I booked a ticket for me and my daughter on "Taj National Express-Konduskar Volvo Via Pune - Ac volvo sleeper" on May 9th from Panjim to Pune (8:31 PM) - through Travelyaari.
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We reached the boarding point 25 minutes beofre departure. While I was on the way to the point, I got a call from the operator asking where I am and that the bus is ready to leave ! It created a lot of panic and the taxi driver had to drive real fast to the boarding point.
When we reached there, we started searching for the bus and couldnt find any. I caught hold of the agent who asked us to board another bus and go to Goa Border. We refused initially since I was with my daughter. Then I saw a bunch of people who were also looking for the same bus. Thats when we figured out the bus is really NOT there and the agent was right. We were initially allocated 2 different seats (me and my 6 yr old daughter were supposed to travel in 2 different berths ! what a joke !) After more arguments, I managed to get 2 seats together (that too totally different from the one I chose on travelyaaari ! - right at the back of the bus).He bundled all o[censored]s into a pathetic, stinking 20 yr old bus that was rattling at the slightest movement. On the way he took so many people, stopped ten times and dropped 3 others here and there. The whole staff was curt and rude. The passengers were all frustrated. We finally reached the real boarding point that was some remote uninhabited place. While getting off, I had 2 bags and my daughter had slept off so had to carry her as well. I took some time to get off; I was the last one. The driver started shouting so bad that my daughter started crying.
Finally we were in the other bus at 11 PM (from being at Panjim boarding point at 8 PM). As said before our seats were totally different from what I booked on your site. Right at the back of the bus. My original seats were for the front. So the selection of seats was a joke ! And thats not the end. The next day, my colleagues were coming on the same Operator run bus on the same route and the same story repeated. 12 of them were on that bus and they too were taken to this border place and exchanged onto another bus. They got an even worse Volvo to Pune. So, these guys do not have license to operate in Goa. They still show it on the site as Goa - Pune (the timing is wrong, the bus is different, the boarding point is fake and the seat numbers booked on the site counts for nothing - everything is incorrect !)
I called travelyaari and wrote to them with the story. They responded saying they have talked to the operator and agreed to refund Rs 200 for my misery! I said NO thank You ! They did nothing to remove the operator, this despite telling that its an every day story with that particular bus. They know it and they are ok with it. They dont care what the passenger goes through. The same bus is still on their site with the misleading information. Even today I see the bus - Taj National Konduskar. Please DO NOT BOOK on this bus.
I wrote to Konduskar and no response till date
I am writing this to let you know what a harrowing experience it is
Abraham