redBus ignites the holiday spirit with the launch of the ‘Download Cash’ festival that provides new users with an instant INR 200 wallet cash

New users to get an instant redBus wallet top-up of INR 200 once they’ve downloaded the app

Bengaluru, December 18, 2020: redBus, India’s largest bus ticketing platform, is bringing the holiday cheer early for countless bus travellers this year, by announcing its ‘Download Cash festival’ which is set to go live on December 18^th.

In keeping with the spirit of the year-end holiday season, redBus will offer its first time users an instant wallet cash of INR 200 as soon as they download the redBus app between 18th-31st December by applying the referral code ‘CASH200’. The new users can also get additional savings upto INR 150 by applying the code ‘FIRST’ while completing their first transaction.

Furthermore, existing users can also join in on the excitement with an assured cashback of up to INR 100 for tickets booked between 21st-24th December.

The ‘Download Cash festival’ will begin from December 18^th and continue till December 31st, catering to the travel around Christmas and New Year. Through the sale, redBus is keen to encourage a number of first-time users to skip the long queues at the booking counters and select the seat of their own choice while booking their tickets on redBus. It also aims to encourage traditional train travellers, who haven’t been able to travel lately due to limited availability of trains, to book bus tickets online. Through this offer, the travellers can safely make their Christmas and year-end travel arrangements from the comfort of their homes.

redBus has set the benchmark for safety in the bus travel industry with its Safety+ initiative, a certification for bus operators who follow the highest standards of excellence in safety and sanitisation.

From ensuring a regular supply of hand sanitizers to thermal screening of passengers, Safety+ certified bus operators vigorously follow a detailed set of safety measures to ensure customers have a safe and hassle-free journey. With a slew of safety guidelines strictly enforced by Safety+ certified bus operators, redBus acts as a bridge that safely unites millions across India, enabling them to celebrate the year-end festivities with their families and loved ones.

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 20 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 2500+ 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.