redBus announces special festive offer for travelers ahead of Diwali
National: redBus, the world’s largest online bus ticketing platform, is bringing the festive cheer back for travelers across the country with special discounts and cashback offers on seat reservations made during 26th, 27th and 28th October-21.
Ahead of Diwali, redBus will offer first-time users an instant discount of 15% or up-to Rs 150 off and a 10% cashback in the redBus wallet of up-to Rs. 100 as soon as they book a bus ticket on the redBus app by using offer code FIRST, during the aforesaid period. This offer is applicable to new users across India.
There is exciting news for existing users too! Loyal customers can enjoy an instant discount of 10%* on seat reservations up-to Rs. 100 off (*T&C Apply) with offer code NONATAK.
The festive discounts being offered between the 26th and 28th of October has been launched to cater specifically to the homecoming travellers during the festive period. With this offer, redBus seeks to encourage first-time users to skip the cumbersome offline seat booking approaches and select the bus and seat of their choice by booking their tickets on redBus which hosts the largest inventory of seats. For existing users, the discount is an added bonus.
About redBus
redBus was founded in 2006 in India and today is the world’s largest online bus ticketing platform. After having solved complex problems of bus customers in India, redBus also launched operations in Singapore and Malaysia in 2015 and acquired a majority stake in Peru based bus ticketing platform Busportal (now redBus.Pe) in the subsequent year. With this acquisition, redBus successfully launched operations in Latin America markets, Peru & shortly thereafter, Colombia.
redBus has globally sold more than 180 million bus tickets till date and has a customer base of around a20 million users. redBus is now part of the MakeMyTrip group (Nasdaq, MMYT) which is the largest travel aggregator in India with offerings across categories such as Flights, Hotels, Holiday Packages, etc.
The business owns three products – redBus™, redBus Plus™ and redBus Partner™, which come together to serve and address the fragmented bus industry across geographies.
• redBus™ is the popular consumer-facing travel brand enabling customers to buy bus tickets online. Consumers, depending on where they live, can access redBus on the web (redbus.in, redbus.my, redbus.sg, redbus.id, redbus.pe and redbus.co). They can also download the high rated redBus mobile app from Google Play Store and Apple App Store. We enable a customer to search for bus services on a route of his/her choice, reserve a seat and make a payment to confirm the booking, thus bringing the seller and buyer on a single platform to facilitate easy bus booking.
• redProWin™ is a cloud-based solution built for bus operators. Approximately 3500+ bus operators in India, SEA and Latin America use this platform for their day to day operations. The revolutionary inventory management software ensures seat realization and resource utilization, thus improving revenue and profitability for bus operators. Over the years, through the use of engineering & data analytics, redBus has offered features such as LIVE bus tracking, dynamic pricing, customer relationship management, etc., which have helped bus operators improve operational efficiency as well as service quality.
• redBus Partner™ is a GDS for bus inventory distribution and is used by more than 20,000 retail agents and 200+ OTAs to sell bus tickets to their customers.