Philadelphia Charter Bus Rental FAQs
About Philadelphiacoachbuscompany.com
Philadelphiacoachbuscompany.com is an advertising and quote comparison website that lets you compare bus rental options and pricing from a network of bus companies serving Philadelphia through a national booking company. Fill out one quick form and you'll see vehicles, amenities, and pricing in seconds — no account required, No waiting for callbacks to get pricing, no calling five companies and waiting to hear back. Philadelphiacoachbuscompany.com is an advertising and referral website and does not own or operate vehicles. It's just the fast, easy way to find the right bus for your trip.
No — Philadelphiacoachbuscompany.com is a comparison and referral website. In practical terms, that means you use it to compare vehicles and pricing from a network of independently owned bus companies serving the Philadelphia area, and the transportation itself is carried out by those independent companies. You come here, fill out one form or make one call, and the site does the work of pulling together options from across the network so you're not limited to whatever one company happens to have available.
When you search on your own, you call one company, get one price, and either take it or start over. With Philadelphiacoachbuscompany.com, you fill out one form or make one call to 215-217-0360 and instantly see more options and more price points than any single company can offer. You see vehicles and rates in seconds instead of chasing callbacks, and you're comparing across a whole network rather than negotiating with one operator.
That's your time back — and usually a better deal.
An independently owned transportation company serving Philadelphia. Once you fill out the quote form, you're taken to a national booking platform where you choose the vehicle that suits your trip — the size, the amenities, the price point. What you're choosing there is a vehicle, not picking a company off a list.
The transportation company assigned to your booking is confirmed to you after the booking is complete.
Booking a Charter Bus
Fill out the form on this page — or call 215-217-0360 — with your trip details. From there, you're taken to a search results page on a national booking company's website. That booking company partners with independently owned operators serving the Philadelphia area, and on their site you'll see available vehicles, photos, amenities, and pricing for your specific trip.
You book the bus you want directly on their website. What you're choosing is a vehicle and a price, and the whole thing takes minutes.
Your pickup city, where you're going, how many people are riding, and how many hours you need the bus. That's enough to get a quote started. The more detail you give — your stops, your start and end times, how much luggage the group is bringing, and any amenities that matter to your group — the more accurate the quote comes back and the better the options you'll find.
More detail upfront means fewer surprises later.
Right away — there is no waiting on a callback. As soon as you submit the form, you go straight to the search results page and see quotes on the booking company's website in seconds. If you'd rather talk through the trip with someone, call 215-217-0360 any time and a live person will walk you through your options.
The earlier the better, especially for a popular date or a specific vehicle type. Philadelphia's calendar fills fast — Eagles home games at Lincoln Financial Field, Penn Relays in late April, prom season across the Main Line and city school districts, and graduation weekends at Penn, Temple, Drexel, and Villanova all pull from the same pool of vehicles at the same time. That said, because Philadelphiacoachbuscompany.com puts your request in front of a whole network of providers rather than one company with one lot, short-notice trips are often still workable.
Submit the request or call 215-217-0360 even if your date is coming up fast — it's always worth checking.
All of those can be requested. Hourly or as-directed keeps the vehicle with your group for a set block of time and works well when the schedule isn't fixed. A one-way transfer moves the group from one point to another.
A round trip brings everyone back. A multi-stop itinerary runs a planned route with several stops along the way — common for brewery crawls, winery tours, and event shuttles across Philadelphia and the surrounding counties. A multi-day booking covers a trip that runs across more than one day, like a motorcoach run to Pittsburgh or a long weekend in the Poconos.
Which format fits depends on the trip itself. If your itinerary has multiple stops or runs overnight, lay out the full route with the request so the quote comes back timed and priced correctly.
Charter Bus Pricing
A charter bus costs $205–$385+ per hour on weekdays, $225–$410+ per hour on weekends, and $1,650–$2,950+ per day. Those are the ranges — your actual price depends on the type and size of bus, your date, how long you need it, and where you're going. Philadelphia's busiest dates push pricing toward the top of the range and can limit what's available, so the ranges are a starting point rather than your price.
To see numbers for your actual trip, fill out the form and get pricing in seconds — or call 215-217-0360, where going through the details with someone can turn up better packages than you'd find on your own.
It depends on the trip, and all three are used. A short trip of a couple of hours — say, a shuttle between a hotel block and a venue in Center City — is usually priced hourly. A trip that runs long distance, roughly past the 100 to 200 mile mark or heading well outside the Philadelphia area, may carry a per-mile charge instead.
A long day, generally around eight hours or more, often comes back as a day rate rather than stacked hours, simply because the vehicle is booked for so much of the day. Submitting the actual trip — where you're going, how long you need it, and how many stops — is what determines which structure applies.
Six things move the price: the type and size of bus, how long it's booked for, the date and day of the week, the distance and route, the number of stops, and how busy that date is locally. Philadelphia's Sports Complex corridor gets especially tight on Eagles Sundays and Phillies playoff nights, and prom season in April and May across Lower Merion, Cheltenham, Springfield, and the city school districts is one of the single busiest stretches of the year.
What you can actually do about it: Sunday through Thursday prices lower than Friday and Saturday, and daytime prices lower than those same nights. Booking the size the group actually needs — rather than over-booking capacity — keeps the quote where it should be. And grouping riders into one or two pickup points instead of five cuts the hours on the clock and brings the total down.
Fill out the form to compare options, or call 215-217-0360 to talk through what fits your budget.
About Charter Buses
A charter bus is a full-size passenger coach that a group hires for its own trip — its own route, its own schedule — rather than riding a fixed public route. It's built for moving a large group over a distance in one vehicle, and a full-size coach seats roughly 40 to 56 people. The group has the whole bus to itself for the duration of the trip.
Outside, a full-size charter bus is a tall, long coach body with high windows running the length of both sides and luggage bay doors along the bottom. The exterior is usually finished in white, silver, black, or a solid color, though some coaches are wrapped in an operator's own graphics — so the coach that pulls up won't always look the same. Popular makes include MCI, Van Hool, and Prevost, all of which share the same general silhouette.
Inside, you'll find forward-facing seats arranged in pairs on either side of a center aisle. Seat fabric is cloth on most coaches and leather on newer or premium builds. Overhead parcel racks run the length of the cabin above every row.
An onboard restroom sits toward the rear. The cabin is climate-controlled, and on most modern builds the overhead area is tall enough to stand at your seat without ducking.
Some of the amenities available on charter buses include reclining cloth or leather seats, individual climate controls, onboard restrooms, overhead and undercarriage storage, WiFi, power outlets, a PA system, and TV monitors. Features may include any combination of these depending on the make, model, and specific vehicle — never every feature on every coach. If a particular amenity matters to your group, note it with your trip details when you submit the form, since that narrows which vehicles come back and makes sure the coach that shows up is actually equipped for your trip.
Generally 40 to 56 passengers, depending on the make and model, with 56 the most common build on a full-size coach. The MCI J4500 seats 56 as standard and can be built for up to 60. The Van Hool CX45 is the same — 56 standard, up to 60 depending on configuration.
The Prevost H3-45 also seats 56 in a standard layout. Shorter 35-foot coaches seat closer to 44. What changes the count on the same coach: extra legroom takes seats out, and a wheelchair position does too.
Because this site works with a network of providers, the exact coach on any given trip depends on what's available for your date. Submit the trip or call 215-217-0360 if the group needs a specific capacity confirmed.
A 56-passenger coach runs 14 rows, with two seats on each side of a center aisle — forward facing, paired seating, one aisle down the middle. The row count drops on coaches built with extra legroom or a wheelchair position. Some coaches also tier the front rows slightly for a better view forward, which can affect the feel of the front section without changing the total seat count.
A full-size charter bus is 45 feet long and 8.5 feet wide. To put that in perspective, it's roughly three cars parked end to end — which is exactly why people ask: they're working out whether one fits somewhere. Shorter coaches exist, most commonly around 35 feet, and those are the ones that navigate tighter urban loading zones more easily.
The 45-foot coach is the standard full-size vehicle.
A full-size charter bus stands about 11 to 12 feet tall depending on the model, and traffic engineers design overpasses and garage clearances for 12 feet. A useful comparison: that's a little taller than a single story of a house. The height question usually comes up because someone is checking a parking garage or an underpass — if that's the situation, the 12-foot clearance figure is the one to measure against.
WiFi is one of the amenities available on charter buses, and many coaches on the road are equipped with it. One point worth knowing: onboard WiFi is a piece of equipment a coach is built with rather than something every coach carries, so whether a given vehicle has it varies by make, model, and operator.
It's also worth setting the right expectation about what onboard WiFi is built for. It runs off a cellular connection and is designed for light use across a full coach — phones, messaging, browsing — not for 50 or 60 people doing heavy work at once. If the group needs WiFi, note it with your trip details when you submit the form.
That narrows which vehicles come back to the ones actually equipped for it.
Yes — an onboard restroom is standard on full-size charter buses. It sits toward the rear of the coach and is there so the group doesn't have to stop, though on a long run the itinerary is usually still planned with real rest stops built in. Features may vary by vehicle, so if an onboard restroom is important to your group, note it with your trip details to make sure the coach that comes back is equipped with one.
Yes — charter buses are built with 110-volt AC power outlets, and coaches are commonly fitted with them at every seat, some with a USB port built into the same outlet. This is an equipment option rather than something every coach carries, so it varies by vehicle. In practice, a group can keep phones and laptops charged across a long run when the coach is equipped for it — useful on a haul from Philadelphia down I-95 to Washington or up to New York.
Note it with your trip details if the group needs it, and the results will reflect which coaches are actually set up that way.
Yes — in two places. Overhead parcel racks run the length of the cabin inside the coach, and undercarriage baggage bays run along the bottom of the coach underneath it. A full-size coach carries roughly 460 cubic feet of underfloor baggage space and around 100 cubic feet in the overhead racks.
Here's what that means for your group: across a full 56-passenger load, it works out to roughly 8 cubic feet per person in the bays underneath and under 2 cubic feet per person overhead. In practice, that's about one checked-size bag per person below and one small carry-on above — similar to what you'd bring on a domestic flight.
A few things change that math. A coach fitted with a wheelchair lift gives up some of the underfloor bay. Bulky gear — instruments, sports equipment, event supplies, photography gear — takes the space of several standard bags.
If the group is traveling with anything oversized or has more luggage than a typical overnight trip, state it with your trip details so the right coach is matched to the load. A coach that runs out of bay space on the road is a problem that's easy to avoid at the booking stage.
Charter Bus Service in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Any group with anywhere to go. The most common trips booked through Philadelphiacoachbuscompany.com for Philadelphia fall into a few categories:
Airport transfers to and from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) and the surrounding regional airports. Corporate travel and employee shuttles — conference shuttles between hotels and the Pennsylvania Convention Center, recurring employee routes, and off-site meeting transportation. Weddings and private events — guest shuttles between hotel blocks and venues across the city and the Main Line.
Concerts and sporting events at Lincoln Financial Field, Citizens Bank Park, and Wells Fargo Center. School and church group trips, field trips, and team travel. Government and military moves.
Wine and brewery tours through the city and out to Chadds Ford and Bucks County. Prom and homecoming. And long-distance travel to New York, Washington, Atlantic City, Pittsburgh, and beyond.
Call 215-217-0360 or fill out the form to find the right bus for yours!
The network serves Philadelphia and the entire surrounding region — Montgomery County cities like King of Prussia, Norristown, and Lansdale; Delaware County including Media, Chester, and Upper Darby; Bucks County including Doylestown, Newtown, and Bensalem; Chester County including West Chester, Phoenixville, and Malvern; and across the Delaware River into Cherry Hill and Camden, New Jersey. Wilmington, Delaware and Trenton, New Jersey are also well within range. Those are examples, not the full list.
Enter the full route or call 215-217-0360 to check a city that isn't listed here.
Philadelphia's calendar has several stretches where the whole local market gets taken early. Eagles home games at Lincoln Financial Field (September through January) and Phillies playoff runs in October and November are the biggest recurring demand spikes. The Army-Navy Game at Lincoln Financial Field in December draws fans from across the East Coast and is one of the most bus-intensive single days of the year.
The Philadelphia Flower Show at the Pennsylvania Convention Center (late February to early March) and the Penn Relays in late April pull enormous crowds. Prom season runs April through June across the city school districts and the Main Line, and commencement season at Penn, Temple, Drexel, Villanova, and Saint Joseph's clusters into May and early June. The Made in America Music Festival on the Ben Franklin Parkway over Labor Day weekend and New Year's Eve across Old City and Rittenhouse are the other dates to watch.
Book those well ahead — and if your date is coming up fast, submit the request anyway, because the network covers more ground than any single operator.
Planning Your Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Charter Bus Trip
Yes — all of them. Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) (8000 Essington Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19153) is the primary hub, about 9 miles southwest of Center City and roughly 20–30 minutes off-peak via I-95 South — plan for 45–60 minutes during morning and evening rush. Trenton–Mercer Airport (TTN) is about 35 miles northeast, roughly 45–55 minutes via I-95 North.
Groups flying into the broader region also connect through Newark Liberty International (EWR), about 95 miles northeast and 90–120 minutes via the New Jersey Turnpike, and Baltimore/Washington International (BWI), about 100 miles southwest and 90–120 minutes via I-95 South.
For pickups at PHL, the coach meets the group outside the terminal at Charter Bus Zone 8 on Arrivals Road near garage parking, following the airport's own commercial vehicle guidelines. Have everyone together with luggage in hand before calling the bus forward — that keeps the pickup clean and on schedule. Call 215-217-0360 or fill out the form to get your airport transfer set up!
Yes — all of them. The South Philadelphia Sports Complex is the center of it: Lincoln Financial Field (1 Lincoln Financial Field Way, Philadelphia, PA 19148), home of the Philadelphia Eagles, seats nearly 70,000 and is the biggest game-day bus demand in the city. Citizens Bank Park (1 Citizens Bank Way, Philadelphia, PA 19148), home of the Philadelphia Phillies, and Wells Fargo Center (3601 S Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19148), home of the 76ers and Flyers, are right alongside it.
Bus drop-off for all three runs along Pattison Avenue and the surrounding SPSC lots, with bus parking coordinated in advance through the Philadelphia Parking Authority.
Beyond the Sports Complex: Subaru Park (1 Stadium Drive, Chester, PA 19013), home of the Philadelphia Union, is about 15 miles southwest via I-95. Villanova's Finneran Pavilion (601 County Line Rd, Villanova, PA 19085) and Temple's Liacouras Center (1776 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19121) round out the major college venues. Road closures and parking restrictions tighten around every major event — build in extra time and have a clear meet point set before the group goes in.
Yes — all of them. The Pennsylvania Convention Center (1101 Arch St, Philadelphia, PA 19107) is the flagship — 1.3 million square feet in the heart of Center City, hosting conventions, trade shows, and the Philadelphia Flower Show. Bus loading and unloading runs along Arch Street and Race Street, with designated bus zones separate from the main pedestrian entrances.
If you're running a repeat shuttle between a hotel block and the convention center, lay out the full schedule with the request — the stops, the timing, and how many runs — so the quote comes back correctly priced for the whole day.
The Philadelphia Expo Center at Oaks (100 Station Ave, Oaks, PA 19456) handles major consumer shows and expos about 25 miles northwest via US-422. Lincoln Financial Field and Wells Fargo Center also host major concerts and non-sporting events year-round. Fill out the form or call 215-217-0360 to get your convention transportation set up!
Yes — any wedding venue in the area, wherever it is. In Center City: the Curtis Center (601 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19106), the Crystal Tea Room in the Wanamaker Building (100 E Penn Square, Philadelphia, PA 19107), and the Hyatt at the Bellevue (200 S Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19102). On the waterfront: Tendenza (1 N Front St, Philadelphia, PA 19106) in Old City.
Along the Schuylkill: The Waterworks (640 Water Works Dr, Philadelphia, PA 19130) in Fairmount. Out on the Main Line and beyond: Terrain at Styer's (914 Baltimore Pike, Glen Mills, PA 19342), Cairnwood Estate (1 Cairnwood Ln, Bryn Athyn, PA 19009), and dozens of barn and estate properties across Bucks, Chester, and Montgomery Counties.
The most common setup is a guest shuttle looping between a hotel block and the venue — give the exact venue address with your request and note how many runs you need, and the right vehicle gets matched to the route. Call 215-217-0360 to get your wedding transportation sorted!
Yes — all of them. In the city: the School District of Philadelphia (200+ schools across every neighborhood), Temple University (1801 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19122), University of Pennsylvania (3451 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19104), Drexel University (3141 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19104), Thomas Jefferson University (901 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19107), La Salle University (1900 W Olney Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19141), and Saint Joseph's University (5600 City Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19131). Out on the Main Line: Villanova University (800 Lancaster Ave, Villanova, PA 19085), Haverford College (370 Lancaster Ave, Haverford, PA 19041), Bryn Mawr College (101 N Merion Ave, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010), and Swarthmore College (500 College Ave, Swarthmore, PA 19081).
Field trips and team travel typically pick up at the school or campus itself — most campuses have designated bus loading zones, and student trips should include the exact headcount plus any chaperone or accessibility needs with the request so the right vehicle comes back. Fill out the form or call 215-217-0360 to get your group moving!
Yes — all of them. In the city, the brewery circuit runs through Yards Brewing Company (500 Spring Garden St, Philadelphia, PA 19123) in Northern Liberties, Manayunk Brewing Company (4120 Main St, Philadelphia, PA 19127), Evil Genius Beer Company (1727 N Front St, Philadelphia, PA 19122), and Crime and Punishment Brewing Co. (2901 W Passyunk Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19145) in South Philly. For a day trip out of the city, Chaddsford Winery (632 Baltimore Pike, Chadds Ford, PA 19317) and Penns Woods Winery (124 Beaver Valley Rd, Chadds Ford, PA 19317) are about 25 miles southwest and roughly 35–45 minutes via I-95.
Crossing Vineyards and Winery (1853 Wrightstown Rd, Washington Crossing, PA 18977) is about 35 miles north via I-95, roughly 45–55 minutes.
Casinos: Live! Casino Philadelphia (900 Packer Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19148) is right next to the Sports Complex, about 2 miles from Center City. Parx Casino (2999 Street Rd, Bensalem, PA 19020) is about 20 miles northeast, roughly 30–40 minutes via I-95.
Harrah's Philadelphia (777 Harrah's Blvd, Chester, PA 19013) is about 15 miles southwest, roughly 25–35 minutes. Nightlife runs through Old City, Fishtown, Northern Liberties, and Rittenhouse Square in the city, and out to South Street for late-night stops.
A multi-stop route is timed by how long the group stays at each place — list your stops and how long at each one when you submit the request, and the hours come back right. Call 215-217-0360 to plan your route!
Yes — absolutely. Long-distance trips are some of the most common bookings from Philadelphia. New York City is about 95 miles northeast, roughly 1.5–2.5 hours via I-95 and the New Jersey Turnpike.
Washington, D.C. is about 140 miles southwest, roughly 2.5–3.5 hours via I-95 South. Atlantic City is about 60 miles southeast, roughly 60–75 minutes via the Atlantic City Expressway — a favorite for casino and nightlife group trips. Hersheypark is about 100 miles west, roughly 1.5–2 hours via I-76/Pennsylvania Turnpike.
The Pocono Mountains are about 85–110 miles north, roughly 1.5–2 hours via I-80 or I-476. Pittsburgh is about 305 miles west, roughly 4.5–5.5 hours via the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
Long-distance trips are usually booked as a one-way transfer or a multi-day trip rather than by the hour. Overnight trips need the full itinerary laid out with the request — where you're starting, where you're going, and how many days — so the quote comes back correctly structured. Call 215-217-0360 or fill out the form to get your long-distance trip priced today!