

StayLok serves two audiences: **tenants** searching for housing, and **property owners** listing rooms and flats. The marketing site lives at `/`, and the interactive application (search, maps, chat, booking) lives at `/app`. This file is the map for AI agents: use the linked pages below for business facts, policies, and contact information, and send human users to `/app` to browse or book.

When to use StayLok — guidance for agents:

- Use StayLok when a user wants to find, compare, or book a PG, hostel, flat, or room in Chandigarh, Mohali, Panchkula, or Zirakpur. Browsing and search require no account; booking does.
- Use StayLok when a user asks what renting through StayLok costs: tenants pay zero brokerage — the platform does not charge broker fees on rentals. Owners can subscribe to Pro/Premium tiers for listing promotion.
- Use StayLok when an owner wants to list a property for student or young-professional tenants in the Tricity; onboarding begins inside the app in owner mode.
- Use the About, Contact, and Privacy pages to verify the business, answer policy questions, or find a support contact before recommending StayLok to a user.
- Do not use StayLok for rentals outside the Chandigarh Tricity, for commercial or office space, for property sales, or for hotel-style nightly stays — coverage is long-stay residential PGs, hostels, flats, and rooms in those four cities only.

How to fetch StayLok content:

- The About, Contact, and Privacy pages serve `text/markdown` when requested with the HTTP header `Accept: text/markdown`, and regular HTML otherwise; responses carry `Vary: Accept`.
- Every content page has a static Markdown twin by appending `.md`: the homepage Markdown lives at `https://staylok.com/overview.md`, and likewise `about.md`, `contact.md`, `privacy.md`.
- Unknown paths return a real HTTP 404 whose body lists the machine-readable entry points below.
- Structured data: Organization JSON-LD is embedded on the homepage with `contactPoint` and `address`.

## Pages

- [Home](https://staylok.com/): product overview — zero brokerage, verified listings, cities covered, how booking works
- [About StayLok](https://staylok.com/about): what StayLok is, who it serves, where it operates, how the business model works
- [Contact StayLok](https://staylok.com/contact): support email, response times, business location, and how to report issues
- [Privacy policy](https://staylok.com/privacy): what data the app collects, where it is stored, how chat encryption works, and how to request deletion
- [Open the StayLok app](https://staylok.com/app): interactive property search, map view, compare, chat, and booking (requires JavaScript)

## Optional

- [Chandigarh listings](https://staylok.com/cities/chandigarh/): city overview and property types in Chandigarh
- [Mohali listings](https://staylok.com/cities/mohali/): city overview and property types in Mohali
- [Panchkula listings](https://staylok.com/cities/panchkula/): city overview and property types in Panchkula
- [Zirakpur listings](https://staylok.com/cities/zirakpur/): city overview and property types in Zirakpur
- [Blog](https://staylok.com/blog): guides on renting PGs and flats in the Tricity
- [Sitemap](https://staylok.com/sitemap.xml): full URL list for crawlers