Case study — Buswing

Peak season without the chaos.

How we built and continue to run Buswing's complete booking platform — handling 100+ daily bookings, managing 50+ vehicles, and eliminating double-bookings entirely.

Project overview

ClientBuswing
LocationMumbai, India
IndustryTravel & Transportation
Duration4 months
Year2024
StatusActive partnership

A travel business running on phone calls and guesswork.

Buswing was growing, but the operations behind it weren't. Every booking required a call. Fleet availability lived in someone's head. Pricing varied depending on who picked up the phone. At peak season, the team was overwhelmed — and customers were slipping through because the process was too slow and too unreliable.

Bookings managed over phone

Every booking required a call. Availability was tracked manually. At peak volume, the team couldn't keep up.

Double-bookings and errors

No real-time fleet visibility meant the same vehicle getting assigned twice — a painful and costly problem.

No pricing consistency

Fares were quoted manually, varying by who picked up the phone. Customers had no transparency on what they'd pay.

Zero operational visibility

The operations team had no dashboard, no fleet overview, no bookings summary — everything lived in someone's head.

Simple for customers. Powerful for operations.

We spent time with the Buswing team understanding exactly how the business operated before designing anything.

We mapped every booking type, every edge case, every operational decision the team made manually. Then we built a customer-facing platform so simple that anyone could book in under three minutes — while building backend systems that gave the operations team complete visibility and control. Real-time fleet status. Automatic assignment logic. Dynamic pricing that's consistent every time. And we've been running and improving it ever since launch.

Booked in under 3 minutes.

01

Service selection

Customer chooses hourly, outstation, or airport transfer.

02

Trip details

Pickup, drop, date, time, and passenger count entered in seconds.

03

Vehicle selection

Available vehicles shown with real-time pricing. Customer picks.

04

Payment and confirmation

Secure payment processed. Instant booking confirmation sent.

Everything the operation needed to scale.

Multi-service booking

Hourly, outstation, and airport transfers — each with its own booking flow, pricing logic, and availability check.

Real-time fleet management

Live vehicle status across the fleet. Automatic availability updates. No manual tracking.

Dynamic pricing engine

Instant fare calculation based on distance, duration, vehicle type, and time of day. Consistent every time.

Automated confirmations

Booking confirmations, driver details, and receipts sent automatically. No manual follow-up.

Operations dashboard

Complete fleet overview, booking status, daily revenue, and utilisation — visible at a glance.

Payment gateway

Integrated payment processing with multiple options, instant receipts, and clean reconciliation.

Peak season. Zero chaos.

100+Daily bookings processed
50+Vehicles managed
0Double-bookings since launch
3 minAverage booking time

Tech stack

Frontend

  • React.js
  • Next.js
  • Tailwind CSS
  • React Query

Backend

  • Node.js
  • Express.js
  • Redis
  • REST API

Infrastructure and APIs

  • AWS EC2
  • Firebase
  • Google Maps API
  • Payment Gateway

From first conversation to ongoing operations.

Discovery and planning

2 weeks
  • Deep-dive into current booking operations and pain points
  • Fleet management workflow analysis
  • Pricing model design and validation
  • Platform architecture planning

Design and prototyping

3 weeks
  • User flow mapping for customers, drivers, and admins
  • Wireframing and UI design
  • Booking flow prototype and usability testing
  • Operations dashboard design

Development

12 weeks
  • Core booking engine across three service types
  • Google Maps integration and pricing engine
  • Payment gateway and automated confirmation system
  • Operations dashboard and fleet management

Launch and ongoing operations

Ongoing
  • Beta launch with partial fleet
  • Full fleet onboarding and go-live
  • Continuous monitoring and performance optimisation
  • Feature improvements based on operational feedback

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