August 13, 2025: redBus, the world’s largest online bus ticketing platform, has announced the launch of redBus Hotels, expanding its services to include budget-friendly accommodation for millions of Indian travellers. With this strategic foray, redBus is strengthening its position as a one-stop travel companion for the country’s growing base of price-conscious and experience-seeking users. The trust associated with redBus is carried over to the budget hotel segment.
Currently active across over 2000+ cities, redBus Hotels is set to scale rapidly, addressing a critical gap in India’s travel landscape by making trusted, verified and affordable stays easily discoverable and more accessible across cities and small towns. The new offering complements redBus’ core ground transport business by addressing a natural adjacency: affordable and trusted stay options across the traveller journey. From short layovers and overnight halts to pilgrimage, student, and business travel, redBus Hotels aims to simplify the end-to-end travel experience for the Bharat customer.
Prakash Sangam, Chief Executive Officer, redBus said, “redBus has long been at the forefront of offering affordable, reliable transport. We’re now extending that promise to budget-friendly stays, giving travellers the same convenience and trust that they have come to expect from us. With redBus Hotels, travellers can compare and book verified accommodations online—saving time, avoiding uncertainty, and finding the right fit without walking from place to place. This platform is also intended to help budget hotels, hostels, and homestay owners boost their visibility, improve occupancy, and grow their business.”
At the heart of this expansion is The Budget Collection, , often cheaper than a bus ticket. With stays the platform is focused on delivering unmatched value without compromising on convenience or quality. redBus has curated a list of reliable and clean properties near bus boarding points and railway stations for easy accessibility. More than 15000 properties on the platform offer ‘early check in’ and similar services, for the traveller on the go. Travellers can choose from a variety of formats – hotels, hostels, guesthouses, lodges and homestays with discounts of up to 45%, and even higher discounts during festive seasons.
The platform also enhances user decisioning with ‘redBus choice’ which lists properties offering a TV, AC, free wifi; addressing the basic needs of the budget traveller. Notably, users aged 18 to 36 form the largest share of hotel transactors in redBus Hotels’ pilot programs, reflecting the offering’s strong appeal among students, young professionals, and budget-conscious explorers. It was seen that 70% of users return to the same destination more than once, reinforcing the need for trusted, repeatable stay options across India’s evolving travel corridors.
redBus Hotels can be accessed on the app (Android and iOS). The hotel booking experience is seamlessly integrated within the redBus app journey, with hotel suggestions surfacing through contextual prompts during ticket booking, tracking, or post-purchase.
