Bus tips

Investment banker JP Morgan has extended a credit facility of INR 2 billion ($24 million) to hospitality chain Oyo, the Economic Times has reported. The funding aims to fuel Oyo’s accelerator program. 

For years, residents of Barcelona’s La Salut neighbourhood have had to share their bus route with crowds of tourists.

If you fancy seeing some of Britain’s top sights on the cheap, this is the month to book some leave.

Since launching in April last year, Germany’s €49 public transport ticket has proved immensely popular.

Earlier this year, Germany introduced a new €49 public transport ticket that is valid on trains, buses and metro systems across the country.

A large part of India travels by bus and rail. And taking advantage of the country’s significant leap in online train ticketing is Ixigo — including its subsidiary ConfirmTkt — which leads the way with nearly 50% market share of India’s online travel. 

The ground transport sector is behind the times: Many bus and train companies operate without a modern ticketing or operations system, sometimes tracking sales on spreadsheets and often forcing customers to carry paper tickets. 

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Indian online travel agency Ixigo is establishing its own independent hotel booking platform, co-founder and group CEO, Aloke Bajpai told Skift – currently, it works with Booking.com for those transactions.

Four travel tech startups have announced raises of more than $16 million this week.

Amtrak is rolling out a brand-new way to ride in the Pacific Northwest, and it’s not by train.

Visitors to LAX will find out what Los Angeles-based travelers already know; that there is limited public transportation from LAX to other parts of LA County. LA Metro may disagree, but there’s a big difference between taking a direct train to the airport, as in Europe, Japan and even JFK, versus taking a collection of buses, trains, and walking to get to (or away from) LAX.

Electric-powered travel is improving stateside.

Buses can be a cost-effective and efficient way to travel. I recently booked a $46 FlixBus ticket from Washington, DC, to New York City through the Greyhound site.

A string of Greyhound bus cancellations left dozens of travelers stranded at a truck stop in Boise, Idaho, local news outlet KTVB first reported. 

As somebody who frequently travels between New York City and Washington, DC, I'm thankful for the many different transportation options available. 

It's the year 2017. K-Pop megastar BTS has just dropped the album of the year "You Never Walk Alone," and its title track "Spring Day" is playing on virtually every speaker and radio station. A sense of longing permeates the space whenever the song is on, and it feels like the soundtrack of my life as someone struggling with her imminent transition into adulthood.

A guide in China's Yunnan province caused a heated online debate about tourist etiquette when she yelled at a passenger on her tour for sleeping on the bus.

These days, cheap flights abound. But sometimes it makes a lot more sense to hit the road for a journey through the night.

Our slow travel series explores how you can take more mindful journeys by train, boat, bus or bike – with tips on how to reach your no-fly destination, and what to see and do along the way. We asked Austin Bush to take the road less traveled route between Lisbon and Porto.