Booking the Bus tickets can’t go easier than this. Just like Cleartrip which is a promising website for booking train, flight and hotels in India, Redbus has emerged one of the best services for booking Bus Tickets of-course there would be complaints from few customers but remember that nothing is 100% perfect except beautiful God’s nature.

With redBus you don’t have to run to the travel operator’s booking offices. RedBus is a web based services offering you the service of booking bus tickets online for private travel operators between any city/town/village in India if the travel operator runs services in that particular area. RedBus is tied up with almost 90% of travel operators like Kesineni Travels, Khurana Travels, Sree kaleswari Travels, Metro Link Mumbai and many more, claimed by them they say they have added around 500 travel operators across all over India.

The website is very nicely designed, very clear with no pop-ups and pop-unders and booking process of bus tickets is so easy. In no time your payment through your selected payment processor is done and you even have a print of the tickets that you have booked in your hand anytime. One interesting thing which I liked in their service is option for home delivery ticket i.e., if you don’t have credit card or debit card or any other source to make online payment, you can book the tickets by selecting home delivery option and redBus staff would deliver the tickets to your doorstep & you can make the payment then but once you have made.

Now lets us look for the options by which you can make the payment of tickets that you have booked. RedBus has a countable options for making the payment, you can book your tickets either online or through phone using your Credit Card, Debit Card, Net Banking, Home Delivery ( as explained earlier:means book ticket now and they will get you tickets at your doorstep and make the payment through cash), Mobile through mChek and Cash Cards. They also have a national Toll Free number 1860 425 1111 from any mobile phone.

Taj Bengal

The Park Hotels

Hotel Hindustan International

The Taj Bengal, The Park, Hyatt Regency Hotel, The Oberoi Grand Hotel Hindustan International and the Sonar Bangla Sheraton and Towers Hotel are examples of the five star hotels that adorn Calcutta’s landscape and contribute to the enormous wealth of the City Of Joy.

This is not to say that Calcutta is a city of only the rich. There are all kinds of hotels customized to take care of the simplest of people and still maintain first class standards the likes of : Peerless Inn located in Chowringhee which totally live up to its name as being peerless. It is situated right in the middle of business areas, is close to the Esplanade Metro Station so transportation is not a hustle and is also minutes away from the Victoria Memorial home to the preserved eternal culture of the Bengali. The Golden Retreat India, Larica Sagar Vihar Gangasagar, The Fort Radisson Raichak and Palm Village Resort Joka are the other players to name but a few.

Hyatt Regency Hotel

Calcutta, being the capital city of West Bengal possesses a rich portion of culture and traditions that are absolutely fascinating. The vibrant mood of business provides for lively travel filled with interaction with natives and celebration of a truly wonderful people.

The afore mentioned Victoria Memorial is a most recommended site of unmatched beauty showcasing the relics of the British Raj. Renovated to include modern time appliances such as floodlights, the Victoria Memorial is a must visit for all. The Eden Gardens to the northwest of the city are indeed a tiny slice of heaven providing such lovely scenes. The Howrah bridge is an engineering work of art that lends great enchantment to the view of the city. The 450 m long bridge is made without any supporting pillars in the water and is famed as being the world’s busiest bridge.

Other fun places to visit include the Birla Planetarium for entertaining shows, the Belur Math residence of the Ramakrishna mission, the Kali Mandir temple built in honor of goddess Kali, the goddess of destruction, and Marble Palace among others.

Cochin

The thriving Cochin economy facilitates the accommodation of visitors in all kinds of hotels (all good though!) giving competitive rates and discounts when in off season. The services provided range from fully air conditioned suites which are well furnished. The hotels range from me star hotels to the most opulent five stars. There are also considerably cheap tourist lodges which provide the basic services and facilities which comprise furnished apartments.

Hotel Abad Airport

Hotel Abad Atrium

First class hotels such as Abad Airport, Abad Atrium Hilton, Gokulam Park Inn, Presidency, Rennaisance and Le Meridien are adept at catering for visitors needs making their stay memorable. The budget hotels of White House, Abad Metro, hotel Mermaid and Abad Fort are most welcoming for a comfortable stay and the luxury hotels of Taj Malabar and Taj Presidency are fashioned to appeal to the high since of class of the high and mighty. All these and many more are specially built to give comfortable abode and shelter and free visitors to tour the great wonders in Cochin to their satisfaction.

Hotel Taj Malabar

Hotel Best Western

Hotel Renaissance

The places to visit revolve around great sightseeing venues like the Bolgatty Island originally built by the Dutch and once was home to the British resident and offers peaceful sceneries and a wonderful display of vegetation.Chennamangalam area is full of history having been a Jewish colony. A lot of handloom weaving and manufacturing of coir takes place here.

The Mattancherry Palace is a haven of beauty created by the Portuguese and handed over to the locals a sign of goodwill .A lot of historic artifacts and arts are showcased in this palace in a most alluring fashion and are a must see for everyone. St. Francis Church is an old relic of the 1500’s built by the Portuguese and is said to be the oldest church structure in all of India. Vasco da Gamma was buried here for 14 years before being taken back to his homeland. This place contains early Portuguese inscriptions and other historic wonders that offer great lessons of years gone by.

Within Andhra Pradesh :
1. TTD Kalayana mandapam, Aaluru, Emmiganur, Nandyal, Adoni and Kurnool in Kurnool district
2. TTD Kalyan mandapam , Mancherial, Nirmal, Adilabad and Bhainsa in Adilabad district.
3. TTD Kalayana mandapam, Alamuru, Kakinada, Mandapeta, Rajahmundry, Kapileswaram, Mummadivaram, Pithapuram, Peddapuram, Rajanagaram, Samarlakota, Razole, Biccavole and Attreyapuram in East Godavari district.
4. TTD Kalayana Mandapam, Gudur, Vidyanagar, Naidupet, Alluru and Nellore in Nellore District.
5. TTD Kalayana Mandapam, Gorantla, Tadipatri, Hindupur, Sangameswaram, Kadiri and Anantapur in Anantapur district.
6. TTD Kalayana mandapam, Varni, Armor, Bhodan, Kamareddy, Domakonda, Biknoor, Nizamabad and Bhanswada in Nizamabad district.
7. TTD Kalayana mandapam at Attili , Tadepalligudem, Koyyalagudem, Penumantra, Narsapuram, Jangareddygudem, Dwaraka tirumala, Peravali, Podur, Saripalli, Eluru, Unguturu, Tanuku, and Bhimavaram in West Godavari district.
8. TTD Kalayana mandapam, Wanaparthi, Beechupalli, Mahabubnagar district
9. TTD Kalayana Mandapam, Nellimarla, Vijayanagaram, Bobbili in Vijayanagaram district
10. TTD Kalayana mandapam, Gudivada, Nuzvidu, Vijayawada, Machilipatnam, Avanigadda and Nandigam in Krishna district.
11. TTD Kalayana mandapam, Gudipala , Karvetinagaram, Kanipakam, Gudipalli, Karvetinagaram, Kuppam, Nagalapuram, Naravaripalli, Madanapalli, Pileru, V.Kota, Sedum, Somala, Mangapuram, Putturu, Ramakuppam, Srikalahasti, Bakarpet and Chittor in Chittor district.
12. TTD Kalayana mandapam, Gaddiannaram in Ranga reddy district

13. TTD Kalayana mandapam at Kadapa, Parlapadu, Jammalamadugu, Proddutur and Devuni cuddapah in Cuddappah district.
14. TTD Kalayana mandapam, Kodad, Mattapalli, Devarakonda and Nalgonda in Nalgonda dt.
15. TTD Kalayana mandapam, Jinnaram, Sangareddy, Siddipet, Jogipet, Nacharam, Zahirabad, Dubbaka, Medak district.
16. TTD Kalayana mandapam, Munnangi, Satuluru, Sattenapalli, Pittalavaripalem, Veldurthi, Tenali and Guntur in Guntur district.
17. TTD Kalayana mandapam, Janagaon, Hanumakonda in Warangal district.
18. TTD Kalayana mandapam, Kalluru, Paloncha,Jamalapuram and Khammam in Khammam dt
19. TTD Kalayana mandapam, Metpalli and Manthani, Karimnagar in Karimnagar dt
20. TTD Kalayana mandapam, Narsipatnam and MVP Colony Visakhapatnam in Visakhapatnam district.
21. TTD Kalayana mandapam, Tanguturu, Ongole in Prakasam dt
22. TTD Kalayana mandapam, Srikakulam.
23. TTD Kalyanmandapam, Himayath nagar in Hyderabad.

Outside Andhra Pradesh :
1. TTD Information Centre, 16th crosss, vyalikavel, Bangalore.
2. TTD information center/ kalyanamandapam, bangaru tirupathi, bangarupet, kolar district, karnataka.
3. the balaji bhaktamandali, piplani, bhopal.
4. TTD information centre/ Kalayana mandapam, jayadev vihar colony, bhuvaneswar.
5. TTD Information Centre, vvr dharmasala, r.peter’s road and T.Nagar, Chennai.
6. TTD Information Centre, stock exchange building, coimbattore.
7. TTD Information Centre/ kalyanamandapam, guruvayur, tiruchanur District, kerala.
8. TTD Information Centre, kancheeuram, tamilnadu
9. TTD Information Centre, madurai meenakshi temple, madurai.
10. TTD kalyanamandapam, neyveli township, cuudalore, tamilnadu.

Currently the following services are available for direct online booking :

• Visesha Pooja
• Archanananthara Darshanam
• Suprabhatam
• Nijapada Darshanam
• Thomala Seva
• Archana
• Tiruppavadai
• Astadala Pada Padmaradhanamu
• Sahasra Kalasabhishekam
• Kalyanotsavam

You have options to check out the pooja availability dates and selections, number of tickets to be booked , Also the Pilgrim’s can book minimum of 3 days in advance and maximum of 90 days. There are many more options like making donations to the temple’s hundi online with a new upcoming service where in they can buy Audio & Video CD’s , temple’s publications etc.

Check out TTD Website for more info