I visited vaishnodevi in November with some of my friends. We reached jammu by train from Ambala to jammu.
We took a bus from jammu to katra and slowly slowly the temperature of the place started getting down as the bus was moving forward.
The moutains were so beautiful when we reached katra. We booked a hotel there in katra. The food in katra was okay okay. The price of the food was expensive a bit. To reach vaishnodevi we registered ourself for the entrance and after 4-5 hours of continuous travel we reached vaishnodevi. The overall experience was very good and we returned same day till evening. My legs were paining because of such a long travel. I got foot massage in the market. We enjoyed a lot during our journey.