Rajesh Travels Complaints & Reviews

Dear Team.

This is to notify that had a very worst experience by choosing RAJESH TRAVELS .

I have reserved my journey to Kovvuru on 29.06.2024 and boarding at TC Palya.

Bus driver haven’t called to inform or confirm my location and on top of that I called them 4 times but they haven’t responded .

As I saw the bus and asking them I have reservation, they says this is not your...

My bag got stolen while travelling in Rajesh travels from Bangalore to Rajahmundry . There is no proper action takenn.
Departure Time: 17:50 hrs
Bus Operator: Rajesh Transports
Bus No:
Seat No: 5U
Boarding Point: Tin Factory, Add- Flyover Starting Junction, Towards KR Puram
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Rajesh Tranpsorts

BusNo:AP39X0455
ServiceNo: Bangalore-Rajahmundry-0700PM-1.

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I have booked a ticket from payatm on for aug 14 th travelling on July 28 and cancelled on aug 05 2021 . Till now I didn't get refund from rajesh travels

I travelled from visakhapatnam to bengalore in Rajesh Travels Sleeper A/C on 19th Feb 2021. My ticket cost is 2200 including GST.

During the Journey time, bus staff is so rude and don't know how to interact and serve passengers.

I paid high premium amount by expecting better services from your travels staff, but they were very rude and poor while serving passengers.

While after onboarding into bus, staff thrown our luggage bags into bus cellar and behaving very rude with passengers.

I kindly request rajest travels staff to behave well and politely with passenger and this result go wealth and reputation for your travels.

As a result, i have given 1 star for your travels and suggest others to not opt rajest travels.

Traveled from Bangalore to Visakhapatnam on[protected]

Rajesh Transports,
Bus number - NL01B1615
PNR - RTS40664
SEAT NO: U8, U9

Black color Samsonite trolley bag has been given to some other customer.
And we are requested to resolve as possible.
In the trolley bag, there were clothes, and a few more important items are shared.

Please make this issue resolved as soon as possible.

Regards,
Venkat

Todaymoring my account debited my[protected] not credited amount 100

Hi today i received call from the boarding point bus operator, he call and asked me to come early to boarding point i said okay but again he told me the seat which i booked that is not available so i will give other one i said okay and asked him to provide same seat or 7u he said no sir only three seats available if you okay i will block those seats other wise i will cancel, how he come to say that tell me we are paying the amount and we are choosing the seat who is that person to decide my seat. I want clarity about this issue

I am travelling from bangalore to tirupati.
Service no: rts - 777a. Travelled on january 12th, 2019 (Saturday)
Website address: http://www.rajeshbus.in
1. No proper communication.
2. Bus got changed in the last moment.
3. Phone not picking by the in-charged person.
3. Boarding point given but bus not in time, he left me without calling.
4. Told me to come from boarding place to other place, they promised me to pay for this, but they didn't pay. Additional auto charges 250 spent from my pocket.
5. Destination reached with delay.
Driver told me to come from majestic bus stand to corporation signal stop; i waited for more than 1 hour. Once again bus driver didn't notice me. He left me there also. Again i took auto to catch the bus. This day was hectic in my life.
Please take action, other person should not suffer because of this rajesh travels. Very poor service.

Dear sir, The Rajesh Travels Bus service no 80/90 from chilakaluripet to Bangalore . The staff is misbehaving with me and they don't care about the seats we booked using their online booking. The staff is saying they are not responsible for online tickets. Then who is responsible. They changed the seats once. I understand there might be some problem. But they changed again to last row and when I am asking they just saying where did you book your tickets, online, go and ask online otherwise get down the bus. How can I ask online at that moment? Please do justice for me. I suffered a lot because of the journey I last row of seats. Thank you & regards Vijayakumar k

dedicated to rajesh travels I had a book a trip for my father for tirupti darshan for sleeper bus. time of bus is 7.00 clock on 6.54 i got a call from +[protected]. we are not able to give you sleeper bus. i told him to pay back me but he refused he told i will arrange another bus for your father i told ok to him at 11 pm he transfer my father mother to another local travel which not include any bus packages after that in return he give him volvo last seat. tour include breakfast and lunch but they not provide any lunch or break fast next day drop time was 8 pm but they drop him at 2.00 AM in night far away from drop point.. I really thank full to you people for tremendous support and pleasant trip. my ftaher age is 51 and mother age 49. thank you for service. sir we will never forgot your services i will also recommended your service to my friend & family

This is horrible travels I have ever seen. They call before 10 hrs and they say that your Sleeper bus canceled and you need to go in semi sleeper. Not ready to refund extra money we paid. We did not agreed to it. So they told will refund the money. But I did not get any notification about money and they are telling you only canceled the ticket so no refund. But they canceled our tickets and they shifted it to semi sleeper. We have our old parents to travel with us, and we can not manage to take them in semi sleeper. We pay money for facilities we get but here they cheating us. We went to Marathalli branch So they told to contact redbus people. Redbus people are telling Rajesh travells peoples have not intimated any thing about your ticket cancellation. I want my money back. Please stop cheating to people and try to behave well with customers. We are not your slaves to get scolded by you.

Dear All,

I would like to share a horrifying experience we had with Rajesh travels yesterday. We had booked Tirupathi Balaji Darshan on 18/5/2012 (friday) from bangalore.

First things first, we were supposed to start from bangalore on friday night at 9.00pm, but started only at around 12.00am coz the bus simply wasn't there. The officials present in the Rajesh Travels office situated near Race Course road, were rude & didn't bother to update us / console us.

We were told by the travels people that once we reach tirupathi, we will be given room for 2 hours to freshen up & get ready. We reached Tirupathi at around 6am & to our shock, the agent present there started telling us to get ready in 30mnts, coz we were late!!! ( was that our mistake that we reached late for that matter, started late???????)
UNANSWERED!

The Multi axel bus, as he claims, isn't a bit comfortable. The seats hardly reclines, no proper leg room & very bad shock observers!!!

After reaching Tirumala, we were asked to buy our tickets for special darshan ( of course, he gave us money for buying 300rs tickets) but instead of giving us money & asking us to buy tickets, couldn't he have purchased the tickets before hand & there by saved us couple of hours ( 5 & 1/2 hours to be precise)!!!! Yes! we had to stand in queue for more than 5 hours, only to buy tickets for darshan!!!
Earlier in the day, we were told that since it was weekend, we will have our darshan done in max 5 hours!!! Then what about the time, we spent there waiting in queue with our kids, without proper seating arrangements, no food nothing?????
UNASWERED!!

Due to their negligence, we were denied to visit Padmavathi Temple also, as the agent went on insisting from time & again we started late from bangalore!!!!!!!!! Now will they refund us certain portion of the ticket amout coz one place haven't been covered by them??? UNANSWERED!!!!

Finally, when we had Balaji Darshan it was 7.15pm & when we came out to our pick up point, it was 8pm. One can easily imagine our condition after standing in queue for 9 long hours with out food & rest. To our utter shock, our agent hadn't even arranged us a bus to get down to tirupathi from tirumala. He went on calling some / the other guy about the bus. Finally when we reached tirupathi, & had our dinner ( yes we were atleast lucky to have dinner), it was 10.40pm! When we started from Tirupathi to Bangalore, it was 11pm. Leaving all the unpleasant things behind, we all slept hoping to get back to our home early in the morning!!! But that was not what Rajesh travels had in mind.................

We were all woken up rudely at around 2am only to be told to collect our luggage & get out of the bus & board another bus!!!!!!!! Very Very Rude!!!

When we all started questionning, he started giving excuses saying he had another pick up from Kolar, yes we were all stranded in such an untimely hour in kolar. Naturally all o[censored]s got upset & started questionning him about the mismanagement, then we got the real taste of Customer Service from Rajesh Travels!!!

Few goondas, Tirupathi Balaji only knows, from where they appeared, started abusing us, & even man handled few of our co-passangers!!! Such foul language & hoogalism in the presence of elders, kids & ladies is highly disgusting!!! They started threatning us to leave the place immediately or else face dire consequences!!! Some people amongst them, started holding them back & allowed us to move from there!!! We couldn't help but wonder, was it all an arranged drama???

We were told that 2 mini buses waiting for us in kolar would take us all. & one would head Jayanagar & the other towards Indiranagar, & we can take drop in the nearest places. But when we reached bangalore, driver started saying that he didn't had any such instructions, & was only told to drop us in majestic!!! There they go again..............testing our patience to the core!!!

All o[censored]s in bus started praying for our safe return home after such ugly incident took place. Finally, we reached bangalore majestic at 4am & from there took a taxi & reached home.

We felt cheated & helpless! What with goondas attacking us verbally, we stranded in an strange town & added to that, at such an odd hour!!! What more reason you need to file a complaint in consumer forum????

We had read about some negative reviews about rajesh travels. But since we had already booked the tickets, & the cancellation charge is also pretty high, we decided to go this one time. But I have leart my lesson, & so have all my co-passengers, after this bitter experience today. Never Ever book your journey with Rajesh Travels.

Forget about consoling the already fed up passangers, they threatened us through goondas!!! How can anyone trust such people & travel peacefully then????

Share this info with all your friends & relatives & advise them to never travel with these people. You never know, when & where they will strand you in the middle of the night????

Dear All

I would like to narrate a cumbersome story or experience happened with Rajesh travel on 03rd of DEC 2012, people were celebrating the arrival of new year and on the other hand I was forced to struggle for meal also along with my family

My pain begins from the day I booked the ticket (RTBRS130736) with Rajesh travels for a trupathi darshan. I wanted to have a great new year start with balaji blessings. I was with my father (65)wife & my kid (4yrs) , the boarding point given to us was at Anand rao circle @9.45 pm. We were at the point around 9.00 pm and waited 45 minutes to get the bus and when the bus came we ran to catch it but to my wonder the bus did not stopped thinking that it may stop a bit away , I ran behind it along with my family but all in vein the bus was not there at all we walked for a km almost to see if we can find it stopped somewhere since there were many buses standing but none of them were of Rajesh travels.

We called to their office the person started screaming on us as if we lost the bus because of our mistake, we caught an auto and reached to their office and got the bus, I though let us relax the woes are no more lets enjoy the journey. But I was wrong the pain had just started.

We reached to trupathi at 3.00 am and were given two rooms (211,208)in seven hills hotel one of the room was with no amenities in it( no bed only two chairs it’s like a store room) second room without towels etc and worst no hot water in the room for which were charged in the ticket and moreover it’s like we are going for a war not for pilgrimage, the guide was behind us to get ready within 20 minutes and screaming every now and then to make it fast .

Went for the breakfast it was chilled as the weather that moment , I had some coffee and I thought of focusing on our main goal of darshan.

The guide then briefed us that today the darshan will be late as the temple is getting cleaned for vaikunth ekadasi and it will start from 10.00 AM , it was a big news for me along with other passengers in the bus as we were told during the booking that it will take 2 hrs to finish the darshan, we felt it was trick to get the business of the day by them, as we would have opted for other day if we would have known the actuality earlier.

I along with other passengers started our walk for darshan at 7.30 am and as soon as we entered we got the information through announcement that the darshan will start from 12.00 am , oh!!! I was stun to know that we have to weight in the queue for a long 5 hrs along with my father who is also a BP , arthritis patient , there was no other go as we couldn’t go back nor ahead.

It was a tiresome irritating and scary weight of 5 hrs + the pain of standing in the queue with a kid and a senior citizen.

At last we got success in reaching the idol by 2.15 Pm and after standing in the queue for hundi and ladoo prasadam we reached to bus point at around 3 pm and guess what ?

To all our surprise the bus was not there, we did not have our wallets, phone, slippers with us as its not allowed in the temple. We were dead tired hungry and thirsty and we did not have any thing.

We requested a gentle men for his cell phone and called the landline of Rajesh travel which luckily my wife remembered and they gave couple of no to follow , calling them(srinivas) he initially after screaming on us told, I am sending the guide for your help and the bus is waiting down.

We felt ease and came back to senses, but when the guide came he gave us tickets of local bus to go down and catch the bus from the same hotel. we thought all is good if end good. But no again when the guide called the bus he informed us that the bus has gone.

When we asked what we will do the answer was we don’t know you need to arrange yourself ,we requested him the phone after making couple of calls here n there we got the same response of arranging our own journey to Bangalore.

Now we were like a person standing alone in a wild dessert with nothing in his hand not even slippers , my son was crying in hunger father is sweating and a clear line of tension I could see on his face. His BP was getting High and worst we did not have his regular tablets as that were in the bus inside our bag.

First time I felt helpless in my life. I went to the nearby medical shop and told him the story and offered him my watch exchange of the medicine, he was kind enough to give one tablet for free.

As we had local bus ticket from tirumala to tirupati we came down to the bus stand and walked barefoot towards the bus stand for Bangalore. Taking the help of a PCO I called one of my friend, who had a friend in tirupathi and narrated him the story. He helped in arranging money through his friend.

We had food first and then I searched a bus for Bangalore and boarded in it. As we did not have even our house key with us (it was in the luggage) we called the travels again and enquired about the luggage , he answered that the luggage would reach here and we can collect it any time the office we remain open 24 hrs. I though now the pain is over we will reach Bangalore at 11.30 pm will have a good night sleep.

But yes I was wrong again it was not the time for our pain to be over. We reached Bangalore around 11.30 pm and I took an auto to reach Rajesh travels office at race course and the office is closed. I enquired in and around there was no response and when we called all concerned phone no body replied.

I thought we have to stay outside the house for the whole night, for try I called one of my friend for help and he arranged a key maker in the night and we broke open the lock of our house for an entry.

I thanked the god for a safe reach but by that time my father for in a very bad state my kid was not well and we have to awake almost whole night to care for them after medication.
Next day I got my luggage with missing 5000 Rs from it. I took this service as it was less than APSRTC (1700 per person) Rajesh was (1400) but end up paying more than 10000 +pain.

Some questions
1. If instead of me any old person or lady would have been there
2. Is this is a business or crime
3. Why I had to suffer so much when I trusted a brand that they will take care of me and my family
4. If I would have got the money from my friend
5. If the medical store would not have given the medicine
6. Why the travels do have a courtesy to apologies.
7. Will I get justice on the trauma I have gone through.

I am writing this with intention of awareness among other people so that they do not suffer the same we did.

Thanks & Regards
Subhash Chandra
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Hi All,

I recently visited Tirupathi by Rajesh Travels package tour of Rs 1550/- (Multi axle Volvo). I along with many co-passengers faced lots of problems related to bus, staff, guide, and food. Brief description is as follows:

1) The bus seats are very cramped, there is very little leg space. I am of avg height, 5'.5" and I found it very uncomfortable, could not sleep at all!!.

2) Tour guide is worst of all, and takes you to shops for prasad and mundan, which have very high cost so that he can get high commision. We reached hotel at night 2:15 AM and our Guide asked us to be ready within 30 mins even though the terms and conditions mention it as 1 hour. Peple who were 5-10 mins late, he started sreaming at them using very rude language.

When we reached to Tirumala, Guide took the people who wanted to do Mundan to a Barber shop who charged Rs 100/- for mundan. In bangalore, I get stylish a hair cut in Rs 50/- at a AC salon, 100/- in a village for getting bald is far more inflated price. Worst part is, he started screaming at people who wanted to go to a different shop and said he'd not be responsible if they get late and he'll leave them behind.

Guide asked us to take our own ticket (300/- each). He did not even tell anything about the ticket counter, prasand laddu counter, assembling point etc. Our darshan was done at around 8:00 AM (far before the expected time, which is 10:00 AM), therefore some passengers wanted to buy some prasad and lord Venkateshwara photos. We chose to buy from some other shop as the one which Guide had taken us to was very expensive. When the guide saw us going to a differnt shop he started hurrying and asked the bus driver to start the bus for leaving. We were forced to leave at 8:30 AM and we did not get any time to buy anything.

At 9:30 AM we reached Tirupathi bus stand and proceeded to Padmavati Temple. Our Guide said we had to buy our own ticket (of Rs 100/-) and before reaching the temple he collected Rs 100/- from all the passengers. When we reached temple we found that there was actually no rush at the temple and actuall ticket price was Rs 10/- and 40/- only. Rs 100/- was for a VIP darshan, which in our case was not needed as there was no rush and we were well ahead of scheduled time. We even did not get any ticket, our Guide took us through a normal Gate. When a passenger asked him about the Ticket he started screaming at him. We were done in 10 mins and came back to the bus. On reaching at the bus 2 passengers had not arrived, they were buying prasand and our Guide (this was the limit) left them at the temple and we went to the hotel for Lunch. When those 2 passengers came to hotel, this Guide again started sreaming at them.

3) Rajesh Travels cliams that the Lunch is unlimited but that is not the case. The initial quantity served is very less and therefore you have to go for a second round, but almost all the items in the Lunch menu are served only once!! Things like Chapati, Papad, Pulao, Sweet are not given more then one. Only plain white rice and Rasam is allowed again.

4) The bus staff behaviour is also very bad. While returning, one lady in our bus wanted to go to loo. Her husband therefore requested bus driver to stop the bus. Bus driver said that he'll stop in 5 min at some resturant. Almost after 15 mins also he did not stop, her husband again went to him, he said we'll reach in 5 min to the resturant and asked him to wait. Again after 10 mins he went to him with the same request and he got the same response. Fourth time that lady went to him and requested but he did not show any sympathy and kept driving. Almost after another 25 mins he stopped at the Resturant where he gets commision.

This entire expeerience was very bad and I will never ever travel with Rajesh Travels again. I hope ppl reading this find it useful.

I took the tirupathi package tour from Bangalore on 2nd Jan 2011. My dad and my mom, who are above 60 years old were accompanying me. I had booked the bus tickets some 3 weeks ago to avoid the rush as I was to take my parents safely. At the time of booking there was naturally no seats booked. I was the first. I took a 2 seater and 1 window seat next to it so that three o[censored]s could stay close during the journey. I specifically told the agent that there should not be any confusion with seats at the day of journey. Rajesh travels always do this seat confusions. They will allot the same seat to 5 different customers and then let them fight with each other while they will raise their hands. The same crap incident happened with us at the day of journey. We boraded the bus from tin factory and at that time the bus was fully loaded with passengers. Only our seats (3 in number) were left and shockingly the 3 seats were at three different positions and all towards the back side. When I demanded my seats showing the tickets to the other passengers who by that time had captured our seats, they also showed me the ticket with the same seeat numbers. Another passenger seating next showed the same seat numebered ticket. I called the helper. Fought with the helper, the driver, their office guys (over phone) and finally with the passengers. But alas nothing was happening. Then I requested 2 young lads to kindly give their seats to my parents so that at least they can seat together through the journey. They thankfully agreed and we settled after cursing the driver and the helper who were saying that they can't do anything, they are not responsible for these stuffs. However the journey started. The bus was old enough and it took several hiccups. Most of the seats had bad push-backs. Either they will not move back or they will just fall back (Not at all comfortable). Thankfully the seats where my parents got to seat were good. The quilts were old and smelling rotten eggs. The AC was working. The outer side of the bus was not at all what they show you during booking. However, at 2am they suddenly stopped at a under-construction inn in a no-mans land and asked us to take bath and freshen up. We had to abide by their rules as they have taken the whole money for the trip hence were then the king and we were the slaves. After brushing our teeth we boarded the bus again. As promised that it will leave at 2:50 am, contrary to that they left at 3:15am. After 5 minutes they moved the bus through a narrow lane which was just as spacious as the bus needed to push through. At the end of the alley was a utterly smelling shop (i[censored] call it restaurant then it will be a disrespect to the beautiful French word). They ordered us to take the breakfast in 15 minutes and warned us that the breakfast was limited and that if we dare eat an extra ice-cold idly we will be charged. We barely took our brekfast at 3:30am (first and last time in my life). The journey started again and we reached a temple prior to Tirupathi where we ourselves stood in the Q and took tickets for entrance @ Rs. 25/- per head contrary to what the package promises. Anyways at 4:30am the temple was empty and the environment was awesome with mantra chants and an amazing smell. We saw the arati and then went up-close to Bhagwan's murty. The experience was fabulous. Then after about half - an -hr we went towards Tirupathi. In between we had to leave the Volvo and board a worn-out government line bus. We reached at 5:30am and then after keeping out chappals, mobiles, cameras etc. at a shop which Rajesh Travels personnel calimed to be their own, we went towards the special Rs. 300/- Q as per the package. The morning hussle free ambience brought in peace to the over-disturbed Rajesh journey. The Darshaan was verry good. Up-Close and what one wishes to have. Then after Darshaan we started our return journey. We went back to the same posh den for lunch and it turned out ot be the worst ever lunch I ever had in my life. Finally we left for bangalore and landed at around 5pm in the evebning.

OVERALL -- Darshaan was awesome. Rajesh travels was crap. Don't opt for this, look for other options.

The experience with Rajesh Travels and Kaleshwari travels is horrifying.

Their punctuality is pathetic. The support staff in the bus and in their offices are hopeless. Their attitude towards passengers is pathetic.

We have missed the bus twice because of the confusion created by the staff in their offices. They are very rude when talking to people and have always tried pointing the mistake towards the passenger and do not seem to have any intention to correct the way they function.

The latest incident was on 16th July, 2010 for my travel from Bangalore to Guntur. The staff in the office mis-guided on a lot of information (like exact pickup point, time etc) and I missed my bus in spite of waiting at the suggested pickup point for 2 Hrs. The staff had been mis-guiding me on every call I made in those 2 hours trying to check about the status of the bus.

Please be aware of these kinds of Travels agents.

I went tirupathi last week and i selected Rajesh Travles for my Tirupathi Darshan package. I paid them more than money they asked me for better services. we are total 9 memebrs in our group inclusing my wife and frieds wife. Initialy we thought we will get best service from them as per their booking time. they told us and ensures about their best services in all over bangalore. but we get a horissable tour that time. they are not taking care of tourist after once they get money. theie drivers and guide behaves to passenger like animals. they dont care who is dieng.
Dear all I am request you please dont take these kind of tours and travles any more avoid them and try to book your own veihcles taht is more safe tham them.

I request to consumer court dept please do some thing against of these kind of bastreds they are playing with life of wishers of Balaji.

Thanks
Narendra verma

.I Used their Thirupathi Package tour on 11 Feb 2010. We were told that there will be A Darshan at tirupathi, followed by a visit to Thiruchanur. Included are Darshan, Breakfast, accomodation for freshup, Breakfast and lunch. ( They charged the full fare for the 6 year old kid. since it was told to me and I accepted. No complaints On this)

2. I have booked the 3 tickets, from R5, R6, and R8. These seats were really good. BUT THE PROBLEM IS THAT SEAT NOs R3 AND R5 ARE BAD. ( Excess recline). The recline of the seats are such that My Son sitting at the back had to take the weight of the seat+ person sitting in front of him. We had a chat for some time with the young ladies in the front seat. Thanks to the parents of the Young ladies who were sitting in seat No.1&2 and offered an exchange. This issue is settled.
I REQUEST THE OPERATOR TO REPAIR THE SEATS R3&R4 FOR BUS NO - 7722.

3. The starting was very good.Just on time. there were no problems enroute. we reached the sudarshan token counter at 0330 in the morning. We were told that there is no ticket required for kids. I was traveling with my Son, ( 6 Years old). there were 4 other kids in the bus. The counter opens at 0500 am. we had to stand in the queue for this period along with half asleep kid. we had to pay the fee and promptly refunded by the staff. WE REQUESTED THE STAFF ( DRIVER) TO KEEP THE KIDS IN THE BUS. ( IT WAS JUST BEHIND THE PLACE WE STOPPED AND THE QUEUE). IT WAS VERY RUDELY REFUSED.( the driver says what if the kid cries). The way it was said was very bad.
I REQUEST THE OPERATOR TO DO SOME THING ON THIS.
4. then we were taken to a resort at 0545 and given one room for 3 people ( it was told twin sharing). Again it was told that you have to fresh up and report to the restaurant by 0620. We really had to rush up. and the staff started banging the door at 0615. and rude shouts of "KHALI MADBEKU". there is the next group waiting so they started rushing us.
I never felt the staff of the operator were working for a service firm.

5. We had a good breakfast. then we reached Thirumala at about 0830. Enroute the bus, IT WAS DECLARED THAT WE WILL HAVE TO FINISH THE DARSHAN BY 1230 AND REACH THE BUS BACK. ELSE, THE TRIP TO THIRUCHANUR WILL BE CANCELLED AND NOT AS DECLARED BEFORE START.

7. They left us near one shop, who charged promptly Rs.10/- per mobile phone and Rs.2/for pair of cheppals. ( Please remember, we were rushed to that extent through out the trip that, these facilities are provided for free by TTD en route the darshan queue. we were told we will have to keep there only as this is the only meeting point.

6. EVERYONE REACHED AFTER RUSHING THROUGH THE DARSHAN, BY 1215. but not the staff.
He was collecting the extra LADDU's which were charged @50/- instead of normal Rs.10/-. We were bluffed by the staff that there is no sale of laddus.

7. On the route back A movie with very high sound is played. this is due to the speaker just above the seat L8 and I was sitting just across the speeker.
MY REQUEST WAS AGAIN RUDELY TURNED DOWN BY THE DRIVER ( In fact the attendent was about reach the volume control, and the driver has refused).
THE RUDE DRIVER SAYS" SOME PEOPLE COMPLAINT WE ARE NOT ABLE TO HERE". IMAGINE MY PLIGHT FOR THE LAST 1 1/2 DAYS OF TRAVEL AND BEAR WITH THIS HIGH NOISE JUST IN THE EAR.

8. I had to bear this torture till we reached Palamaneru and stopped for tea. then Again I requested the driver to reduce the volume. It seems he knows this proble in the seat No 7 and told that it can be stopped only, or bear it. I requested to sptop this sound.
THIS IS AGAIN IGNORED AND THE TORTURE CONTINUED TILL BANGALORE.

We three friends decided to hit Tirupthi over the weekend (07/24) and chose the package tour offered by Rajesh travels to make our trip hassle free.
We boarded the bus at Jaynagar 9th block at 7:45 PM and the first impression of the bus was good. Little did we know that it will be the only part of the package we will be satisfied about. The bus stopped some where in Kalasipalyam to get it’s top loaded with stuff to be transported to don’t know where and the whole loading process took 2 hours. I was cursing myself for ignoring my earlier experience of travelling in a private bus where again they had made us wait for almost 2 hours to load it’s top. Whenever you travel in a private bus, ensure that you ask the operators about the exact time it will start from Bangalore; else you will end up wasting time like we did. Anyway the bus headed to Anand Rao circle where we were supposed to continue our journey in another bus.
We waited for around 30 minutes for the bus to arrive and when it finally did we had our first major tryst with reality of Rajesh travels. Around 45-50 people where waiting to board the bus which was supposed to be an A/C Volvo. First of all it was not a Volvo and secondly our seat was second from last and the push back button was not working for one of our seats and thirdly it was not the bus which would take us all the way to Tirupathi. At Hoskote, there was another bus waiting for us and we were woken up from our sleeps at 12:00 in the midnight to embark the 3rd bus enroute to our destination. At around 4:00 AM we reached Tirupathi and the lights switched on and our beloved tour guide welcomed us to Tirupathi and started barking out few instructions in a language comprehendible only by him. It was neither Kannada nor Telugu nor Hindi nor English but all of them mixed up to make our lives worse. As people started getting down from the bus, we thought it would be in our best interests to do what other people were doing and decided to get down from the bus taking our entire luggage. We were in for a reprimand from the tour guide and bus driver for picking up the luggage to buy the darshan tickets. Realization dawned on us; we were at the foot of Tirumala and bus had stopped so that we could stand in the queue and buy the darshan tickets. It was a very wrong assumption we had made that the package tour included all the arrangements required for a hassle free darshan of lord Venkateshwara. Standing in the first never ending queue of Tirupathi yatra, we learnt that all the tickets to VIP darshan were sold out and all that was remaining was free darshan tickets. Wow! What a way to start our day. After standing in the queue for around 120 minutes in the wee hours, we secured the darshan tickets. Coming up next was the “resort” where we were supposed to freshen up and get ready to go to the temple. “Awful” would be an understatement for the short accommodation and breakfast we were provided.
Trivia: Huge tourist buses can’t climb the 7 hills of Tirumala. So after a brief wait of 30 minutes in the scorching sun, we got into an APSRTC bus which would take us to the hill top. Don’t miss the view of the valley on the way. It is legendary.
We reached the hill top, submitted all our electronics, footwear and headed straight to the temple. There were lots of pep talks by our useless tour guide and this time we tried really hard and understood what we actually wanted to say.
There we were in the next never ending queue of Tirupathi and this time we were seated in the queue for around 2.5 hours, . The temple gates were expected to open at 12:15 and we were there in front of the gate by 10:00, so we had no option but to wait. When the gates finally opened, there was lot of chaos with people pushing each other to get ahead in the queue. After going through all the queues we reached the main temple and we had a good darshan of the lord and the extraordinary temple. The sight of the almighty made us forget all the ordeals we faced to reach there.
Our rendezvous with queues was not over yet. To get the famous Tirupathi ladoo prasad we had to go through another huge queue and ultimately when we got out of the temple with the prasadam it was 3:30 PM. Our tour guide gave us the number of the bus that would take us down hill and vanished into thin air. We sat there all hungry and sick for another hour in the bus, waiting for it to start. It did start, but at 5:00 PM. 6:00 PM was lunch time for us and the place was again the same resort. Not sure if food was not bad or we were very hungry to distinguish between good and bad food. We hogged whatever was provided and were finally happy that the long day would be soon over. Wait! Our destiny had other plans. The breaks of the bus ( again, not the one which brought us to tirupati ) which had to bring us back to Bangalore were jammed and the search for mechanic was on. Thanks to all the guys who were part of this unfortunate group who chose Rajesh travels to visit Tirupathi, the bus started after they all gave a hand to push the bus and relieve the breaks.
We reached Bangalore around 12:15 and were stranded in Anand rao circle as it was the last stop and they didn’t have any provision for dropping people to the places where they picked up from. By god’s grace, we found an auto driver who agreed to bring us home in the middle of the night and he didn’t demand unreasonable fee. What a relief it was to reach home after the pathetic package tour.