Spokane Charter Bus Rental FAQs
About Spokanecharterbuscompany.com
Spokanecharterbuscompany.com is an advertising and quote comparison website that lets you compare bus rental options and pricing from a network of bus companies serving Spokane through a national booking company. Fill out one quick form and you will see vehicles, amenities, and pricing for your trip in seconds — no account required and no waiting on callbacks. Spokanecharterbuscompany.com is an advertising and referral website; it does not own or operate vehicles. Transportation is carried out by independently owned companies serving the Spokane area.
No — Spokanecharterbuscompany.com is a comparison and referral website. In practical terms, that means you come here to find and compare vehicles and pricing from a network of independently owned bus companies serving Spokane, rather than calling each one separately. Once you choose the bus that fits your trip, the transportation itself is carried out by one of those independent operators. Spokanecharterbuscompany.com makes the finding and comparing easy; the bus company handles the ride.
When you search on your own, you call one company, hear one price, and move on to the next. With Spokanecharterbuscompany.com, you fill out one form or make one call to 509-381-3214 and immediately see more options and different price points than you would ever get from a single operator. Vehicles and rates come back in seconds, and because a whole network of providers is competing for the booking, you are in a much better position than if you had reached out to one local company yourself.
It is your time, and this is the faster way to spend it.
An independently owned transportation company serving the Spokane area. Once 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 selecting there is a vehicle and a price, not a company off a list.
The transportation company assigned to the booking is confirmed to you after the reservation is complete.
Booking a Charter Bus
Fill out the form on this page or call 509-381-3214 with your trip details. As soon as you submit, you are taken to a search results page on a national booking company's website — that company partners with independently owned operators serving the Spokane area. Right there on their site, you can browse available vehicles, see trip-specific pricing, and book the bus you want directly online, all in minutes.
What you are choosing on that results page is a vehicle and a price, not a company.
Your pickup city, your destination, how many people are riding, and how many hours you need the bus. That is enough to get started. The more detail you give — your stops along the way, your start and end times, how much luggage the group is carrying, and any amenities the trip needs — the more accurate the quote comes back and the better you can match the vehicle to what the trip actually requires.
More detail in means a better result out.
Right away — there is no waiting on a callback. The moment you submit the form, you land on the booking company's search results page and see pricing for your trip. no email thread, no waiting until Monday morning. If you would rather go through it with someone, call 509-381-3214 and a live agent will walk through the options with you on the spot.
Earlier is always better on a popular date, and a larger group or a specific vehicle type books further out. That said, because Spokanecharterbuscompany.com puts your request in front of a whole network of providers serving the Spokane area rather than a single operator with one yard, short-notice trips are often still workable — that is the real advantage of comparing a network instead of calling one company and being told no. Submit the request or call 509-381-3214 even if the date is close.
You will not know what is available until you check, and checking takes thirty seconds.
All of those can be requested. An hourly or as-directed booking keeps the vehicle with your group for a set block of time — the most flexible format and the right call when the schedule is not fixed. A one-way transfer moves a group from one place to another without a return.
A round trip brings everyone back to where they started. A multi-stop itinerary runs a planned route with several stops in sequence — popular for brewery loops, wine tours, and game-day packages around Spokane. A multi-day booking covers a trip that runs across more than one day, like a charter down to Walla Walla wine country or out to Seattle.
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 — stops, times, and overnight details — so the quote comes back priced correctly the first time.
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, and the honest point is that pricing is not one size fits all. The type of bus, the date, the distance, and the number of stops all move the number, so the range is a starting point rather than your price.
To see pricing for your actual trip in seconds, fill out the form on this page. Or call 509-381-3214 — going through the trip with someone can turn up better packages and pricing than you would find searching on your own.
It depends on the trip, and all three are used. A short trip of a couple of hours — say, a shuttle from a downtown Spokane hotel to the Numerica Veterans Arena and back — is typically priced hourly. A long-distance run, roughly past the 100- to 200-mile mark or heading well out of the region toward Seattle or Walla Walla, may carry a per-mile charge instead of stacked hours.
And a long day, generally around eight hours or more, often comes back as a day rate rather than an hourly figure, simply because the vehicle is booked for so much of the day. Submitting the actual trip details is what determines which structure applies to your booking.
Six things move the price: the type and size of bus, how long it is booked for, the date and the day of the week, the distance and the route, the number of stops, and how busy that date is locally in Spokane. 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 paying for capacity nobody is using.
And grouping riders into one or two pickup points instead of five separate stops cuts the hours on the clock — in Spokane that matters on a date like Bloomsday weekend or a Gonzaga home-game Saturday, when demand across the whole local market is high. The more precisely the trip is laid out with the request, the more accurately the quote comes back.
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 whole coach to itself for the duration of the booking.
From the outside, a full-size charter bus is a tall, long coach body with high tinted windows running most of its length and a row of baggage bay doors along the lower panels on each side. The exterior is typically finished in white, silver, or black, though some coaches carry an operator's own graphics or a solid wrap, so the coach that arrives will not always look the same. Inside, seats run in pairs on either side of a center aisle — forward facing, cloth or leather depending on the make and model, with overhead parcel racks the full length of the cabin.
The MCI J4500, the Van Hool CX45, and the Prevost H3-45 are among the most common full-size coaches on the road; all three share that same basic layout, with a restroom positioned toward the rear of the coach.
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 TV monitors. Features vary by make, model, and the specific vehicle, so a given coach may include some of these and not others — exact amenities are confirmed during booking. If there are amenities the group needs, note them with the trip details when you submit the request, since that narrows which vehicles come back in the results.
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 and 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 configuration: extra legroom between rows or a wheelchair-accessible position each take seats out of the total. Because Spokanecharterbuscompany.com works with a network of providers, the exact coach on any given trip depends on what is available for the date and route — submit the trip or call 509-381-3214 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. The layout is straightforward: forward-facing paired seating, one aisle down the middle, overhead racks above. The row count drops on coaches configured with extra legroom between rows or a wheelchair-accessible position.
Some coaches tier the front few rows slightly for a better sightline, but the 14-row, two-by-two layout is the standard on a full-size 56-passenger build.
A full-size charter bus is 45 feet long and 8.5 feet wide. If you are trying to picture it, that is roughly three cars parked end to end — which is usually why people ask, because they are working out whether one fits somewhere. Shorter coaches exist, most commonly around 35 feet, and those are the right call when a venue or a street has clearance or length restrictions.
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 clearances for 12 feet. A useful comparison: a little taller than a single story of a house. That is the number to check against a parking garage, a low bridge, or a venue entrance before the coach arrives — which is almost always the real reason the question comes up.
WiFi is one of the amenities available on charter buses, and many coaches are equipped with it. The accurate point is that 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. One expectation worth setting honestly: onboard WiFi runs off a cellular connection and is designed for light use across a full coach — phones, messaging, and general browsing — not for fifty or sixty people doing heavy bandwidth work at once.
If the group needs WiFi, note it with the trip details when you submit the request. That narrows the results to coaches that have it.
Yes — an onboard restroom is standard on full-size charter buses, positioned toward the rear of the coach. It is there so a group does not have to stop, though on a long run the trip is still typically planned with real rest stops along the way. Because features vary by vehicle, note it with the trip details if an onboard restroom matters for the group — that keeps the right coaches in the results.
Yes — charter buses are built with 110-volt AC power outlets, and coaches are commonly fitted with them at or near every seat, often 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 practical terms, a group can keep phones and laptops charged across a long run from Spokane to Seattle or down to Walla Walla without anyone running out of battery.
If the group needs outlets, note it with the trip details when you submit the request.
Yes — in two places. Overhead parcel racks run the length of the cabin inside the coach, and undercarriage baggage bays run along the lower panels on both sides of the vehicle underneath it. 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 in the bays below and one small carry-on above. Two things change that math: a coach fitted with a wheelchair lift gives up some baggage bay space, and bulky gear — instruments, sports equipment, event supplies, camping gear for a multi-day trip into the mountains — takes the space of several standard bags. State luggage and any oversized items with the trip details when you submit the request, so the right coach is matched to the group from the start.
Charter Bus Service in Spokane, Washington
Any group that needs to move together. Airport transfers to and from Spokane International Airport (GEG) are one of the most common bookings — one coach instead of a dozen cars on the way to the terminal. Corporate travel and employee shuttles between offices, hotels, and conference venues keep teams on the same schedule.
Weddings and private events use shuttle buses to move guests between hotel blocks and venues without anyone worrying about parking or a designated driver. Concerts and sporting events at the Numerica Veterans Arena, Avista Stadium, and McCarthey Athletic Center are natural fits, as are game-day charters to Pullman for WSU and Cheney for EWU. School field trips and church group trips, government and military moves, wine and brewery tours through the Spokane Ale Trail and out to Walla Walla, prom, and long-distance travel to Seattle, Portland, or beyond — all of it is bookable through this site.
The network of transportation companies serving this area covers Spokane and the surrounding region, including Spokane Valley, Cheney, Airway Heights, Mead, Liberty Lake, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho (about 33 miles east), Pullman (about 75 miles south), and communities throughout eastern Washington and the northern Idaho panhandle. Those are examples, not a complete list. If your pickup or destination is not named here, enter the full route in the quote form or call 509-381-3214 and the team will check what is available for that corridor.
Bloomsday (first Sunday of May — one of the world's largest road races, drawing ~50,000 participants to downtown Spokane) and the Lilac Festival Armed Forces Torchlight Parade (mid-May) hit back to back and take the whole local market early. Hoopfest in late June closes downtown streets and packs the city. Gonzaga basketball season runs November through March, with home games at McCarthey Athletic Center and occasional NCAA Tournament rounds at the Numerica Veterans Arena.
WSU Cougar football Saturdays in Pullman and EWU Eagles games in Cheney pull heavy charter demand from September through November. Prom season across Spokane Public Schools, Central Valley, and Mead districts runs April and May and books out months ahead. Graduation season in May and June and New Year's Eve downtown are the other two peaks.
Book those dates well ahead — and on any date, submitting the request is always worth doing, because this site is putting it in front of a whole network rather than one operator.
Planning Your Spokane, Washington Charter Bus Trip
The primary commercial airport is Spokane International Airport (GEG) (9000 W Airport Dr, Spokane, WA 99224), about 5 miles southwest of downtown, roughly 10 to 15 minutes by coach off-peak. Groups traveling to or from the Pacific Northwest's main hub can also charter a coach to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), approximately 280 miles west via I-90 — about 4.5 to 5 hours by coach, a common long-distance booking for groups with early flights or large delegations. For an airport pickup, the coach meets the group outside the terminal at the spot that airport designates for buses and larger vehicles, following the airport's own ground transportation guidelines.
Gather everyone and all luggage before calling the bus to the curb so the pickup goes smoothly and on schedule.
The main venues are Numerica Veterans Arena (720 W Mallon Ave, Spokane, WA 99201), home of the Spokane Chiefs (WHL hockey) and the site of NCAA Tournament first- and second-round games; Avista Stadium (602 N Havana St, Spokane Valley, WA 99202), home of the Spokane Indians (High-A, Colorado Rockies affiliate); and McCarthey Athletic Center (801 N Cincinnati St, Spokane, WA 99258) for Gonzaga Bulldogs basketball. Game-day charters to Martin Stadium in Pullman (~75 miles south, ~1.5 hours) for WSU Cougar football and to Roos Field in Cheney (~17 miles southwest, ~25 minutes) for EWU Eagles football are among the most popular long-haul bookings from Spokane. Traffic around the Arena and the convention district changes significantly on event nights, so build extra time into any game-day itinerary.
The primary facility is the Spokane Convention Center (334 W Spokane Falls Blvd, Spokane, WA 99201), one of the largest convention facilities in the Inland Northwest, which shares its downtown footprint with the First Interstate Center for the Arts and the Numerica Veterans Arena. The Spokane County Fair & Expo Center (404 N Havana St, Spokane Valley, WA 99202) hosts the Interstate Fair each September and year-round trade shows and livestock events. Large venues have designated bus loading areas separate from the main entrance, and a repeat shuttle between a hotel block and a convention venue should have its full schedule — number of runs, times, and headcount — laid out with the request so it comes back timed and priced correctly.
Yes — any wedding venue in the area. Popular Spokane venues include The Historic Davenport Hotel (10 S Post St, Spokane, WA 99201), one of the city's landmark ballroom venues; Arbor Crest Wine Cellars (4705 N Fruithill Rd, Spokane, WA 99217), a clifftop estate winery overlooking the Spokane Valley that requires coaches to navigate a winding approach road; Chateau Rive (621 W Mallon Ave, Spokane, WA 99201) on the downtown waterfront; Montvale Event Center (1017 W 1st Ave, Spokane, WA 99201); the historic Bing Crosby Theater (901 W Sprague Ave, Spokane, WA 99201); and Northern Quest Resort & Casino (100 N Hayford Rd, Airway Heights, WA 99001) about 15 minutes west of downtown. The most common wedding setup is a shuttle loop between the hotel block and the venue, running through the ceremony and reception.
Including the exact venue address with the request gets the right vehicle matched to the route from the start.
The network serves all of them. Gonzaga University (502 E Boone Ave, Spokane, WA 99258), Eastern Washington University (526 5th St, Cheney, WA 99004), Whitworth University (300 W Hawthorne Rd, Spokane, WA 99251), and the WSU Spokane campus (412 E Spokane Falls Blvd, Spokane, WA 99202) are the main four-year institutions. Spokane Community College (1810 N Greene St) and Spokane Falls Community College (3410 W Fort George Wright Dr) round out the post-secondary campuses.
K–12 trips serve Spokane Public Schools, the Central Valley School District, the Mead School District, and surrounding districts. Field trips and team travel typically pick up at the school or campus itself; campuses have designated bus loading zones, and student trips should include the exact headcount plus any chaperone or accessibility needs with the request.
The network serves all of them. On the brewery side, popular stops include No-Li Brewhouse (1003 E Trent Ave, Spokane, WA 99202) on the Spokane River, Iron Goat Brewing (1302 W 2nd Ave), Orlison Brewing (1611 W 2nd Ave), and Twelve String Brewing (1318 W 1st Ave) — all in or near downtown and walkable between stops. For wine, Arbor Crest Wine Cellars (~15 minutes north), Barrister Winery (1213 W Railroad Ave, Spokane, WA 99201) in the warehouse district, and the Greenbluff area ~25 minutes north are the local anchors, with Walla Walla wine country (~140 miles south, ~2.5 hours) a common overnight charter.
On the casino side, Northern Quest Resort & Casino (~15 minutes west in Airway Heights) and the Spokane Tribe Casino (also in Airway Heights) are the closest. Nightlife runs along the downtown Riverside and Sprague corridor, the South Perry District on S Perry St, and the Garland District on N Monroe. For a multi-stop loop, list the stops and how long the group plans to stay at each one — that is what gets the hours and the price right.
Yes. The most common long-distance charters from Spokane run west to Seattle (~280 miles via I-90, roughly 4.5 to 5 hours by coach), south to Walla Walla wine country (~140 miles, about 2.5 hours), east to Coeur d'Alene, Idaho (~33 miles, about 35 minutes), and south to Pullman for WSU events (~75 miles, about 1.5 hours). Groups also charter buses to Portland, Oregon (~370 miles, roughly 6 hours) .
A long-distance trip is typically booked as a one-way transfer or a multi-day package rather than by the hour. Overnight trips need the full itinerary — all stops, overnight location, and return details — laid out with the request so the quote comes back complete and correctly priced.