{"releaseId":"sha256:ac5dd8d905c00eace5353304a9456358eede4224f3a935465432ab184b4d049a","startup":{"record_contract":"stompstart.startup/v1","startup_id":"stp_84f5f68667613b53212d93e57e","subject_id":"sub_0f02b7bac42b4f37d280ca25fb","slug":"hire-a-bus","stewardship":"editorial","directory":{"state":"unlisted"},"name":"Hire A Bus","tagline":"Hireabus.com provides and easy to use marketplace for booking group transport all around the world.","description":"Only a directory excerpt of the listing survives. It described Hire A Bus as an online marketplace connecting travellers with coach, bus and minibus operators around the world, replacing a manual, offline booking process with instant pricing and simple booking. It was in public beta and listed from Tamworth, Australia.","highlights":[],"website":{"state":"known","url":"https://hireabus.com/"},"access":[{"kind":"browse","url":"https://hireabus.com/"}],"platforms":[],"surfaces":[],"classification":{"categories":["travel"],"stage":"unknown"},"pricing":{"model":"unknown"},"company":{"state":"unknown"},"people":{"state":"unknown"},"location":{"kind":"unknown"},"founded":{"precision":"unknown"},"media":{"gallery":[]},"links":[],"status":{"label":"operating","basis":{"kind":"observation","observation_id":"obs_b4f28384cbd8d229fe6c76a858"},"checked_on":"2026-09-29","confidence":"high","hook":"An online marketplace from Tamworth, Australia, for pricing and booking coaches, buses and minibuses, still quoting trips today.","summary":"Hire A Bus still operates at hireabus.com, where customers describe a trip and receive an estimate, then firm prices from local operators. Its about page names Hire A Bus Limited, which Companies House lists as an active UK company incorporated in June 2018 with accounts filed to June 2025, and shows the UK and Australia as live markets."},"citations":[{"url":"https://hireabus.com/about","title":"hireabus.com","kind":"first_party","retrieved_at":"2026-09-28T00:00:00Z","capture_attempt_digest":"sha256:3cbc40ebe793a534e4d2043ab70ec570aa1b04ddca02f6658bf029826bb4a213"},{"url":"https://hireabus.com/","title":"hireabus.com","kind":"first_party","retrieved_at":"2026-09-28T00:00:00Z","capture_attempt_digest":"sha256:04c9541d275f2a990dfe9e0c3f9b6b94865abe5326f3d56e659cf362beaf08c8"},{"url":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11419973","title":"find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk","kind":"registry","retrieved_at":"2026-09-28T00:00:00Z","capture_attempt_digest":"sha256:ac66e1c6f3f4ba3df959da79d230a1752df529cf0d873795b519f5a34007eba9"}],"corrections":[],"revision_digest":"sha256:0f61c199c6ee9299468c51375a3d017cf402572bd34180c4e6dd59e4ef0d094c"},"basis":{"kind":"observation","observation":{"record_contract":"stompstart.observation/v1","observation_id":"obs_b4f28384cbd8d229fe6c76a858","capture_attempt_digest":"sha256:f69729f91457213a93e1ce0dbc28b8147ba90b9fedffa9e4be0c580ffa7aa24d","observed_at":"2026-09-29T12:13:55.594Z","checked_at":"2026-09-29T12:13:55.594Z","corrections":[],"kind":"site_check","startup_id":"stp_84f5f68667613b53212d93e57e","page_url":"https://hireabus.com/","site_verdict":"product_live","revision_digest":"sha256:9422b2f670574bae0d2a4205d36dba815144b4e0a0925a16e094dc3271e1c900"}},"events":[],"nextEventCursor":null,"siteChecks":[{"record_contract":"stompstart.observation/v1","observation_id":"obs_b4f28384cbd8d229fe6c76a858","capture_attempt_digest":"sha256:f69729f91457213a93e1ce0dbc28b8147ba90b9fedffa9e4be0c580ffa7aa24d","observed_at":"2026-09-29T12:13:55.594Z","checked_at":"2026-09-29T12:13:55.594Z","corrections":[],"kind":"site_check","startup_id":"stp_84f5f68667613b53212d93e57e","page_url":"https://hireabus.com/","site_verdict":"product_live","revision_digest":"sha256:9422b2f670574bae0d2a4205d36dba815144b4e0a0925a16e094dc3271e1c900"}],"listings":[{"listing":{"record_contract":"stompstart.listing/v1","listing_id":"lst_7840001e6b9fb64d92a3ed9475","startup_id":"stp_84f5f68667613b53212d93e57e","original_url":"http://stompstart.com/hire-a-bus","legacy_paths":["/hire-a-bus"],"listed_on":{"precision":"unknown"},"editorial_summary":"Only a directory excerpt of the listing survives. It described Hire A Bus as an online marketplace connecting travellers with coach, bus and minibus operators around the world, replacing a manual, offline booking process with instant pricing and simple booking. It was in public beta and listed from Tamworth, Australia.","media":[],"citations":[],"corrections":[],"revision_digest":"sha256:53cf57d2b13ccde22f8f21b3bbe75389a90edbc1607d626189b1bd3c8026dd90"},"observations":[{"record_contract":"stompstart.observation/v1","observation_id":"obs_7ee0d03c44835cc8d6571f286f","capture_attempt_digest":"sha256:b3dea88e2c7ee5b23023091bd5addada7d3c0de3d0c5b58949a8b9197f5f1c42","observed_at":"2019-08-23T08:47:42Z","checked_at":"2026-09-29T12:09:27.419Z","corrections":[],"kind":"archive_listing","listing_id":"lst_7840001e6b9fb64d92a3ed9475","page_kind":"directory_card","extractor":{"name":"stompstart-archive-extractor","version":"1+b094880b3b02556f"},"original_listing_url":"http://stompstart.com/hire-a-bus","page_url":"https://stompstart.com/startups/tagged/Travel?page=2","listed_on":{"precision":"unknown"},"page":{"name":"Hire A Bus","pitch":"Hireabus.com provides and easy to use marketplace for booking group transport all around the world.","description":"Hire A Bus offers an online marketplace, connecting travellers with coach, bus and minibus operators around the world. Booking buses and coaches is manual and offline We have built an international online marketplace with instant pricing and simple booking.","description_kind":"excerpt","stage_text":"Public Beta","market_tags":["transportation","travel"],"location":{"city":"Tamworth","country":"AU"},"links":[],"redactions":0},"attachment_digests":[],"revision_digest":"sha256:d376c3d48524948d9317db25c60741f4eb088c3a63be041e6dff3bb600af9afe"}],"moreObservations":false}],"moreListings":false,"stories":[],"moreStories":false}