Book a bus online in India – redbus.in

Redbus.in is an amazing service available online! I discovered it just a few days back and was amazed that this is not as popular as it should be! redbus basically lets you book your seat in a bus with a few basic options. The site lets you choose the type of bus you want, the number of passengers you want to book for, etc.

Once you have chosen all these things, you then get a long list of travel service providers (buses) with the time of departure and arrival, the cost of the ticket, the availability (more on this later), the type of bus available (sleeper/semi-sleeper, volvo, etc.), the boarding points that the transport company stops at among other things. You can also filter the results by boarding point.

Now onto the availability, If you see a button which says Book, the tickets are available at that time and can be booked immediately. Clicking on the button takes you to a page that shows you the seats available on a layout sheet and you can then choose which seat you want to book.

In case you see a button that says request, this means that the tickets are not available immediately, but you can write to them with your requirements and they will get back to you in case they are able to free a few seats for you (aren’t they nice!).

Payment!

There are a lot of payment options available including various credit cards, electronic fund transfer, debit cards, mobile payments, done card and a few others.  You can then print the tickets out and be happy about the whole experience. You also have an option to get the tickets delivered home for a minimal fee of Rs. 25/. There are customer service numbers given on the main domain for support and delivery enquiries.

I booked a few tickets to Pune from Hyderabad by request and the entire process was smooth as a baby’s buttcheek! Highly recommended service!