Memphis Charter Bus Rental FAQs
About Memphiscoachbuscompany.com
Memphiscoachbuscompany.com is an advertising and quote comparison website that lets you compare bus rental options and pricing from a network of bus companies serving Memphis through a national booking company. Fill out one quick form and you will see vehicles, amenities, and pricing from multiple providers in seconds — no account required, no waiting on callbacks. Memphiscoachbuscompany.com is an advertising and referral website and does not own or operate vehicles. The benefit to you is simple: more options, more price points, and a faster path from “I need a bus” to “I have one booked.” Call 901-704-6130 or use the online quote tool to get started!
No — Memphiscoachbuscompany.com is a comparison and referral website. You use it to compare vehicles and pricing from a network of independently owned transportation companies serving Memphis and the surrounding area. Once you submit your trip details, you are taken to a national booking platform where you see what is available and book the vehicle that fits your group.
The transportation itself is carried out by those independent companies. Memphiscoachbuscompany.com makes finding and comparing your options fast and easy, and the booking company handles the rest.
When you search on your own, you call one company, hear what they have on their lot, and either take it or keep calling. With Memphiscoachbuscompany.com, you fill out one form or make one call to 901-704-6130 and immediately see vehicles and pricing from a whole network of providers serving Memphis — not just one. That means more bus types, more price points, and a real shot at finding the right fit for your group without spending an afternoon on the phone.
You get more options in less time, and companies in the network are competing for your booking.
An independently owned transportation company serving Memphis. When you fill out the quote form, you are taken to a national booking platform where you choose the vehicle that suits your trip — the size, the amenities, the price. What you are choosing is a vehicle and a price, not a company off a list.
The transportation company assigned to the booking is confirmed to you after you book. The whole process happens quickly and entirely online, or you can work through it with someone by calling 901-704-6130.
Booking a Charter Bus
Fill out the quote form with your trip details — or call 901-704-6130 — and you are taken straight to a search results page on a national booking company's website. That booking company partners with independently owned transportation companies serving the Memphis area, and on their site you see the vehicles available for your trip along with pricing. What you are choosing there is a vehicle and a price.
Pick the one that fits your group and book it directly on their website. The whole thing takes minutes.
The basics are your pickup city, where you are going, how many people are in your group, and roughly how many hours you need the bus. That gets you into the results page fast. The more detail you add — your stops, your start and end times, how much luggage the group is bringing, and any amenities that matter to you — the more accurate the quote comes back and the better your chances of finding exactly the right vehicle.
Put it all in up front and the results do the work for you.
Right away — there is no waiting on a callback. The moment you submit the form you go directly to the search results page on the booking company's website and see vehicles and pricing for your trip. no email chain, no waiting until Monday morning. If you would rather talk through your trip with someone, call 901-704-6130 and a live agent will walk you through the options.
The earlier the better for a popular Memphis date — and the bigger the group or the more specific the vehicle, the further ahead you want to go. That said, because Memphiscoachbuscompany.com puts your request in front of a whole network of providers serving the area rather than a single operator with one yard, short-notice trips are often still very workable. That is the real advantage of comparing a network: you are not calling one company and being told no.
Submit your request or call 901-704-6130 even on short notice — you may be surprised at what comes back.
All of those can be requested. Hourly — sometimes called “as-directed” — keeps the vehicle with your group for a set block of time so you can move on your own schedule. A one-way transfer moves your group from one place to another.
A round trip brings them back. A multi-stop itinerary runs a set route with several stops along the way, like a brewery crawl through Broad Avenue and South Main or a shuttle loop between a hotel and FedExForum during a Grizzlies playoff run. A multi-day booking covers a trip that runs across more than one day.
Which format fits comes down to the trip itself. A multi-stop or overnight itinerary should be laid out in full when you submit 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. Those are real planning ranges, and pricing is not one size fits all — the type of bus, the date, the distance, and the number of stops all move the number. The range is a starting point, not your price.
The fastest way to see what your specific trip costs is to fill out the form and get pricing in seconds. Or call 901-704-6130 — going through the trip with a live agent can turn up better packages and pricing than you would find navigating 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 Memphis area toward Nashville, New Orleans, or Atlanta — 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, because the vehicle is booked for so much of the day. Submitting the actual trip is what determines which structure applies. Fill out the form or call 901-704-6130 and the pricing comes back matched to your itinerary.
Six things move the price: 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 in Memphis. Sunday through Thursday prices lower than Friday and Saturday. Daytime trips price lower than those same evenings.
Booking the size the group actually needs beats over-booking capacity you will not use. And grouping riders into one or two pickup points instead of five cuts the hours on the clock. In Memphis, dates like the Beale Street Music Festival in early May, the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest in mid-May, the AutoZone Liberty Bowl in late December, and Elvis Week in mid-August pull the whole local market early — on those dates, waiting costs more.
Submit your trip or call 901-704-6130 to see what comes back for your date.
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 is built for moving a large group over a distance together in one vehicle, and a full-size charter bus seats roughly 40 to 56 people. You set the itinerary, you set the stops, and the coach goes where your group needs to go.
Outside, a full-size charter bus is a tall, long coach body with high tinted 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 shows up will not always look the same from the outside. Inside, you have forward-facing seats in pairs on either side of a center aisle, with seat fabric in cloth or leather depending on the make and model.
Overhead parcel racks run the length of the cabin, and a restroom sits toward the rear. Popular full-size coaches you might recognize include the MCI J4500, the Van Hool CX45, and the Prevost H3-45 — all wide-body coaches with the same general layout, built for comfort on a long run.
Some of the amenities available on charter buses include reclining cloth or leather seats, individual climate controls, onboard restrooms, overhead parcel racks and undercarriage baggage bays, WiFi, power outlets and USB charging ports, a PA system, and flat-screen TV monitors. Features may include any of the above depending on the make, model, and specific vehicle — they are confirmed during booking rather than guaranteed across the board. If there are amenities that matter to your group, note them with your trip details when you submit the request.
That narrows the results to vehicles that actually have what you need.
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 is built for up to 60. The Van Hool CX45 is the same: 56 standard, up to 60.
The Prevost H3-45 also seats 56. Shorter 35-foot coaches seat closer to 44. What changes the count on the same coach is configuration: extra legroom or a wheelchair position each take seats out.
Because Memphiscoachbuscompany.com works with a network of providers, the exact coach on any given trip depends on what is available for your date. Submit the trip or call 901-704-6130 if the group needs a specific capacity.
A 56-passenger coach runs 14 rows, with two seats on each side of a center aisle — forward-facing, paired seating, one aisle straight down the middle. The row count drops on coaches built with extra legroom or a wheelchair position. Some coaches tier the front rows slightly for a better view of the road ahead.
The layout is consistent across most full-size models, which is what makes the inside feel familiar from one coach to the next.
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 is the reason people ask — they are working out whether one fits in a parking lot, a venue driveway, or a loading zone.
Shorter coaches exist, most commonly around 35 feet, and those come up when the venue or route makes the full-size impractical. The 45-foot coach is the standard full-size vehicle you will see most often.
A full-size charter bus stands about 11 to 12 feet tall depending on the model, and traffic engineers generally design for 12 feet. The reason people ask is clearance — a parking garage, an underpass, or a covered venue entrance. A practical comparison: a little taller than a single story of a house.
If the route includes a structure with a posted clearance, check that figure against 12 feet before the trip.
WiFi is one of the amenities available on charter buses, and many coaches on the road are equipped with it. One thing worth knowing: onboard WiFi is an equipment option a coach is built with rather than something every coach carries, so whether a given vehicle has it varies. And the honest expectation on performance — because this is where groups get surprised — onboard WiFi runs off a cellular connection and is built for light use across a full coach: phones, messaging, browsing.
It is not built for fifty or sixty people doing heavy work at once. If WiFi matters to your group, note it with your trip details when you submit the request. That narrows the results to coaches 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 and is there so a group does not have to stop every hour on a long run. That said, on a long trip the itinerary is usually still planned with real rest stops, because the onboard restroom is a convenience, not a replacement for a proper break.
If a restroom matters for your group's trip, note it with your details when you submit the request so the right coach comes back.
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. What that means practically: a group can keep phones and laptops charged across a long run from Memphis to Nashville or down to New Orleans without hunting for a plug.
If your group needs outlets, note it with the trip details so the vehicles that come back are the ones that have them.
Yes — in two places. Inside the coach, overhead parcel racks run the length of the cabin. Underneath the coach, large luggage bay doors open to undercarriage baggage compartments.
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 — which in practice means about one checked-size bag per person in the bays below and one small carry-on above. That covers most trips comfortably.
What changes it: a coach fitted with a wheelchair lift gives up some baggage bay space, and bulky gear — instruments, sports equipment, event supplies, cases of product for a trade show at the Memphis Cook Convention Center — takes the space of several bags. State your luggage situation and any oversized items with the trip details when you submit the request. That gets the right coach matched to the group from the start.
Charter Bus Service in Memphis, Tennessee
Any group that needs to move together in Memphis can find the right bus through Memphiscoachbuscompany.com. That covers airport transfers to and from Memphis International Airport, corporate travel and employee shuttles between offices and event venues, wedding shuttles between hotel blocks and venues, concert and festival transportation for events like the Beale Street Music Festival, game-day shuttles to FedExForum and Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, school and university field trips, church group trips, government and military transportation, brewery and distillery tours, prom, and long-distance travel to Nashville, New Orleans, Tunica, and beyond. Whatever brings your group together in Memphis, there is a bus in the network ready for it.
Memphiscoachbuscompany.com helps you find bus rentals in Memphis and all of the surrounding region. Nearby cities the network serves include Germantown, Collierville, Bartlett, Arlington, Millington, Southaven, Mississippi, Olive Branch, and West Memphis, Arkansas — and that is a small sample of the coverage. Enter your full route into the quote form or call 901-704-6130 to check a city that is not listed here.
Memphis has a few dates that pull the entire local bus market early. The Beale Street Music Festival in early May and the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest in mid-May — both part of Memphis in May — fill downtown and book out weeks ahead. Elvis Week in mid-August draws tens of thousands to the Graceland campus in Whitehaven.
The AutoZone Liberty Bowl in late December is one of the biggest single-event transportation days of the Memphis year. Memphis Grizzlies playoff games at FedExForum and University of Memphis football home Saturdays at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium both spike demand fast. Prom season across Shelby County Schools, Germantown, Collierville, and Bartlett runs April through May, and graduation season follows right behind it.
Wedding season peaks in April, May, June, September, and October. Book those dates well ahead. Short-notice requests are still worth submitting — the network is larger than any single operator's lot — but the best vehicles and prices go early.
Planning Your Memphis, Tennessee Charter Bus Trip
Yes — Memphis International Airport (MEM) (2491 Winchester Rd, Memphis, TN 38116) is the primary airport serving the city, about 15 to 20 minutes from downtown via I-240. It handles roughly 4.5 million passengers a year with service on Delta, American, Southwest, United, and Spirit. For groups flying into or out of MEM, a Memphis airport charter bus meets the group at the upper inner roadway at the marked coach bus stops, following the airport's own guidelines for commercial vehicles.
Gather everyone and all luggage before calling the bus forward — that keeps the pickup clean and fast. For groups flying into Nashville, the drive is about 3.5 hours east on I-40, and a charter bus can handle that transfer too.
Yes — the network serves all of the major venues in Memphis. FedExForum (191 Beale St, Memphis, TN 38103) is home to the Memphis Grizzlies (NBA) and holds 18,119 fans; charter bus drop-off runs along Beale Street and 3rd Street, and buses stage on nearby surface lots since there is no dedicated oversized vehicle parking on-site. Downtown traffic on game nights is heavy, so build in extra time.
Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium (335 South Hollywood St, Memphis, TN 38104) hosts University of Memphis Tigers football and the annual AutoZone Liberty Bowl — charter buses use the parking areas on the south and east sides of the stadium, with drop-off along South Hollywood Street. AutoZone Park (198 Union Ave, Memphis, TN 38103) is home to the Memphis Redbirds, with drop-off on Union Avenue. For Memphis sporting event transportation, submit the full trip or call 901-704-6130.
Yes — the network serves all of the major convention and event venues in Memphis. Renasant Convention Center (255 N Main St, Memphis, TN 38103) — formerly the Memphis Cook Convention Center — is the city's primary convention facility with 330,000+ square feet of meeting space; charter bus drop-off runs on North Main Street and Poplar Avenue, with designated bus loading areas on the north side of the building. Graceland (3734 Elvis Presley Blvd, Memphis, TN 38116) hosts major events year-round and has a large parking complex on Elvis Presley Boulevard that accommodates buses.
Mid-South Fairgrounds (940 Early Maxwell Blvd, Memphis, TN 38104) handles fairs, expos, and festivals. For a repeat shuttle between a hotel and a convention venue, lay out the full schedule — how many runs, start and end times — when you submit the request so it comes back timed and priced correctly.
Yes — any wedding venue in the Memphis area. The network serves historic estates, gardens, waterfront properties, and downtown event spaces alike. Real Memphis venues groups travel to include Dixon Gallery and Gardens (4339 Park Ave, Memphis, TN 38117), Memphis Botanic Garden (750 Cherry Rd, Memphis, TN 38117), The Columns at One Beale (1 Beale St, Memphis, TN 38103) with its Mississippi River views, Loflin Yard (7 W Carolina Ave, Memphis, TN 38103) in the South Main Arts District, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art (1934 Poplar Ave, Memphis, TN 38104), and The Guest House at Graceland (3600 Elvis Presley Blvd, Memphis, TN 38116).
The most common setup is shuttling guests between a hotel block and the venue — give the exact venue address with the request so the right vehicle gets matched to the route. Memphis wedding transportation is easy to arrange through Memphiscoachbuscompany.com.
Yes — the network serves school districts, colleges, and universities across Memphis and Shelby County. That includes Memphis-Shelby County Schools (MSCS), the unified district covering Memphis city schools and Shelby County, as well as the municipal districts in Germantown, Collierville, Bartlett, Arlington, and Millington. On the college side: University of Memphis (3720 Alumni Ave, Memphis, TN 38152), Rhodes College (2000 N Pkwy, Memphis, TN 38112), Christian Brothers University (650 E Pkwy S, Memphis, TN 38104), LeMoyne-Owen College (807 Walker Ave, Memphis, TN 38126), and Southwest Tennessee Community College (5983 Macon Cove, Memphis, TN 38134).
Field trips and team travel are typically pickups at the school or campus itself; campuses have designated bus loading zones. Include the exact headcount and any accessibility needs with the request. Memphis school and field trip transportation is easy to set up through Memphiscoachbuscompany.com.
Yes — the network covers all of it. For a Memphis brewery loop, popular stops include Wiseacre Brewing Company (2783 Broad Ave, Memphis, TN 38112) on the Broad Avenue Arts District, Memphis Made Brewing (768 Cooper St, Memphis, TN 38104) in Cooper-Young, High Cotton Brewing (598 Monroe Ave, Memphis, TN 38103) downtown, Ghost River Brewing (827 S Main St, Memphis, TN 38106) in South Main, and Old Dominick Distillery (305 S Front St, Memphis, TN 38103) with its rooftop bar. For casino runs, the Tunica casino strip — including Gold Strike Casino Resort, Hollywood Casino Tunica, and Horseshoe Tunica along Casino Center Drive in Robinsonville, MS — is about 45 minutes south on US-61, and a round-trip charter to Tunica is one of the most popular group trips out of Memphis.
For nightlife, Beale Street is the anchor — buses drop on 2nd or 3rd Street at the Beale Street intersection, since parking on Beale itself is scarce on weekend nights. A multi-stop route is timed by how long the group stays at each stop, so list the stops and the time at each when you submit the request. Memphis brewery and nightlife transportation is easy to book through Memphiscoachbuscompany.com.
Yes — absolutely. Long-distance trips are some of the most common bookings in the network. From Memphis, groups regularly travel to Nashville (~210 miles, about 3.5 hours east on I-40), New Orleans (~395 miles, about 6 hours south on I-55), Atlanta (~395 miles, about 6 hours via I-22 and I-20), St. Louis (~285 miles, about 4.5 hours north on I-55), Little Rock (~137 miles, about 2 hours west on I-40), Biloxi (~335 miles, about 5 hours south for casino and beach trips), and Gulf Shores, Alabama (~430 miles, about 6.5 hours).
A long-distance trip is usually booked as a one-way transfer or a multi-day package rather than by the hour. Overnight trips need the full itinerary — departure time, stops, return date — laid out with the request so it comes back priced correctly. Submit the full route or call 901-704-6130 and a live agent will put the package together for you.
Memphis long-distance charter bus rentals are easy to arrange through Memphiscoachbuscompany.com.