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- A 20 to 30% deposit is required to make a reservation.
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Daphne Charter Bus Prices
With one search, you'll see that the cost of a charter bus rental isn't one-price-fits-all, but you can get quotes in seconds right online through our form or by calling. Below, you'll learn about all the factors affecting rates and how to score the best deals!
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- Great dealson every bus size, plus special deals when you call us
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- Up to 56passengers on one charter bus, plus minibuses and vans
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Our Pricing & Rates
Daphne Charter Bus Rental Pricing
| Type of Vehicle | Cost Per Hour (Weekdays)* | Cost Per Hour (Weekends)* | Cost Per Day* | Cost Per Mile* |
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| 56 Passenger Charter Bus | $205–$385+ | $225–$410+ | $1,650–$2,950+ | $6.20–$8.95+ |
| 35 Passenger Minibus | $225–$370+ | $255–$385+ | $1,815–$2,415+ | $6.20–$8.95+ |
| 30 Passenger Minibus | $205–$365+ | $240–$380+ | $1,670–$2,335+ | $5.90–$8.60+ |
| 28 Passenger Minibus | $190–$355+ | $220–$370+ | $1,540–$2,255+ | $5.65–$8.25+ |
| 25 Passenger Minibus | $190–$350+ | $195–$365+ | $1,420–$2,180+ | $5.40–$7.90+ |
| 20 Passenger Minibus | $190–$340+ | $190–$355+ | $1,300–$2,080+ | $5.15–$7.50+ |
| 18 Passenger Minibus | $190–$330+ | $190–$350+ | $1,210–$1,990+ | $5.00–$7.25+ |
| 15 Passenger Minibus | $180–$310+ | $180–$330+ | $1,150–$1,880+ | $4.75–$6.95+ |
| 15-50 Passenger Party Bus | $248–$426+ | $265–$460+ | $1,827–$2,954+ | $6.75–$9.95+ |
| Sprinter Van with Driver | $190–$373+ | $218–$466+ | $1,395–$2,848+ | $5.00–$6.95+ |
*Rates shown are general estimates from one of the largest networks of independent bus companies serving Daphne. Your exact price depends on your travel date, trip length, and the bus you pick—and you can see it in under 30 seconds on your online quote, with no account needed! Standard hourly minimums are typically 2 hours Monday through Wednesday (or earlier in the day), 3+ hours after 5 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, and up to 5 hours on peak dates. Don't need that much time? Just call us at (251) 444-3410 any day of the year—we can often set up less time, a one-way transfer, a split-time shuttle, or a custom package built around YOUR schedule!
Book Ahead
Peak Daphne Dates: When Prices and Minimums Go Up
Ready to lock in the best rate for your Eastern Shore trip? Book early if you're traveling during Mardi Gras, spring prom and graduation weekends, Jubilee Festival of Arts in October, or summer beach peaks, when high demand pushes prices and hourly minimums up!
| Peak Date | Date or Season |
|---|---|
| South Alabama Jaguars Football Home Games | October 31, November 14 & November 27, 2026 |
| 68 Ventures Bowl | December 26, 2026 |
| Reese's Senior Bowl | January 30, 2027 |
| Greater Gulf State Fair | October 30 – November 8, 2026 |
| South Alabama Jaguars Men's Basketball Home Games | December 19, 2026 – February 24, 2027 |
| Bellingrath Magic Christmas in Lights | November 20, 2026 – January 9, 2027 |
| Pensacola Blue Wahoos Home Games | April 6 – September 2027 |
| Fairhope Arts & Crafts Festival | March 19–21, 2027 |
| Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo | July 16–18, 2027 |
| Prom season | April–May 2027 |
| Homecoming season | September–October 2026 |
Event dates can change, so check yours before you book.
Before You Book
What's Included in Daphne Charter Bus Prices?
Fill out our 30-second online quote tool, and your price will include the bus rental, your driver's pay, fuel! Outside expenses like parking permits, bridge tolls, driver hotel rooms are paid separately so there are never any hidden fees.
What's Included in Your Price
- Your bus and its driver
- Your driver's gratuity
- Use of the bus for the hours or miles you book
- Unlimited stops during your booked time
- An instant booking confirmation, then a call from the confirmation team to verify your itinerary
- Your driver's contact information before your trip date
Extra Costs: Tolls, Parking, Tax & Driver Hotel
- Tolls and parking
- The driver's hotel room each night of an overnight trip, which you book
- A second driver, when your itinerary needs one
- Overtime past your booked hours, billed by the hour
- Extra charges if your final drop-off isn't near your pickup
- Changes to your date, time or route, which may cost more
Charter Bus Fees to Avoid
- No smoking: violations bring a fine.
- A surcharge applies for vomit incidents.
- Your group pays for any damage it causes.
Know Before You Pay
A Note on Payment Terms for Daphne Bus Rentals
With Daphnecharterbuscompany.com, you can secure your vehicle right online through the national booking platform by putting down a deposit at the time of confirmation! Your remaining trip balance is simply due in full before your departure date, and our confirmation department will call you to verify every stop on your itinerary.
How Can I Pay?
- All major credit cards are accepted, including Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover.
- Corporate or custom billing is set up by phone with the booking company.
Can I Cancel and Get a Refund?
- Cancellations and refunds follow the national booking company's terms, which you'll see before you book.
- Read them before you pay, and call us with any question first.
What If My Plans Change or Run Over?
- Your booked hours are the minimum you pay, so book enough time for your event.
- Overtime is billed by the hour, and only if the bus is free to stay.
- Date, time and route changes aren't guaranteed. You can upgrade to a bigger bus if one is available, but downgrades aren't allowed.
What Affects Your Price
6 Factors That Affect Daphne Charter Bus Prices
Daphnecharterbuscompany.com makes finding the right ride at the right price so much easier because we are a bus rental comparison website, not a single local fleet! Because we don't own the vehicles, multiple independent bus companies in Daphne and across Alabama compete for your business. Your exact quote depends on how you customize your package—hourly, one-way, round-trip, or multi-day. Take a look at the six biggest factors that shape your pricing below!
Factor 1: The Size of Bus You Book
If you're booking for a smaller crowd, a 15-passenger minibus or a sprinter van with a driver will cost less than a 56-passenger charter bus with an onboard restroom and undercarriage luggage bays. We also connect you with 15- to 50-passenger party buses and 25-passenger minibuses! You can compare all our bus types side by side in one search.
Factor 2: The Time of Year
Let Daphnecharterbuscompany.com help you beat seasonal price spikes across Baldwin County! Rates naturally climb from February through May during Mobile Bay Mardi Gras parades, Daphne High School prom nights, and spring school field trips to Historic Blakeley State Park. Summer weekends heading down AL-59 toward Gulf Shores and Orange Beach or fall football Saturdays also book up fast. Locking in your reservation 3 to 6 months ahead guarantees the best selection and rates!
Factor 3: Your Starting City
Planning a pickup right off I-10 or US-98 in Daphne, or starting out in a smaller surrounding town? Because we tap into a massive network across Daphne, the cities around it, and all of Alabama—including Fairhope, Spanish Fort, Foley, and Mobile—we minimize "deadhead" mileage from the operator's lot to your front door. That keeps your starting rate as low as possible!
Factor 4: The Travel Fees on Your Route
Wherever your group is headed, any road tolls, bridge fees, or venue parking passes along your route are factored outside of your base quote so you only pay exact cost. For example, if your sports team bus takes the Foley Beach Express Bridge to the coast or parks at the Daphne Sports Complex on Main Street, you'll cover those local fees directly. Taking an airport transfer across the Jubilee Parkway (I-10 Bayway) to Mobile Regional Airport (MOB)? The confirmation team will go over every detail after you book!
Factor 5: Overnight Trips and Driver Lodging
View instant online quotes for multi-day trips out of Daphne to Montgomery, Birmingham, New Orleans, or Atlanta in under 30 seconds! You'll need to provide a private, 3-star (or better) hotel room with bus parking—like the Hampton Inn off US-98—for your driver on overnight stays.
Factor 6: Weekday vs. Weekend Travel
You'll love how much you can save just by shifting your trip from a Saturday to a Tuesday or Wednesday! Friday and Saturday nights see the highest demand for wedding shuttles at venues along Scenic Highway 98 and private party buses heading into Downtown Mobile, which means higher hourly minimums and weekend rates. Booking your corporate event at the Daphne Civic Center from Monday through Thursday usually unlocks lower hourly minimums and better daily rates!
Ways to Save
Top 5 Ways to Save on Your Daphne Charter Bus Rental
Ride on a weekday. Weekday hourly rates in the table start below weekend rates for most buses, and Sunday through Thursday typically run the lowest rates.
Fill the seats you pay for. A bigger bus costs more per hour but less per person: a full 56-passenger charter bus starts under $4 per person, per hour.
Book early. Booking early gives you the widest choice of buses for your date.
Keep your pickups together. Every extra pickup adds time on the clock, so one meeting spot keeps the hours, and the price, down.
Ask about less time. Standard minimums apply, but call us at (251) 444-3410 and we can often set up less time, a one-way, split time or a custom package.
Sample Trips
Examples of Daphne Charter Bus Quotes
Below are sample quotes to help you plan your trip.
Example #1: Executive Team to MOB
A Daphne-based financial services firm is sending its 12-person executive team to Mobile Regional Airport (MOB) for an 8:00 AM Monday departure to a conference. The team is scattered across Spanish Fort and Fairhope, and juggling rideshares for a dozen people with luggage in construction traffic is not a realistic plan. The company decided to find and book a Daphne airport transportation shuttle bus through Daphnecharterbuscompany.com instead.
- Itinerary
- 5:30 AM pickup in Spanish Fort, 6:00 AM second stop in Fairhope, 7:00 AM drop-off at MOB
- Vehicle
- Sprinter van with driver
- Booked time
- 2 hours (the weekday minimum)
- Rate
- $190–$373 an hour (weekday) × 2 hours
- Paid separately
- Tolls and parking
$380–$746about $32–$62 per person
Example #2: Saenger Theatre Concert Night
A group of 35 friends from Spanish Fort is heading to a sold-out show at Saenger Theatre. The roads back into Daphne after a late concert are not something anyone wants to navigate. The group decided to find and book a Daphne concert charter bus rental through Daphnecharterbuscompany.com, keeping everyone together from the first pregame drink to the last encore.
- Itinerary
- 5:30 PM pickup in Spanish Fort, 6:30 PM arrival at Saenger Theatre, 11:30 PM post-show return to Spanish Fort
- Vehicle
- 35-passenger minibus
- Booked time
- 6 hours on a Saturday evening
- Rate
- $255–$385 an hour (weekend) × 6 hours
- Paid separately
- Tolls and parking
$1,530–$2,310about $44–$66 per person
Example #3: Gulf Shores Day Trip
A Daphne tech company is rewarding its 40-person sales team with a day trip to Gulf Shores. Rather than splitting into a caravan of rental cars for a Friday day trip, the company decided to find and book a Daphne corporate charter bus rental through Daphnecharterbuscompany.com. Everyone boards together downtown, the group rides together on a bus booked through Daphnecharterbuscompany.com, and arrives ready to explore.
- Itinerary
- 6:30 AM pickup at the company's downtown Daphne office, 9:00 AM arrival at Gulf Shores, 4:30 PM departure, 7:00 PM return to Daphne
- Vehicle
- 56-passenger charter bus
- Booked time
- About 12 hours (full day)
- Rate
- Full-day rate, $1,650–$2,950
- Paid separately
- Tolls and parking
$1,650–$2,950about $41–$74 per person
Example #4: New Orleans Saints Game Day
A group of 25 New Orleans Saints season ticket holders from Fairhope wants to make a home game at Caesars Superdome into a proper tailgate without losing anyone to parking nightmares or a midnight rideshare shortage. They decided to find and book a Daphne sporting event party bus rental through Daphnecharterbuscompany.com, keeping the pregame energy going from the first pickup to the stadium gate.
- Itinerary
- 11:00 AM pickup in Fairhope, 12:30 PM arrival at Caesars Superdome, 5:30 PM post-game pickup and return to Fairhope
- Vehicle
- 25-passenger party bus
- Booked time
- About 6.5 hours on a Sunday
- Rate
- $248–$460 an hour (weekday low to weekend high) × 6.5 hours
- Paid separately
- Tolls and parking
$1,612–$2,990about $64–$120 per person
Frequently Asked Questions About Daphne Charter Bus Prices
Not sure what you need? Let us help! Just call us at (251) 444-3410, every single day of the year.
Contact usHow can I get a quote for a charter bus or party bus in Daphne?
Getting your price takes less than 30 seconds! Just enter your travel date, pickup location, destination, and estimated passenger count into our online quote tool—no account needed—and you'll immediately see live photos and pricing right on your screen, with a copy sent by text and email. If you don't need the standard 2- to 5-hour windows or want a custom group transportation package, call us! We love offering exclusive phone discounts and below-minimum deals when you reach out directly.
Why is Daphnecharterbuscompany.com better than calling a single local bus company?
Daphnecharterbuscompany.com is a comparison website, not a local bus company, and that's the whole point! Because we don't own or operate any vehicles, you're never stuck with whatever one single fleet has parked in its lot on your date. Instead, multiple independent Alabama providers compete for your trip, giving you better rates and TONS of vehicle choices in one place!
Can I book a same-day or last-minute bus rental in Daphne?
Yes, last-minute plans are no problem! Because you're tapping into one of the largest networks of independent bus companies in Daphne and all of Alabama, you can find and book a bus for the very same day through one of America's largest national booking platforms. Whether an unexpected flight lands at Pensacola International Airport (PNS) or you need an emergency employee shuttle, we have you covered!
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What packages can I book through Daphnecharterbuscompany.com?
You can book hourly, one-way, round-trip, split-time, full-day, and multi-day packages built around YOUR exact schedule! From church group retreats and military transfers to concert shuttles at The Wharf Amphitheater in nearby Orange Beach, there is a package that fits your budget. You can reserve one bus or a fleet of 10+ buses right through the national booking platform. Afterward, our confirmation department calls to verify every pickup and drop-off address for total peace of mind!
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