KPN Travels

Booked KPN Non-AC sleeper for onward journey from Bangalore to Thiruvananthapuram. The bus was to start at 4:30, but arrived at the boarding point by 4:45 and started by 5 PM. The journey was good with regular stops for food and refreshments. The only pain was that it takes a longer route covering a lot of places in tamilnadu till Nagarcoil(near Kanyakumari) and reaches the destination.
For the return journey, as the same bus was not available, we took. The bus operator had sprayed some air-perfume or air-freshner which made us nauseous for a couple of hours. It would be better off without any sprays as we don't get to open windows. The route took was same, through Nagarcoil to reach Bangalore.
Enough stops were given for refreshments.
Overall, it was comfortable.
From Tiruvananthapuram, Trains are available for Varkala(45 mins in express trains), Buses are also available(we took bus onward till a place called, which is at 11 kms from Varkala and hired an auto to reach Varkala).
For return, took train (16724 - Ananthapuri express) to Tiruvananthapuram.

This was my first time in non AC sleeper bus. I travelled from Bangalore to Kodaikanal. Charging point was not working (atleast the one at my seat). You have to carry your own blanket and water bottle. Though I didn't had problem travelling in a non AC bus, but in future I'll prefer AC sleeper buses.

Travelling in KPN travels was the only horrible portion of our tour to Kodaikanal. We wanted to have a sleeper bus so that kids can be comfortable. However, the bus, was not comfortable at all.

The pick up was delayed by almost 45 minutes. Considering we reached the pick up point one hour early because of unpredictable Bangalore traffic, the total waiting time was 1 hour 45 minutes. The waiting room is hot and totally closed. There is no washroom in the waiting area at KPN Bommanahalli. To our horror, they were very casual to let us know they don't have one even though there are around 50 people waiting there for a n average one hour everyday. We went to nearby Adishwar showroom, and they were kind enough to let us use their facility.

The bus was horrible and old. To top it, it was loaded with huge amount of luggage at the top. Those luggage did not belong to the passengers. So, I would assume they are kind of transport goods across state border. The bus was moving slow in spite of having the awesome Tamil Nadu roads. The bus stopped at Palani for, what we felt like an era. Probably, they were unloading the huge luggage from the top. After a long delay, the bus started for Kodaikanal. There were only another couple in the bus apart from us. The road was deserted and full of ghat section. Even though the scenery was great along the road, we were somewhat frightened by the emptiness of the bus and deserted road.

KPN TRAVELS was a best in class Operator with Clean and On dot time service. But Felt very disappointed, bus was stinking. Windows were rattling and making noise in full trip. Tried to place few papers in between the glass but due to rattling the binding was getting loosened.

Journey was very comfortable but the only problem we faced is the behavior of Bus driver. He was very arrogant fellow and in case of emergency situation also he was coming forward for help. Otherwise seats were good and bus has charging points which never works.

KPN travels is very good in terms of customer service, the tickets are always available and they arrange anyhow for options.

I was in Chennai and wanted to head Ooty and online tickets were not available so I got their number from online and tried, it was so helpful. They not only gave me tickets at cheap rate but also gave options of buses.

They told me they can pick me up from my house and will drop me to bus stop.

Excellent that's all I wanted.

Will always call them for tickets.

The journey was very good because the roads are in excellent condition and moreover the driver also was very good. He didn't do any rash driving so it was very comfortable journey. The seat were also in good condition. For entertainment there was also a television in the bus.

Night time is best. Sleeper is best. The provided pillow bed sheet was good in condition. Bus was fully A/C for sleeper coach. Good driver. Space for luggage is good. Bus was also in good condition. Ticket is used by mobile ticket. Easy to book online. Overall nice trip.

I enjoy travelling in bus. Lot of fun in visiting Bangalore. Climate is good and a nice place for shopping. My friends also feel the same. It is a sleeper bus and it is very nice for travelling. Since the bus is comfortable the travel hours is not much burden to me.

Since the bus ride was insignificant part of journey it did not matter much. Bus arrived at our assembly point around 25 minutes late. They parked on the roadside blocking the traffic despite ample space available nearby. Driver and conductor were courteous as we expect from any normal human being. When we started back we had to look out for a replacement helper as the person had left earlier night owing to some issues with the employer.