Southeast Asia’s first luxury hotel made from retired buses opens in Singapore — take a look inside

It only costs a dollar to ride a Singapore bus — but 398 Singapore dollars to sleep in one.

The Bus Collective is Southeast Asia’s first resort hotel to repurpose decommissioned public buses into luxury hotel rooms.

The project renovated 20 buses that were once owned by SBS Transit, Singapore’s public transport operator, giving them a renewed purpose within the hospitality sector.

The resort hotel officially opens on Dec. 1 and bookings are now available on its website.

The Bus Collective is located in Changi Village, Singapore — occupying 8,600 square meters of land.

The property sits near local attractions like the Changi Village Hawker Centre, Changi East Boardwalk, and Changi Chapel & Museum.

The resort hotel has seven distinct room categories, each with different in-room amenities. Nightly room rates start at SG$398 ($296) and some rooms even come with a bathtub and king-sized bed. 

Among the different room types, the Pioneer North room has handrails in the toilet and shower area, built to meet the needs of senior guests, a representative from the resort hotel told CNBC.

Alternatively, the Hamilton Place room is designed to be wheelchair accessible, equipped with an external accessible restroom and a ramp leading up to the room’s entrance, she added.

Each room covers 45 square meters and can accommodate three to four guests, the resort’s website showed. Although these retired buses have been entirely refurbished, some features such as the steering wheel, driver seat and windows have been preserved.