Here are some hotels you could check in Ranikhet. Camps bliss heritage Nautical mile mountain cottage
Mayank resort
Whites hills cottage Also you can check in these hotels with a higher price
Woods villa resort
Alpine rhapsody
Chevron rosemount
With very deep history background this fort went into renovation and reopened in 2016 January. There are lovely suites, food area called as palace of grass, a pool, this fort palace gives jaw dropping views. A place to stay once in lifetime. I have not been to this fort, but have read a lot about it. Seeing your question has given me the mind to explore this spot.
Balsana comes under Dhule district, where the distance is 2 hours away from Dhule. There are more tourist spots to visit in Dhule, which I will share along with places to visit in Balsana. Anerdham sanctuary Bhamer fort
Indave temple
Laling fort
Rajwade mandal museum
Keshav garden
Balsana tirth Girmal falls
Rose garden near balsana Saputara lake
Savaari.com offers best rental car services kindly check through them. You could also check at Thrillophilia, MMT, Sulekha and Expedia.co.in Himalayan Royal Enfield bike rental rates range between 1.5k to 3K. Kindly check at Thrillophilia for many other bike rental rates.
The most common schedule is start From Haridwar proceed towards Rishikesh then Deo Prayag Tehri Yamunotri Uttarkashi Gangotri Kedarnath Joshimath and Badrinath. Though it’s a circle route, all four dhams are covered.
North east side summer has started ending, while monsoons are slowly setting in. Rains have started in Sikkim that 20 to 25 days of rain is predicted. It’s an ideal weather to travel for monsoon travellers. You will see more of lush part of Sikkim, but your that days travel will be based on that days weather. My relative travelled recently to Sikkim and stayed for 10 days out of which 6 days rained, though not much heavy.
Last year I went to Valley of Flowers & Hemkund trek during monsoon (Aug). There was forecast of heavy rains which was a risk factor in mountains and i was wary of it. But thankfully there were light showers here and there and the trek experience was absolute amazing and fulfilling. The light showers were good enough to keep the weather pleasant and cool, usually due to heavy rains people have to turn back from valley of flowers but in my case due to pleasant weather i was able to go till the last allowed trekkable point in valley of flowers.
Since you have asked only two places in Himachal to visit, I would suggest Kasol, Spiti valley, Mcleodganj, Dalhousie and tirthan valley. There are some places you can cover inbetween like Fagu, jibhi, tosh, chail, Kinnaur and Nahan. Manali is no doubt one lovely spot, while Dharamshala is must to visit. From Shimla nearby spots are chail, Narkanda, Nahan, naldhera, kiarighat, and karsog. From Manali nearby spots to visit are Kheerganga, Sethan, marhi, gulaba and Malana.
There seems to be more of hostel facilities than dorms. However found a few through Agoda, booking.com for you to check. Kindly go through the above websites, hoping it would be suitable for your travel.
Kochi is 1500kms from mumbai. You could cover Rathnagiri, and through Malvan enter Panaji. Then head to Gokarna, Udupi, mangalore and via Kasargod enter Kerala. Payyanur, kannur, thalassery, Kozhikode, Thrissur, perumbavoor and via ernakulam enter Kochi. On the way there are places like Alibaug, Dapoli, murdeshwar, mahe, nilambur to cover, if you are taking Goa route from mumbai. Another route is via Belgaum that is Lonavala, Satara entering Belgaum route you drive till Tumkur. Then via Bangalore reach Palghat. Then from palghat reach Kochi in 5 hours. Cost depends on the number of days you plan to ride and place of stay.
From what info I gathered about Umling la pass permit is, from 2022 there is no need for permit. You have to pay for Ladakh environment fee that too only via online. Mostly tourist are allowed entry to the pass, but it depends on army allowing or not allowing on that day. Some say pass is much required while entry might also be denied. So if you are to get a permit, especially travel via routes like Hanle to photi la or Hanle to Ukdungle normal pass needs to be obtained. If you are taking Fukche route then permit signed by District magistrate Leh is much needed. You also need Inner line permit in that case. Application is done online. Kindly do recheck the info I have given above through people you know. Happy safe journey.