{"id":46037,"date":"2019-07-12T06:00:58","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T22:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=46037"},"modified":"2019-09-25T09:36:05","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T01:36:05","slug":"you-may-be-able-to-book-your-bus-tickets-via-grab-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2019\/07\/12\/you-may-be-able-to-book-your-bus-tickets-via-grab-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Skip the Line and Book Your Bus Tickets in Advance via Grab Bus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Update as of September 25, 2019: The Makati to Noveleta (vice versa) route is added on Grab Bus. The previously available routes are Makati CBD to SM Southmall (vice versa) and Makati CBD to Nuvali (vice versa).\u00a0Said feature is still in Beta mode so make sure to always check for additional routes in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You may have seen the new Bus feature on your Grab app, and wondered what it\u2019s for.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Well, the ride-hailing app is currently on the works for its new <\/span><b>bus feature<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, where you can literally book your bus tickets, currently available for <\/span><b>Makati CBD to SM Southmall and Nuvali (vice versa) routes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-46043\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/07\/Grab-Bus-00-1-473x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"473\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With the new feature, you may look for your preferred route and book your tickets in advance&#8212;say goodbye to the long queues at the terminal!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">These are the following routes as of July 4, in partnership with TAS Trans Corp. and San Agustin Transport Service Corp.:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46041\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/07\/Grab-03.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"502\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/07\/Grab-03.png 502w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/07\/Grab-03-300x178.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Nuvali to Makati routes and schedule<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46040\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/07\/Grab-04.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/07\/Grab-04.png 493w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/07\/Grab-04-300x183.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>SM Southmall to Makati routes and schedule<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here\u2019s a quick guide on how to use Grab Bus:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Step 1: Open your Grab app and tap the \u201cBus\u201d icon.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Step 2: Key in your departure and arrival bus terminals.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Step 3: Change your departure time (if required) and select your preferred trip from the options available.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Step 4: Specify the number of seats and tap \u201cPurchase Tickets\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Step 5: Once you arrive at the pick-up point, show your e-ticket in the Grab app to the bus driver.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-46039\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/07\/Grab-Bus-01-473x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"473\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/07\/Grab-Bus-01-473x1024.jpeg 473w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/07\/Grab-Bus-01-138x300.jpeg 138w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/07\/Grab-Bus-01-768x1664.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/07\/Grab-Bus-01.jpeg 945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Grab bus is completely <\/span><b>cashless<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8212;you can easily pay it through your app via credit and debit cards, or GrabPay credits.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Just like Grabcar, it also provides real-time bus updates so you know when your bus is arriving soon.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Also note that you can only book five seats per ticket. However, you may purchase as many tickets as you\u2019d like, provided that there are seats left.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">GrabBus is currently on Beta mode, for more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grab.com\/ph\/bus\/\" target=\"_blank\">grab.com\/ph\/bus<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the new feature, you may look for your preferred route and book your tickets in advance. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":46038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[9660,9661,9662,4761,5915],"class_list":["post-46037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-current-events","tag-grab-bus","tag-grab-bus-ph","tag-grab-bus-philippines","tag-grab-ph","tag-grab-philippines"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/07\/Grab-Bus-00-e1562933207174.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46037"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48487,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46037\/revisions\/48487"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}