Tempe Charter Bus Rental FAQs
About Tempecharterbusrentals.com
Tempecharterbusrentals.com is an advertising and quote comparison website that lets you compare bus rental options and pricing from a network of bus companies serving Tempe through a national booking company. Fill out one quick form or call 480-769-7630, and you instantly see vehicles, amenities, and real trip-specific pricing side by side — no account required, no waiting on callbacks, no calling five companies to get five different quotes. Tempecharterbusrentals.com is an advertising and referral website and does not own or operate any vehicles.
No — Tempecharterbusrentals.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 Tempe area, and the transportation itself is carried out by those independent operators. You share your trip details once, see your options on a national booking platform, and book the vehicle that fits your group.
The driving is handled by the companies in the network, not by Tempecharterbusrentals.com.
When you search on your own, you call one company, get one quote, and hope they have something available. With Tempecharterbusrentals.com, you fill out one form or make one call to 480-769-7630 and instantly see vehicles and price points from a whole network of providers serving Tempe — more options, more competition, more ways to find the right fit. That is time you are not spending on hold or waiting for a transportation providers serving Tempe to call you back.
An independently owned transportation company serving Tempe. Once you fill out a quote, you move over to a national booking platform where you choose the vehicle that suits your trip — what you are selecting there is a vehicle and a price, not picking a company off a list. The specific transportation company assigned to your booking is confirmed to you after you complete it on the booking platform.
Booking a Charter Bus
Fill out the form on this page or call 480-769-7630, and you are taken to a search results page on a national booking company's website. That booking company partners with independent operators serving the Tempe area, and their results page shows you available vehicles and pricing for your specific trip. You choose the vehicle and the price that works for your group and complete the booking directly on their website — the whole thing takes minutes, and what you are selecting is a vehicle, not a company.
Your pickup city, where you are going, how many people are riding, and how many hours you need the bus. The more detail you give — your stops, start and end times, how much luggage the group is bringing, and any amenities you need — the more accurate the quote comes back and the better the deal you can find. More complete trip details mean fewer surprises when you get to the results page.
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 immediately. If you would rather talk it through with someone, call 480-769-7630 and a live agent can walk you through the options and help put together a package that fits your trip.
The earlier the better, especially for a popular date or a specific vehicle — larger groups and high-demand weekends book out fast. That said, because Tempecharterbusrentals.com puts your request in front of a whole network of providers serving the Tempe area rather than one operator with one yard, short-notice trips are often still workable. That is the real advantage of comparing a network instead of calling a single company and being told no.
Submit the request or call 480-769-7630 even on short notice — you may be surprised what is available.
All of those can be requested. Hourly or as-directed keeps the vehicle with your group for a set block of time so you can run your own schedule. A one-way transfer moves the group from one place to another.
A round trip brings everyone back to the starting point. A multi-stop itinerary runs a set route with several stops along the way — common for brewery tours, wedding shuttles, and game-day crawls across the Valley. A multi-day booking covers a trip that runs across more than one day, like a long-distance run to Los Angeles or a tournament weekend.
Which format fits comes down to the trip itself, and a multi-stop or overnight itinerary should be laid out in full with the request so it comes back 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. Pricing is not one size fits all — there are different packages, and a number of factors move a quote up or down, so those ranges are a starting point rather than your price. The fastest way to see a number for your specific trip is to fill out the form and see pricing in seconds.
Or call 480-769-7630 — going through the trip with someone can turn up better pricing and packages than you would find on your own.
It depends on the trip, and all three are used. A short trip of a couple of hours is usually priced hourly. A trip that runs long distance — roughly past the 100 to 200 mile mark, or heading well out of the Tempe 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. Which structure applies to your trip is determined by submitting your actual itinerary — the results page shows you what it comes back as for your specific route and timing.
The type and size of bus, how long it is booked for, the date and day of the week, the distance and route, the number of stops, and how busy that date is locally all move the number. On the reader's side: Sunday through Thursday prices lower than Friday and Saturday, and daytime trips price lower than those same evenings. Booking the size the group actually needs beats over-booking capacity, and grouping riders into one or two pickup points instead of five cuts the hours on the clock.
In Tempe specifically, dates that overlap with ASU home football Saturdays at Mountain America Stadium or major events at Tempe Beach Park push the whole local market up — booking those dates well ahead is the most direct way to protect the rate.
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, its own stops — rather than riding a fixed public route. It is 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 coach to themselves for the duration of the trip.
On the outside, a full-size charter bus is a tall, wide coach body with high tinted windows running the length of both sides and luggage bay doors along the bottom skirt. The exterior is usually finished in white, silver, black, or a solid color, and some coaches are wrapped in an operator's own graphics — so the coach that shows up will not always look identical to a photo. Inside, you will find forward-facing seats arranged in pairs on either side of a center aisle.
Seat fabric is cloth or leather depending on the make and model — an MCI J4500 typically runs cloth with contoured high-backs, while a Prevost H3-45 is often configured with leather. Overhead parcel racks run the full length of the cabin, and a restroom sits toward the rear. The front rows on some coaches step up slightly for a better sightline.
Some of the amenities available on charter buses include reclining cloth or leather seats, individual climate controls, onboard restrooms, overhead and undercarriage storage, WiFi, 110-volt power outlets and USB charging ports, a PA system with wireless mic, and flat-panel TV monitors. Features vary by make, model, and operator, so note the amenities that matter most when you submit your trip details — that narrows which vehicles come back to the ones that are actually equipped for what your group needs, and the exact features are confirmed during booking.
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 to 60. The Van Hool CX45 is the same — 56 standard, up to 60.
The Prevost H3-45 seats 56. Shorter 35-foot coaches seat closer to 44. What changes the count on the same coach is the configuration: extra legroom between rows or a wheelchair position each take seats out of the total.
Because Tempecharterbusrentals.com works with a network of providers, the exact coach on any given trip depends on what is available — submit the trip or call 480-769-7630 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. Picture it as a grid: 14 rows deep, four seats across, with an aisle splitting the left pair from the right. The row count drops on coaches built with extra legroom or a wheelchair position, and some coaches tier the front rows slightly for the view.
A full-size charter bus is 45 feet long and 8.5 feet wide. To put that in terms most people can picture: roughly three cars parked end to end. That length is what you are working with if you are checking whether a bus fits a venue driveway, a hotel pull-through, or a parking structure entrance.
Shorter coaches exist — most commonly around 35 feet — and the 45-foot coach is the standard full-size vehicle in the network.
A full-size charter bus stands about 11 to 12 feet tall depending on the model, and traffic engineers typically design clearances for 12 feet. To put it in terms you can picture: a little taller than a single story of a house. That height is the number to check against any low-clearance garage, covered drop-off lane, or parking structure your group is planning to use.
If a venue has a covered entry, confirm the clearance before the bus arrives.
WiFi is one of the amenities available on charter buses, and many coaches on the road today are equipped with it. It is an equipment option a coach is built with rather than something every coach carries, so whether a given vehicle has it varies by make and model. One honest expectation worth setting: onboard WiFi runs off a cellular connection and is built for light use across a full coach — phones, messaging, and general browsing — not for 50 or 60 people doing heavy video calls or large file transfers at once.
If the group needs WiFi, note it with your trip details so the results narrow to vehicles that are actually equipped with it.
Yes — an onboard restroom is standard on full-size charter buses. It sits toward the rear of the coach. The honest expectation: it is there so the group does not have to stop, but on a long run the trip is still usually planned with real rest stops along the way.
Note it with your trip details if it matters, and the vehicles that come back will be confirmed as 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. It is an equipment option rather than something every coach carries, so it varies by vehicle. In practical terms, a group can keep phones and laptops charged across a long run without anyone rationing battery.
Note it with your trip details if the group needs it, and the results will reflect which vehicles in the network are equipped.
Yes — in two places. Overhead parcel racks run the length of the cabin inside, and undercarriage baggage bays sit underneath the coach along the bottom skirt. A full-size coach carries roughly 460 cubic feet of underfloor baggage space and around 100 cubic feet in the overhead racks.
Across a full 56-passenger load, that works out to roughly 8 cubic feet per person underneath and under 2 cubic feet overhead — in practice, about one checked-size bag per person below and one small carry-on above. What changes it: a coach fitted with a wheelchair lift gives up some baggage bay space, and bulky gear like instruments, sports equipment, or event supplies takes the space of several standard bags. State your luggage situation and any oversized items with the trip details so the right coach gets matched to the group — a 40-person group with a lot of gear may need a different vehicle than a 40-person group traveling light.
Charter Bus Service in Tempe, Arizona
Any group with a trip to take. The most common bookings through the network include airport transfers to and from Phoenix Sky Harbor, corporate travel and employee shuttle routes between office campuses and downtown Phoenix, wedding shuttles between hotel blocks and venues, concert and sporting event transportation to Mountain America Stadium and Footprint Center, school and university field trips, church group travel, government and military moves, brewery and winery tours across the Valley, prom and homecoming transportation, and long-distance trips to Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and beyond. Call 480-769-7630 if your trip does not fit a category — the network handles it.
The network serves Tempe and the entire surrounding metro, including Phoenix, Scottsdale, Mesa, Chandler, Gilbert, Glendale, Peoria, Surprise, Avondale, and Goodyear across Maricopa County, as well as Tucson and Flagstaff for longer-distance runs. Those are examples, not the full coverage area. If you have a city in mind that is not listed here, enter the full route in the quote form or call 480-769-7630 to check availability for that specific trip.
ASU home football Saturdays at Mountain America Stadium from September through November fill the local market fast — the same goes for the Fiesta Bowl and the Guaranteed Rate Bowl in late December and early January. The Tempe Festival of the Arts in early December and early to mid-March, spring training across the Valley in February and March, and prom and graduation season at Tempe-area high schools and ASU in April and May are all dates where the whole market gets taken early. New Year's Eve is consistently one of the tightest nights of the year.
Book any of those dates well ahead — six months or more for the biggest ones. Short-notice requests are still worth submitting through the network, but popular dates go quickly.
Planning Your Tempe, Arizona Charter Bus Trip
Yes — the primary airport serving Tempe is Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX), located about 3 miles west of downtown Tempe, roughly a 10-minute drive off the Loop 202. For groups connecting through a larger hub, Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport (AZA) in Mesa is about 20 miles southeast, a 25-minute drive on the US-60. The coach meets your group outside the terminal at the spot Sky Harbor or Gateway designates for buses and larger vehicles, following that airport's own ground transportation guidelines.
Give your driver the terminal and airline before the trip so staging is timed to your actual arrival.
Yes — the main venues in and around Tempe include Mountain America Stadium (formerly Sun Devil Stadium) at ASU, home to ASU Sun Devil Football, located on the Tempe campus at 500 E Veterans Way; Desert Financial Arena at ASU for basketball; Mortgage Matchup Center in downtown Phoenix, home to the Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury, about 5 miles northwest; and Chase Field, home to the Arizona Diamondbacks, a short drive from Tempe. Buses drop at the designated commercial vehicle zones at each venue, and game-day traffic on the Loop 202 and Mill Avenue builds well before kickoff — build extra time into the departure window. Call 480-769-7630 to lock in your game-day trip.
Yes — the Tempe Center for the Arts (700 W Rio Salado Pkwy) is the primary civic venue in Tempe, hosting performances, galas, and large private events on the shores of Tempe Town Lake. The Phoenix Convention Center in downtown Phoenix, about 5 miles northwest, is the region's major convention facility and a common destination for corporate shuttles originating in Tempe. Large venues like these have designated bus loading areas separate from the main pedestrian entrance.
A repeat hotel-to-venue shuttle should have the full schedule — number of runs, timing, and headcount each way — laid out with the request so it comes back timed and priced correctly.
Yes — any wedding venue in the area. Real Tempe wedding venues the network regularly serves include Tempe Center for the Arts on Tempe Town Lake, The Buttes Marriott Resort in the Tempe Buttes, Montelucia Resort & Spa in Paradise Valley, and historic properties and estate venues throughout the East Valley. The most common setup is shuttling guests between a hotel room block and the venue so nobody drives, and doing a return run after the reception.
Give the exact venue address with the request and the number of guests per run so the right vehicle size gets matched to the trip.
Yes — Arizona State University is the largest institution in Tempe, with its main campus at University Drive and Mill Avenue and additional campuses in Mesa, Glendale, and downtown Phoenix. The Tempe Union High School District covers Tempe, Marcos de Niza, Mountain Pointe, Desert Vista, and McClintock High Schools. Kyrene School District serves elementary and middle grades across Tempe and Chandler.
Campuses have designated bus loading zones, and field trips and team travel are typically staged at the school or campus itself. Include the exact headcount, any chaperone count, and accessibility needs with the request so the right vehicle comes back.
Yes — local stops the network regularly covers include Four Peaks Brewing Company (1340 E 8th St, Tempe), SunUp Brewing Co. in Phoenix, and Saguaro Brewing Co. in Chandler. For casino runs, Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino is about 15 miles south of Tempe, roughly a 20-minute drive on the I-10. The Mill Avenue District in Tempe is the main nightlife corridor, and Old Town Scottsdale is about 8 miles northeast, a 15-minute drive.
A multi-stop night out is timed by how long the group stays at each location — list your stops and how long you plan to spend at each one so the hours come back right.
Yes. Groups travel from Tempe to Las Vegas (280 miles, about 4 hours on the I-10 and US-93), Los Angeles (370 miles, about 5.5 hours on the I-10 West), San Diego (355 miles, about 5 hours), Tucson (115 miles, about 1.5 hours on the I-10 South), and Flagstaff (145 miles, about 2 hours on the I-17 North) regularly. Long-distance trips are typically booked as a one-way transfer or a multi-day trip rather than by the hour.
Overnight trips need the full itinerary — departure time, stops, return timing, and any overnight staging needs — laid out with the request so it comes back priced correctly. Call 480-769-7630 to put together a custom package for a long-distance run.