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Indian Buses: The subcontinent of India has a vast, complex and well linked public transportation of buses. These buses span the entire length and breadth of the country. They are the preferred means of transport. Buses in India are of the following types:

» Inter city buses
» Tour buses
» City buses
» Highway or Metro buses

Usually the identification of the bus type is dependent on the kind and number of passengers it carries, its pricing standards and the kind of service the bus imparts.

Tour Buses: These buses are an important and integral part of the fabric of Indian society. India is a land of tourism where every sate and city has some tourist attractions. As such, these buses travel within and outside the city limits proving a haven for many local and domestic tourists. Now even among these buses there are further subdivisions of ac, non ac, and smoking and inter city buses. The buses conduct short and long tours. They run on honeymoon and student discount packages. Buses offer tourists a scheduled timeframe and avail them the opportunity to sightsee systematically at a reasonable price. The services offered by these buses are:

» Short tour packages within city limits
» Honeymoon and Marriage packages
» Long distance discounted religious packages - the same bus tours different religious sites. Usually such buses offer 24 hour service with personalized customer servicer of home drops and pick ups.
» Long distance tours to other cities

Pricing: Booking a bus in India can be done by two methods. You can either book in advance online or in person. Booking a bus in India involves a lot of paperwork. Usually such buses are booked for entire touring parties, marriage parties or by students when going outside the city on a picnic. Ac buses booking in India is expensive. Such buses also have the services of a tour guide with modern amenities of a television, stereo sound system with speakers. This means that you can choose to hear the audio and see the video if you want to. Ac buses booking in India is always done online by tour and travel operators. Such booking is done for long tour packages for instance a travel agency may book a bus online for 20 passengers traveling from Mumbai to Ahmedabad. Generally these buses have bookings with hotels and restaurants affording tourists comfortable traveling.

Volvo Buses: Volvo buses were initially introduced as a transit method in Bangalore but have now spread to the entire country. Volvo buses are luxurious premium buses fitted with all the modern amenities. These buses are usually independent of any travel agency. There is facility of advance online bookings for Volvo buses in India. Any cancellation of these online bookings for Volvo buses in India is not refundable. Volvo buses are roadworthy and safe. They are expensive in nature. Volvo buses can serve as inter and intra city transportation means. They also serve as tour ac buses. Volvo buses do not offer personalized customer service. They initiate point pick ups and drops.