Bangalore to Kochi Urbania Rental — Luxury Group Travel to the Queen of the Arabian Sea
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Places to Visit in Kochi
Fort Kochi and the Chinese Fishing Nets
The cantilevered fishing nets along the Fort Kochi shoreline are the image of the city - large shore-operated lift nets, introduced by traders from the court of Kublai Khan by tradition, still worked by teams of fishermen and best watched at sunrise or sunset. Behind them, Fort Kochi is a walkable quarter of Portuguese, Dutch and British buildings, with St Francis Church, where Vasco da Gama was originally buried in 1524 before his remains were returned to Portugal - the oldest European church in India. Visit on foot over a half day. The quarter is small, the light in the late afternoon is exceptional, and vehicles are better parked at the edge than driven through the lanes.
Fort Kochi and the Chinese Fishing Nets
The cantilevered fishing nets along the Fort Kochi shoreline are the image of the city - large shore-operated lift nets, introduced by traders from the court of Kublai Khan by tradition, still worked by teams of fishermen and best watched at sunrise or sunset. Behind them, Fort Kochi is a walkable quarter of Portuguese, Dutch and British buildings, with St Francis Church, where Vasco da Gama was originally buried in 1524 before his remains were returned to Portugal - the oldest European church in India. Visit on foot over a half day. The quarter is small, the light in the late afternoon is exceptional, and vehicles are better parked at the edge than driven through the lanes.
Mattancherry Palace and Jew Town
The Mattancherry Palace, often called the Dutch Palace, was built by the Portuguese around 1555 as a gift to the Raja of Kochi and later renovated by the Dutch. Its murals are the reason to go - some of the finest in India, covering the walls of the bedchambers with scenes from the Ramayana and Puranic subjects in dense mineral colour. Adjoining it, Jew Town runs down to the Paradesi Synagogue, built in 1568 and the oldest active synagogue in the Commonwealth, with hand-painted Chinese floor tiles and Belgian glass chandeliers. The lane between them is lined with antique and spice shops. Note that the synagogue closes on Fridays and Saturdays and on Jewish holidays.
Marine Drive and the Backwaters
Marine Drive is the promenade along the Ernakulam waterfront, facing the harbour, and it is where the modern city gathers in the evening - a walkway, the Rainbow Bridge, and ferries crossing to Fort Kochi and Vypin. The public ferry is the cheapest and most enjoyable way to move between the islands, and it beats driving around by a considerable margin. From here the wider backwater system opens south toward Alleppey and Kumarakom, and houseboat trips can be picked up from Kochi itself for anything from a few hours to overnight. Visit at dusk. For a group with a vehicle, the ferry-and-walk combination through Fort Kochi is genuinely better than trying to drive the quarter.
Cherai Beach and Vypin
Around twenty-five kilometres north on Vypin island, Cherai is a long stretch of shallow, relatively calm water backed by coconut palms, with a lagoon on the landward side - one of the few places where you can see backwater and sea within a few hundred metres. Dolphins are occasionally seen offshore. Visit for a half day if the itinerary allows, particularly with families, since the water is gentler than most Kerala beaches. Vypin is reached by bridge or by the vehicle ferry from Fort Kochi. The drive up the island is pleasant and there are Chinese nets along the backwater side that are far less crowded than the famous ones.
Hill Palace Museum, Tripunithura
Sixteen kilometres from the city, the Hill Palace was the seat of the Kochi royal family, a complex of over forty buildings in traditional architecture set in landscaped grounds with a deer park, and it now houses the largest archaeological museum in Kerala. The collection includes the royal crown and ornaments, paintings, sculpture, epigraphy, manuscripts and coins covering the long history of the Kochi kingdom. Visit for the collection and for the grounds, which are a genuine relief from the city. It is closed on Mondays. This is the best single answer for a rainy afternoon in Kochi, and it is consistently underrated by visitors who never leave Fort Kochi.
Kathakali, Kalaripayattu and Athirappilly
Kochi is the easiest place in Kerala to see Kathakali properly - several theatres run daily evening performances with the elaborate make-up applied on stage beforehand, which is half the experience, and the same venues often stage Kalaripayattu, the Kerala martial art. Book ahead in season. Further out, Athirappilly Falls lies around seventy kilometres north-east near Chalakudy, on the road you drove in on: the largest waterfall in Kerala at roughly twenty-five metres and eighty metres wide, spectacular from June through January and much reduced by March. It is a full day from Kochi, or better still built into the inbound journey as a detour rather than a separate trip.
Distance
550 Km
One way
Time
11 hrs
Via expressway
Starting from
₹ 44700
Plus GST
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About the Bangalore - Kochi route
Bangalore
Where Your Journey Starts
Krishnagiri
90 Km
Salem
200 Km
Coimbatore
355 Km
Palakkad
400 Km
Thrissur
460 Km
Kochi
550 Km
Bangalore
Departure Point
Your journey to Ooty begins from Bangalore, the gateway to South India's most beloved hill stations. Pick-up is available from any part of the city — Koramangala, Electronic City, Whitefield, Hebbal, Yeshwanthpur, Marathahalli, or Majestic. The most common route out of Bangalore takes you onto NH275, the six-lane Mysore Expressway, which is one of the smoothest and best-maintained national highways in Karnataka. An early departure between 5 AM and 6 AM is strongly advised to clear Bangalore city limits before peak traffic begins. The first 50 km on the expressway are fast, comfortable, and lightly trafficked in the early hours, setting a pleasant tone for the journey ahead. Our drivers are experienced in choosing the optimal departure window and route based on real-time traffic conditions, ensuring that the first stretch of your Bangalore to Ooty road trip is efficient, calm, and enjoyable from the very first kilometre.
Krishnagiri
Mango Capital of Tamil Nadu
On a 550 km day the departure discipline matters more than anything else. Our drivers reach the pickup point fifteen minutes early and aim to be past Electronic City before 5:30 AM, because every fifteen minutes lost here is fifteen minutes of arriving in Kochi after dark. Passengers boarding at Whitefield or Marathahalli are routed via Sarjapur and Attibele to bypass Chandapura. The road opens out after the Attibele toll and the Tamil Nadu border. Hosur has an unusually temperate climate for the region and sits at the centre of a rose-growing and automotive belt. Beyond it the NH 44 is six-lane and excellent, and Krishnagiri arrives quickly - the mango capital of the state, with roadside Banganapalli and Neelam stalls from April to July and a ninth-century hill fort visible from the road. This is where Chennai-bound traffic peels off and the road south thins noticeably.
Salem
Steel City of Tamil Nadu
Dharmapuri is an agricultural district centre, and Hogenakkal lies forty-five kilometres east where the Cauvery drops through a gorge - a half-day detour that does not fit a Kochi run but is worth knowing about for a slower return. Thoppur is the one demanding section of this route. The highway climbs steeply between Dharmapuri and Salem, and although four-laned throughout, the gradient is severe enough that loaded trucks slow to walking pace and lane discipline suffers. Our drivers hold back rather than joining in. Beyond it the road opens out into Salem, built on iron ore and mango orchards, which has the best highway restaurants of the whole journey - proper parking, clean facilities, quick service. This is the natural breakfast halt on an early departure. Budget forty minutes and use it properly, because the next good stop is three hours on.
Coimbatore
Manchester of South India
At Salem the route leaves NH 44 and joins NH 544 heading west, and this is fast four-lane running across the Kongu plains. The Kaveri is crossed near Bhavani, with Erode just beyond - the centre of the largest turmeric trade in India and a major textile town in its own right. Tiruppur follows, the knitwear capital, whose garment export industry is visible along the highway in the density of units and transport depots. Avinashi holds an old and architecturally significant Shiva temple directly on the road, worth thirty minutes for anyone with an interest. Coimbatore is bypassed rather than entered, which is the sensible choice on a through journey. Note that recent driver reports have flagged flyover construction detours on the Salem bypass to Neelambur stretch and diversions around Madukkarai on the Coimbatore approach, so our drivers check current conditions rather than assuming a clear run.
Palakkad
Granary of Kerala
This is the most geographically interesting forty-five kilometres of the journey. The road crosses the Palakkad Gap, the only major break in sixteen hundred kilometres of Western Ghats, a corridor about thirty kilometres wide between the Nilgiris and the Anaimalais. The wind funnels through it constantly, which is why this belt has wind farms and why Coimbatore is noticeably breezier than the rest of the Tamil Nadu plains. Walayar is the Kerala border checkpost, where the interstate permit is presented - arranged by us in advance, so it is a formality. Commercial traffic queues here can be substantial. Beyond the border the change is immediate and total: laterite soil, coconut and rubber, tiled roofs, and green of a different order. Palakkad is the rice bowl of Kerala, with Tipu Sultan fort in the town and the Malampuzha dam and gardens nearby. It is the natural second halt of the journey and the first place to eat Kerala food properly.
Thrissur
Cultural Capital of Kerala
Sixty kilometres south-west through paddy and plantation country, with the Ghats now on the eastern horizon rather than ahead. The road is good and the driving is easy, and this stretch passes quickly. Thrissur is built in concentric rings around the Thekkinkadu Maidanam, the hillock at its centre crowned by the Vadakkumnathan temple, one of the oldest Shiva temples in Kerala and a monument of considerable architectural importance. The city is the acknowledged cultural capital of the state, and the Thrissur Pooram, held around April and May, is the most spectacular temple festival in Kerala - caparisoned elephants, percussion ensembles of hundreds of musicians, and a fireworks display that runs through the night. If your travel dates fall near Pooram, expect the city to be full and book accommodation far ahead.
Kochi
Queen of the Arabian Sea
The final ninety kilometres run south through Chalakudy, where the road east leads thirty kilometres to Athirappilly, the largest waterfall in Kerala - a genuinely worthwhile detour if you have built the time in, and best from June through January. Angamaly and Aluva follow on the Periyar, and from here the Kochi metropolitan belt begins in earnest. This stretch is where the current NH 544 works between Thrissur and Angamaly bite, and drivers familiar with the route have been using an internal line via Athani and Ashtamichira rejoining at Kodakara as the more predictable option. Our drivers check the position before committing. Approaching Kochi, the Edappally junction is heavily congested between roughly 8:00 and 10:00 AM, so arrival timing matters. Kochi itself is spread across the mainland at Ernakulam, the Fort Kochi peninsula and a chain of islands, so tell us your exact drop address - the difference between Ernakulam and Fort Kochi is around forty-five minutes in traffic. For Cochin International Airport at Nedumbassery, note that it sits north of the city near Angamaly, on the road you came in on, so airport drops are quicker than the map suggests.
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Urbania Packages for Every Group
Every quotation is built around what the group actually needs rather than picked off a fixed menu. The tiers below describe how we normally structure bangalore to kochi urbania enquiries on this corridor.
Family Urbania Package
The dominant booking on a route where flying is the obvious alternative — families travelling with more luggage than an aircraft allows, families with elderly members for whom two airports are more trouble than one long drive, and families relocating. The 12 and 13 seater are the usual choice, and on 550 kilometres the extra space is not a luxury. We plan these journeys with two proper halts rather than one, at Salem and Palakkad, and we will suggest splitting the drive across two days wherever the group would be better for it rather than quietly taking the booking as it stands. Child seats can be arranged with notice. Our 13 seater urbania rent bangalore configuration is the most requested size on this route.
Two-Day Journey Urbania Package
The version of this trip we most often recommend, and the one competitors do not offer. Breaking the drive at Coimbatore or Thrissur turns a punishing eleven-hour day into two comfortable half-days, and it opens the route up — the Isha Yoga Center outside Coimbatore, Malampuzha at Palakkad, the Vadakkumnathan temple at Thrissur, and Athirappilly on the final approach all become possible rather than theoretical. For a group of fifteen the argument is stronger than for a family of four, because the odds that someone in the party finds eleven hours genuinely difficult rise with headcount. For anyone travelling for pleasure rather than necessity this is the better trip by a wide margin, and the additional cost is smaller than most people expect.
Corporate and Relocation Urbania Package
For business travel where flying does not suit, team movements, and the household relocations that make up a real share of traffic on this corridor. Documentation is handled up front: GST invoicing, a Proforma Invoice at quotation stage for purchase-order approval, monthly consolidated billing and thirty-day credit terms for signed accounts. On a route with active roadworks we quote an arrival window rather than a single time, which is the honest way to do it. And for genuinely time-critical travel we will say plainly that a flight is the better answer — a corporate client who misses a morning meeting because of a diversion at Madukkarai is not a client we keep. Our corporate travels bangalore desk handles standing accounts.
Luxury and VIP Urbania Package
For executive travel, guest hosting and anyone who would rather spend eleven hours comfortably. This tier draws on the 15, 16 and 17 seater end of the fleet with the full recliner and dual-zone specification, a chauffeur in formal attire where the occasion calls for it, and vehicle allocation confirmed by registration number rather than by class. On the longest route in our network the case is simply endurance — seat comfort and climate control stop being cosmetic somewhere around hour seven, and this is the tier we most often recommend where older passengers are travelling. See the luxury urbania rental bangalore fleet and the 16 seater urbania configuration. We will still show you the 13 seater total alongside it, because the Walayar permit scales with capacity.
Fare Inclusions, Exclusions and Advance Payment
Every Tejas Tours and Travels quotation for the Bangalore to Kochi Urbania corridor is issued in writing with the structure below. Nothing outside this list is charged, and everything inside it is stated before you confirm.
Advance payment: 20 percent of the total fare is payable in advance to confirm the booking.
Included in the Quoted Fare
• Base fare and fuel charges
• Driver allowance
Not Included in the Quoted Fare
• Toll and parking charges
• Interstate tax
• Driver bata after 9:45 PM, charged extra
• Final rental is calculated on total kilometres and hours from our garage to garage
• GST
Insurance note: Tejas Tours and Travels does not cover passenger insurance. Passengers are advised to arrange their own travel cover where required. Our vehicles carry the statutory motor insurance required under law and our drivers hold valid commercial licences.
Three points matter on this route more than on any shorter one. First, tolls are substantial — this is one of the most heavily tolled corridors in South India, and they are billed at actual rather than estimated, so ask for the expected figure at the quotation stage and treat an unusually low all-inclusive quote with caution. Second, the Kerala interstate tax and entry charges at Walayar are quoted as a separate line at actual and arranged in advance, and they scale with seating capacity, so a 17 seater carries a higher permit line than a 13 seater. Third, and most importantly on this corridor, garage-to-garage billing means the total covers the vehicle running from and returning to our Bangalore garage — across a 550 km one-way route that return leg is a very large share of the figure even though nobody is in the vehicle for it. We state that plainly at quotation rather than discovering it with you at settlement, and it is the single biggest reason a one-way drop on this route costs what it does.
Our Services from Bangalore and Mysore
Tejas Tours and Travels operates a full ground-transport fleet from both Bangalore and Mysore. Our fleet covers 27 to 50 seater buses including Volvo and Benz coaches, 8 to 18 seater tempo travellers, 12 to 24 seater minibuses, 13 to 17 seater Force Urbania vans, and 4 to 7 seater cars from the Etios and Dzire through Innova, Innova Crysta, Innova Hycross, Fortuner, Commuter, Corolla Altis and Camry to the Audi A6 and Q7, BMW 5 and 7 Series, Mercedes E Class and S Class, and the Rolls-Royce Ghost. We do not operate sleeper buses. Every service below is available on this corridor and on every other route we run.
Cab Service
Sedans, SUVs and premium cars for one to seven passengers. Our premium car rentals in bangalore fleet covers car rental bangalore, luxury car rental bangalore, car booking and premium cab requirements from local city use to week-long outstation itineraries, including the cab rental bangalore option on this very route.
Tempo Traveller Service
The 8 to 18 seater band for larger family groups where budget matters more than premium finish. Our luxury tempo traveller bangalore fleet handles tt vehicle requirements with pushback seating and full air conditioning. On a route this long the seating standard matters more than on any other corridor we run, which is why we quote it alongside the Urbania rather than instead of it.
Minibus Service
The 12 to 24 seater mini bus rental in bangalore fleet covers minibus rental, mini bus booking online, mini bus in bangalore and mini bus for rent in bangalore for wedding parties and institutional groups that outgrow the Urbania on this corridor.
Bus Service
Full-size 27 to 50 seater coaches through our bus rental in bangalore service handle rental bus booking, bangalore bus booking and luxury bus hire for wedding movements and institutional travel into Kerala.
Force Urbania
Our force urbania rent bangalore fleet runs 8 to 17 seater configurations, with urbania on rent bangalore a strong long-haul choice on exactly this kind of distance. See also the 15 seater urbania rent bangalore variant; force urbania hire and urbania van rental enquiries are quoted within two hours.
Luxury Volvo Bus
Our volvo bus rental bangalore service covers volvo luxury bus, luxury bus and rental bus booking for group comfort across 550 km. On this route that upgrade earns its cost once a party passes seventeen.
Corporate Travels
Managed transport for companies. Our corporate travels bangalore desk provides corporate cab service bangalore, corporate car rental bangalore and corporate transport services as a corporate travel management company bangalore, with GST invoicing, PO-based approvals and monthly consolidated billing.
Airport Transfer
Round-the-clock Kempegowda International Airport pickups and drops with live flight tracking, and Cochin International Airport transfers at Nedumbassery at the far end of this route. Our airport transfer bangalore service covers bangalore airport cab, airport taxi bangalore, kempegowda airport taxi and airport cab booking Bangalore.
Employee Transport
Our employee transportation services bangalore programme covers employee cab service, office cab service bangalore, staff transportation services and employee transport management, plus night shift cab service bangalore, it employee transport service, office bus service bangalore, employee pick up and drop service, ets transport bangalore, staff bus rental bangalore, corporate employee commute service, employee transport service provider bangalore, tech park cab service, company cab service bangalore and employee shuttle service Bangalore.
School Commute
Our school transportation services cover school bus service bangalore, student transportation management, school van service bangalore and school bus rental bangalore, along with school cab service bangalore, school bus on rent, school excursion bus rental bangalore, college trip bus rental bangalore, school bus tracking service, student pick up and drop service, school bus contractor bangalore, school picnic bus booking, tempo traveller for school trip bangalore, college tour bus rental and safe school transport service Bangalore.
Outstation Travel
Our outstation cabs bangalore service handles outstation cab booking, outstation car rental bangalore, outstation taxi bangalore and outstation vehicle booking, with the Kerala interstate permit arranged in advance on this route as standard practice.
Wedding Cab and Bus
Our wedding car rental bangalore service covers wedding cars for rent, wedding car hire bangalore, marriage car rental bangalore and wedding bus rental Bangalore as a single managed booking, with the Urbania the most popular guest-shuttle vehicle.
Innova Hycross
Our innova hycross rent bangalore service offers innova hycross taxi, hycross car rental, innova hycross for rent and 7 seater innova hycross rental Bangalore for smaller parties, and on a 550 km run the hybrid efficiency makes a genuine difference to the total. Curated tour packages from Bangalore and Mysore are also available across Kochi, Munnar, Alleppey, Thekkady and the wider Kerala circuit.
How to Book a Force Urbania for Rent in Bangalore — Step by Step
Booking a Force Urbania for hire in Bangalore with Tejas Travels takes under 5 minutes. Follow these 4 steps.
Step 1 — Contact Tejas Travels
• Call or WhatsApp +91 9980277773, or email info@tejastravels.com — available 24 hours, 7 days a week.
• Share these details when you make contact:
◦ Travel date
◦ Bangalore pickup location — area or landmark such as Whitefield, Electronic City, MG Road, Koramangala, KIA airport, a hotel name or a tech park
◦ Destination or your full itinerary
◦ Number of passengers
◦ Preferred vehicle
• For KIA airport pickups, share the flight number. The driver tracks live flight status and adjusts pickup timing for delayed flights automatically.
• For luxury vehicles such as Audi, BMW, Mercedes or Rolls-Royce, also mention the occasion — corporate, wedding or VIP event — so the team can ensure the best-condition vehicle and, where required, formal chauffeur attire.
• On this route, tell us your exact Kochi drop address and whether you want the one-day or two-day version, since Ernakulam and Fort Kochi are around forty-five minutes apart in traffic.
Step 2 — Receive Your Written Quote
• Within 2 hours of your enquiry, Tejas Travels sends a written quote via WhatsApp or email.
• The quote clearly itemizes every charge:
◦ Vehicle hire rate — Rs/km or flat package
◦ Driver allowance — Rs 400 to 1,000 per day depending on vehicle class
◦ Applicable toll estimates — substantial on this corridor and billed at actual
◦ Any interstate permit if applicable — Kerala at Walayar for this route, Tamil Nadu for Ooty, Andhra Pradesh for Tirupati
• No verbal-only prices. Everything is in writing before you confirm.
• For corporate clients requiring reimbursements, a Proforma Invoice can be issued at this stage.
• If you want to compare two vehicle classes, request both quotes at the same time — worth doing here, since the Kerala permit scales with seating capacity.
Step 3 — Confirm Your Booking and Pay Advance
• Once satisfied with the written quote, confirm via WhatsApp or phone.
• A 20 percent advance payment confirms the booking.
• Payment options: UPI (Google Pay, PhonePe, Paytm), NEFT/IMPS/RTGS bank transfer, or credit/debit card via payment link.
• Advance receipt is issued within 30 minutes.
• Your confirmation includes, all in writing:
◦ Driver name and mobile number
◦ Vehicle registration
◦ Departure time
◦ Pickup location
◦ Full billing breakdown
• For luxury vehicles such as the Rolls-Royce Ghost, BMW 7 Series and Mercedes S-Class, the advance may be higher due to limited fleet and Bangalore peak-date demand — wedding season from November to February, and New Year.
Step 4 — Your Driver Arrives Early
• Your assigned Tejas Travels driver arrives at your confirmed Bangalore pickup point 15 minutes before scheduled departure.
• For KIA airport transfers, the driver coordinates at the Arrivals gate.
• The vehicle is clean, sanitized, fuelled and ready.
• For wedding and VIP bookings, the driver arrives in formal attire.
• The driver calls 30 minutes before arrival as a courtesy.
• During the trip, the driver handles all routing, toll payments and Bangalore traffic navigation.
• At trip end, balance payment is settled after deducting the advance.
• Any additional km or hours are billed at the pre-agreed rate.
Quick Booking for Hire: WhatsApp +91 9980277773 with your vehicle preference, Bangalore pickup location, destination and travel date. Written quote in 2 hours.
Payment Methods — Urbania and Car Hire in Bangalore
Tejas Travels accepts all major digital and traditional payment methods for both advance booking and final settlement at trip end.
• UPI — Google Pay, PhonePe, Paytm, BHIM UPI, Amazon Pay. Fastest method. Instant confirmation on receipt. Recommended for all advance deposits.
• Bank Transfer — NEFT, IMPS, RTGS. For corporate clients and advances above Rs 5,000. IMPS is instant; NEFT takes up to 2 hours.
• Credit / Debit Card — Visa, Mastercard, RuPay. Via payment link to your registered mobile or email. Valid for advance and full payment.
• Net Banking — All major Indian banks. Payment link via WhatsApp or email. Preferred for Bangalore IT corporate PO-based approvals.
• Cash — Balance at time of travel. Accepted at trip end. The advance must be digital for booking confirmation. Receipt issued.
• Corporate Credit — Registered corporate accounts. 30-day credit terms for signed Bangalore corporate clients. Monthly consolidated invoicing available.
Luxury vehicle note: For the Rolls-Royce Ghost, BMW 7 Series and Mercedes S-Class, a higher advance may be required given limited Bangalore fleet availability and Bangalore wedding season demand.
Cancellation Policy — Urbania and Car Hire in Bangalore
Tejas Travels maintains a fair, transparent and tiered cancellation policy. All terms are communicated in writing at booking confirmation.
• More than 72 hours before departure — Cancellation charge: NIL, no charge. Refund on advance: 100 percent of advance refunded within 5 to 7 working days.
• 48 to 72 hours before departure — Cancellation charge: 10 percent of total trip fare. Refund on advance: advance refunded less 10 percent deduction.
• 24 to 48 hours before departure — Cancellation charge: 25 percent of total trip fare. Refund on advance: advance refunded less 25 percent deduction.
• 12 to 24 hours before departure — Cancellation charge: 50 percent of total trip fare. Refund on advance: advance refunded less 50 percent deduction.
• Less than 12 hours before departure — Cancellation charge: 75 percent of total trip fare. Refund on advance: minimal or no refund depending on trip value.
• No-show, vehicle deployed and client absent — Cancellation charge: 100 percent of total trip fare. Refund on advance: no refund, full fare payable.
• Cancellation by Tejas Travels, breakdown or force majeure — Cancellation charge: NIL, no charge. Refund on advance: 100 percent refunded within 2 working days, or a substitute vehicle offered.
Special Cancellation Conditions for Bangalore Hire
• Weddings — Bangalore wedding hire: minimum 7-day notice for a full refund. Cancellations within 3 days of the wedding date are non-refundable.
• Luxury cars — Rolls-Royce, BMW 7 Series and Mercedes S-Class: minimum 5-day notice for a full refund, due to limited Bangalore fleet and wedding season demand.
• Peak dates — New Year, Diwali and Bangalore long weekends: minimum 48-hour notice for a full refund. Less than 24 hours is non-refundable.
• Force majeure — Bangalore bandhs and force majeure events such as traffic disruptions and road closures: 100 percent refund within 2 working days regardless of notice period.
• Modifications — Date change, vehicle upgrade or route additions with more than 24 hours notice: accommodated at no penalty, subject to availability.
How to cancel: Call or WhatsApp +91 9980277773 with your booking reference. Cancellation confirmation within 2 hours. Refund to the original payment method within the stated timelines.
Refund Policy — Urbania and Car Hire for Rent in Bangalore
All refunds are processed to the original payment instrument. No cash refund is issued unless the advance was paid in cash.
• Cancellation 72+ hrs before departure — Refund amount: 100 percent of advance paid. Timeline: 5 to 7 working days to the original payment instrument.
• Cancellation 48 to 72 hrs before departure — Refund amount: advance minus 10 percent charge. Timeline: 5 to 7 working days.
• Cancellation 24 to 48 hrs before departure — Refund amount: advance minus 25 percent charge. Timeline: 5 to 7 working days.
• Cancellation 12 to 24 hrs before departure — Refund amount: advance minus 50 percent charge. Timeline: 7 to 10 working days.
• Cancellation by Tejas Travels — Refund amount: 100 percent of advance paid. Timeline: 2 working days, priority processing.
• Trip shortfall, actual km less than minimum — Refund amount: proportional credit on the excess. Timeline: settled at trip end.
• Billing error or overcharge — Refund amount: full overcharged amount. Timeline: 2 to 3 working days after verification.
• Duplicate payment — Refund amount: full duplicate amount. Timeline: 2 to 3 working days after confirmation.
Refund by Payment Method
• UPI — GPay, PhonePe, Paytm: refund to the UPI-linked bank account within 3 to 5 working days.
• Card — Credit or debit card: refund to the originating card within 5 to 7 working days.
• Bank — Bank transfer: refund to the originating account within 3 to 5 working days. Account details are re-confirmed before processing.
• Cash — Cash refund at the Tejas Travels Bangalore office or via IMPS within 5 working days.
Refund contact: WhatsApp +91 9980277773 with your booking reference, advance receipt and refund reason. Confirmation within 24 hours.
Booking contact: Call or WhatsApp +91 9980277773, or email info@tejastravels.com. Available 24 hours, 7 days a week. Written quote within 2 hours.
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What Our Customers Say About Our Urbania Services in Bangalore
Bangalore to Coorg
So nice that the service we have received from Tejas travellers. Ms Revati is very good coordinator and so polite and have much patience. Thank you so much for making our journey nice and beautiful with sending experienced drivers.🙂
Rahul
15/6/2026 Coorg
5/5
Bangalore to Pondicherry
We recently completed our Pondicherry trip with Tejas Tours and Travel Company, and overall we had a very good experience. Shashikala coordinated with us from enquiry to booking and throughout the trip. She was well-communicated, supportive, and checked in with us daily to ensure everything was fine.
Souvik Bhattacharya
6/4/2026 Pondicherry
5/5
Travelled to Bangalore
Hired for day-out trip, It was very pleasant and comfortable journey, with good driver's behaviour and l may strongly suggest Tejas travels for better and comfortable family trip
Kishore Lal
6/11/2025 Bangalore
5/5
Bangalore to Madikeri
Booked Urbania from tejas travels, bangalore to madikeri. Excellent service, driver was very polite and he knows all nook and corner. Overall we enjoyed the trip
Jai Kumar
1/1/2026 Madikeri
5/5
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Frequently Asked Questions — Bangalore to Kochi Urbania
The bangalore to kochi distance is around 545 to 555 km via NH 44 to Salem and NH 544 through Erode, Coimbatore, Walayar, Palakkad and Thrissur. An Urbania takes 10 to 11 hours with two proper halts, and currently closer to eleven given active roadworks on parts of the corridor. A large vehicle sits at the slower end of that range. The alternative through Mysore, Bandipur and Kozhikode runs longer and slower, and we use it only when the itinerary calls for Wayanad.
We will give you the honest answer, which is that many groups should fly — it is 550 km with an hourly service. Driving makes sense when you are carrying more luggage than an aircraft allows, when the party includes elderly travellers for whom two airports are worse than one long journey, when you want Athirappilly or Coimbatore or Thrissur on the way, when you are relocating, or when a group of fifteen needs to arrive together with a vehicle available at the far end. If any of those apply the drive is genuinely worthwhile, and we would suggest splitting it across two days.
Urbania fare starts around Rs 44,700. The final figure depends on vehicle class, number of days and total kilometres run. Since billing is garage to garage on actual kilometres and hours, we issue a written itemised quote within 2 hours rather than a verbal estimate.
Because of garage-to-garage billing, which is the standard commercial basis for outstation hire. The vehicle runs from our Bangalore garage to Kochi and then back again, and on a 550 km one-way route that return leg is a very large share of the total even though you are not in the vehicle for it. We state this plainly at the quotation stage rather than at settlement. It is also why a round trip is far better value per kilometre than a one-way drop on long routes, and why we will tell you if a flight is the more sensible option for your particular trip.
Our Urbania fleet runs from 8 up to 17 seats, and as a working rule you should book one seat more than your headcount — on 550 kilometres with relocation-scale luggage, that rule matters more here than anywhere else we operate. Groups of eight to ten take the 9 or 10 seater, eleven to thirteen the 13 seater, and fourteen to seventeen the 15, 16 or 17 seater. Above seventeen we move you to a minibus or coach. We do not operate a sleeper bus service. For overnight travel on this corridor we recommend either a Volvo or Benz seater coach from our 27 to 50 seater fleet, or the two-day Urbania itinerary with a Coimbatore or Thrissur halt.
Yes. The border is at Walayar on NH 544, just past the Palakkad Gap between Coimbatore and Palakkad, and a Kerala interstate permit is required for a commercial vehicle. We arrange it in advance and show the cost as a separate line at actual in your quote, so there is no waiting for you at the checkpost, though commercial traffic queues here can be substantial. One point worth knowing before you pick a vehicle: the charge scales with seating capacity, so a 17 seater carries a higher permit line than a 13 seater. We show both figures so the choice is yours.
Yes, and we plan around them rather than pretending otherwise. Flyover construction detours have been reported on the Salem bypass to Neelambur stretch and diversions around Madukkarai on the Coimbatore approach, and NH 544 works between Thrissur and Angamaly have pushed experienced drivers onto an internal line via Athani and Ashtamichira rejoining at Kodakara. In a 16 or 17 seater that decision needs a driver who knows the width of those roads, which is why we check current conditions before committing rather than following an app. On this corridor we quote an arrival window rather than a single time.
It can, but it should not, and we plan the day so that it does not have to. Fort Kochi is a small walkable quarter of narrow lanes and the whole appeal is going through it on foot. We park the Urbania at the edge and you walk in. Better still, the public ferry from Marine Drive is the cheapest and most enjoyable way to cross between Ernakulam, Fort Kochi and Vypin, and it beats driving around the bridges by a wide margin — we will drop you at the jetty and meet you on the other side. For Vypin and Cherai we use the bridge rather than the vehicle ferry.
Yes, and it is the single best addition to this journey. Athirappilly is around thirty kilometres east of Chalakudy, which sits on the final ninety-kilometre stretch into Kochi, so the detour costs roughly two hours including time at the falls rather than requiring a separate day trip later. It is the largest waterfall in Kerala and is at its most impressive from June through January, reducing considerably by March. There is parking for a large vehicle. Tell us at the quotation stage so the time and kilometres are in the plan rather than added on the day.
A 20 percent advance on the total fare confirms your booking and holds the specific vehicle for your date. The advance receipt is issued within 30 minutes, and your confirmation includes the driver name, mobile number, vehicle registration, departure time and the full billing breakdown in writing. For Onam, Thrissur Pooram and the December to January peak, a higher advance may be requested and Urbania availability on this corridor tightens well ahead of the date.
Included: base fare, fuel charges and driver allowance. Not included: toll and parking, interstate tax, driver bata after 9:45 PM, and GST. The Kerala interstate permit at Walayar is quoted as its own line at actual. The final rental is calculated on total kilometres and hours from our garage to garage, which on this route is the largest single factor in the price. Kathakali tickets, houseboat hire and museum entry are paid on site and sit outside the vehicle fare entirely.
No, Tejas Tours and Travels does not cover passenger insurance. Our vehicles carry the statutory motor insurance required under law and our drivers hold valid commercial licences, but passengers wanting personal travel cover should arrange it independently, and on the longest route in our network we recommend it more strongly than on short trips. As for timing: September to March, with September and October particularly good in Kochi for post-monsoon greenery, lighter crowds and comfortable weather. April and May are hot and humid on the coast. June to August is the southwest monsoon — wet, atmospheric and green, and also when Athirappilly is at its most spectacular.