Savannah Charter Bus Rental FAQs
About Savannahcoachbuscompany.com
Savannahcoachbuscompany.com is an advertising and quote comparison website that lets you compare bus rental options and pricing from a network of bus companies serving Savannah through a national booking company. Fill out one quick form and you'll see vehicles, amenities, and pricing for your actual trip in seconds — no account required, no waiting on callbacks. Savannahcoachbuscompany.com is an advertising and referral website and does not own or operate vehicles. It connects you to a national booking platform where independently owned transportation companies compete for your booking, so you see more options and better pricing than you would by calling a single local company.
No — Savannahcoachbuscompany.com is a comparison and referral website. In practical terms, that means you come here, fill out your trip details or call 912-512-8490, and you're taken to a national booking platform where you can see vehicles and pricing from independently owned transportation companies serving the Savannah area. The companies that actually put a bus on the road for your group are local and regional operators in the network. Savannahcoachbuscompany.com is the tool that puts your request in front of all of them at once, so you compare and choose instead of calling around.
When you search on your own, you call one company, get one price, and start over if they don't have what you need. With Savannahcoachbuscompany.com, you fill out one form or make one call to 912-512-8490 and you're looking at vehicles and pricing from a whole network of providers serving Savannah in seconds. You see more options and different price points than any single operator can show you, and those providers are competing for the booking — which is a very different situation than you calling them one at a time.
That's the time you get back.
An independently owned transportation company serving the Savannah area. When you fill out the quote form, you're taken to a national booking platform that works with a network of operators in the region. On that platform, you choose the vehicle and price that suits the trip.
The transportation company confirmed to your booking is the one that shows up — you're selecting a vehicle that fits your group, and the operator behind it is confirmed once the booking is placed.
Booking a charter bus
Fill out the form on this site with your trip details — or call 912-512-8490 if you'd rather go through it with someone. Either way, you're taken to a search results page on a national booking company's website. That booking company works with a network of transportation providers serving the Savannah area, and right there on their site you see available vehicles and pricing for your trip.
You pick the bus that fits your group and your budget, and you book it directly on their website. What you're choosing is a vehicle and a price, not a company off a list.
Your pickup city, where you're going, how many people are in the group, and how many hours you need the bus. That's enough to get started. The more detail you add — your stops, start and end times, how much luggage the group is carrying, and any amenities you need onboard — the more accurate the quote comes back and the better your chances of finding the right vehicle at the right price.
More detail in means a better result out.
Right away — there's no waiting on a callback. The moment you submit the form you go straight to the search results page on the booking company's website and see pricing for your actual trip. No phone tag, no "we'll get back to you."
If you'd rather talk through the details with someone first, call 912-512-8490 and you'll get a person who can walk you through it.
The earlier the better, especially for a popular date or a specific vehicle — and Savannah has a few dates where the entire local market gets taken early (St. Patrick's Day weekend is the biggest one). That said, because Savannahcoachbuscompany.com puts your request in front of a whole network of providers rather than one operator with one yard, short-notice trips are often still workable when a single company would have told you no. Don't talk yourself out of submitting a request because you think it's too late — submit the form or call 912-512-8490 and see what's available.
The worst answer is no, and you'll know in seconds.
All of those can be requested. Hourly or as-directed keeps the vehicle with the group for a set block of time — great for a night out in the City Market area or a Savannah Bananas game at Grayson Stadium where you want the bus waiting. A one-way transfer moves the group from one place to another, like the airport to a hotel on River Street.
A round trip brings them back. A multi-stop itinerary runs a set route with several stops, like a brewery loop through Service Brewing, Moon River, and Ghost Coast Distillery. A multi-day booking covers a trip that runs across more than one day.
Which format fits depends on the trip itself — and if your itinerary has multiple stops or runs overnight, lay it all out 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. Those are real planning ranges, not a single price — what you actually pay depends on the vehicle, the date, the distance, and how the trip is structured. Savannah's peak weekends push toward the top of those ranges and sometimes beyond, while a Tuesday afternoon airport transfer to Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport (SAV) is a different situation entirely.
The fastest way to see what your specific trip costs is to fill out the form and get pricing in seconds. Or call 912-512-8490 — going through the itinerary with someone can surface packages and options you wouldn't find on your own.
It depends on the trip, and all three are used. A short trip of a couple of hours — say, shuttling wedding guests between a downtown hotel and The Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa (1 Resort Dr, Savannah, GA 31421) — is usually priced hourly. A trip that runs long distance, roughly past the 100 to 200 mile mark or heading well out of the area toward Atlanta or Orlando, may carry a per-mile charge instead.
And 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 is what determines which structure applies.
The type and size of bus, how long it's booked, 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. Sunday through Thursday prices lower than Friday and Saturday. Daytime prices lower than those same nights.
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 Savannah specifically, St. Patrick's Day weekend, prom weekends in April and May, and Savannah Bananas game nights at Grayson Stadium (1401 E Victory Dr, Savannah, GA 31404) are the dates where the whole local market tightens at once — on those dates, every one of those factors matters more.
Book those dates as early as you can. For everything else, fill out the form and compare what comes back.
About charter buses
A charter bus is a full-size passenger coach that a group hires for its own trip, with its own route and schedule, rather than riding a fixed public route. It's built for moving a large group over a distance in one vehicle — typically 40 to 56 people — going where the group needs to go, when the group needs to go there.
Outside, it's a full-size coach body — a long, tall vehicle with high 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, though some coaches are wrapped in an operator's own graphics, so the coach that shows up won't always look the same. Inside, you'll find forward-facing seats in pairs on either side of a center aisle.
Seat fabric is cloth or leather depending on the make and model — a Prevost H3-45 or a Van Hool CX45 tends to run leather on higher-spec builds, while an MCI J4500 may be cloth or leather depending on the operator's configuration. Overhead parcel racks run the length of the cabin, and a restroom sits toward the rear.
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 those depending on the make, model, and how the coach is configured — no two coaches are built identically, and what a specific vehicle carries is confirmed during booking. If there's an amenity the group needs, note it with the trip details.
That narrows which vehicles come back to ones that actually have it.
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 or a wheelchair position each take seats out. Because Savannahcoachbuscompany.com works with a network of providers, the exact coach on any given trip depends on what's available. Submit the trip or call 912-512-8490 if the group needs a specific capacity.
A 56-passenger coach runs 14 rows, with two seats on each side of a center aisle. The layout is forward-facing paired seating with one aisle down the middle — straightforward enough that most people picture it correctly. 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. If you're trying to picture it, that's roughly three cars parked end to end. The reason that matters in Savannah is that the historic district's squares and one-way streets can be tight for a 45-foot coach — a minibus handles those blocks more easily.
Shorter coaches exist, most commonly around 35 feet, and 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 for 12 feet. A real-world comparison: that's a little taller than a single story of a house. If the trip involves a parking garage or a covered drop-off area — something that comes up at a few Savannah hotels and venues — the clearance at that specific structure is worth checking before the bus arrives.
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 — is that onboard WiFi runs off a cellular connection and is built for light use across a full coach.
Phones, messaging, and browsing work well. Fifty people doing video calls or large file transfers at once is a different story. If the group needs WiFi, note it with the trip details so the results come back filtered to coaches that have it.
Yes — an onboard restroom is standard on full-size charter buses. It sits toward the rear of the coach. The honest expectation: it's there so the group doesn't have to stop, and on a longer run like a trip from Savannah to Atlanta or down to Orlando, the trip is still usually planned with real rest stops along the way.
If an onboard restroom matters for the trip, note it with the trip details.
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. Practically speaking, a group can keep phones and laptops charged across a long run — a Savannah to Charleston transfer or a multi-day trip — without hunting for outlets at rest stops.
Note it with the trip details if the group needs it.
Yes — in two places. Overhead parcel racks run the length of the inside cabin, and undercarriage baggage bays run along the bottom of the coach underneath the passenger floor. 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 is about one checked-size bag each below plus 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 bags. If the group is carrying oversized items — say, equipment for a corporate event at the Savannah Convention Center (1 International Dr, Savannah, GA 31401) or instruments for a SCAD performance trip — state that with the trip details so the right coach gets matched to the group.
Charter bus service in Savannah, Georgia
Any group that needs to move together. Airport transfers to and from Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport (SAV) are one of the most common requests, along with corporate travel and employee shuttles for Savannah's port-related industries and downtown businesses. Wedding and private event transportation — shuttling guests between hotel blocks and venues across the historic district, Forsyth Park, and Tybee Island — is another major category.
Concerts and sporting events at Enmarket Arena and Savannah Bananas games at Grayson Stadium, school and church group trips, government and military moves, brewery and distillery tours, prom, and long-distance travel to Atlanta, Charleston, or Orlando are all trips the network serves regularly.
The network serves Savannah and the surrounding region, including Tybee Island, Pooler, Richmond Hill, Rincon, Statesboro, Hilton Head Island, SC, Bluffton, SC, and Beaufort, SC, along with communities throughout Chatham, Bryan, Effingham, and Liberty counties. Those are examples, not the complete coverage area. If a city isn't listed, enter the full route or call 912-512-8490 to check availability.
St. Patrick's Day weekend is the single busiest transportation weekend in Savannah — the celebration draws 500,000+ visitors to the historic district, streets close, and the entire local market gets taken months in advance. Book that weekend at least six months out. Other high-demand dates include prom weekends in April and May across SCCPSS high schools, SCAD and Savannah State graduation in May, the Savannah Music Festival in late March and early April, the Savannah Film Festival in late October, the Rock 'n' Roll Savannah Marathon in November, Savannah Bananas game nights at Grayson Stadium throughout the spring and summer, and New Year's Eve on River Street.
On those dates, short-notice requests are harder — but still worth submitting through Savannahcoachbuscompany.com, because a network of providers gives you more options than any single operator can.
Planning your Savannah, Georgia charter bus trip
Yes — the network serves all airports your group needs. The primary airport is Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport (SAV) (400 Airways Ave, Savannah, GA 31408), roughly 10 miles northwest of downtown via I-16 and I-516, about 15 to 20 minutes off-peak. For groups flying into a larger hub, Jacksonville International Airport (JAX) (2400 Yankee Clipper Dr, Jacksonville, FL 32218) is about 140 miles south via I-95, roughly 2 hours, and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) (6000 N Terminal Pkwy, Atlanta, GA 30320) is about 250 miles northwest, roughly 4 hours.
At SAV, the bus meets the group at the ground transportation curb on the lower level outside baggage claim, following the airport's own guidelines for commercial vehicles. Have everyone together with luggage in hand before calling the bus forward — that's what keeps the pickup smooth.
Yes — the network serves all of them. Enmarket Arena (620 Stiles Ave, Savannah, GA 31401) is Savannah's 9,500-seat multipurpose arena, home of the Savannah Ghost Pirates (ECHL hockey) and a regular concert and event venue. Bus drop-off is on W Oglethorpe Ave and Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. Grayson Stadium hosts Savannah Bananas games, which sell out months in advance — a bus keeps the group together and off the street parking hunt around Daffin Park.
For college football, Allen E. Paulson Stadium in Statesboro (about 55 minutes northwest via US-80) hosts Georgia Southern Eagles games and is a common Savannah-area charter trip. On any event day, traffic patterns around these venues change significantly — build extra time into the pickup plan.
Yes — the network serves all of them. The Savannah Convention Center is the region's primary large-scale convention facility, with 200,000 square feet of exhibit space on the riverfront. Bus drop-off and loading is on International Drive, with designated staging on the west side of the building.
Plant Riverside District (400 W River St, Savannah, GA 31401) hosts concerts, outdoor events, and private functions along the waterfront. Savannah Station (601 Cohen St, Savannah, GA 31401), a converted historic train depot, handles events up to 400 guests with bus access via Cohen St. Large venues like these have designated loading areas separate from main entrances, and a repeat shuttle between a conference hotel and the convention center should have its full schedule — how many runs, at what times — laid out with the request so it comes back timed and priced correctly.
Yes — any wedding venue in the area. Savannah has a remarkable range of them. The Mansion on Forsyth Park (700 Drayton St, Savannah, GA 31401) is one of the most popular hotel-and-venue pairings in the city, with bus drop-off on Drayton St flanking the park.
The Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa sits on Hutchinson Island across the river — buses cross via the Talmadge Memorial Bridge. Whitefield Chapel at Bethesda (9520 Ferguson Ave, Savannah, GA 31406) is about 20 minutes south of downtown, a beautiful historic chapel on a school campus. Savannah Station (601 Cohen St) and The Gastonian (220 E Gaston St) round out the historic district options.
For beach weddings, Tybee Island Wedding Chapel (1 Van Horne Ave, Tybee Island, GA 31328) is about 30 minutes east via US-80 — and a bus to Tybee means nobody's stuck in the causeway traffic on the way back. The most common setup is shuttling guests between a downtown hotel block and the venue; giving the exact venue address with the request gets the right vehicle matched to it.
Yes — the network serves all of them. The Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (SCCPSS) includes major high schools across the city: Savannah High School (400 Pennsylvania Avenue), Jenkins High School (1800 E. Derenne Avenue), Beach High School (3001 Hopkins Street), and New Hampstead High School (2451 Little Neck Road, Bloomingdale, GA 31302), among others. Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) has buildings distributed throughout the historic district, with bus loading varying by building.
Savannah State University (3219 College St, Savannah, GA 31404) and the Georgia Southern University — Armstrong Campus (11935 Abercorn St, Savannah, GA 31419) are the main four-year institutions. Field trips and team travel are typically pickups at the school or campus itself; campuses have designated bus loading zones. Student trips should include the exact headcount plus any chaperone or accessibility needs with the request.
Yes — all of them. A Savannah brewery and distillery loop might hit Moon River Brewing Company (21 W Bay St, Savannah, GA 31401) in the historic district, then Service Brewing Co. (574 Indian St, Savannah, GA 31401) and Southbound Brewing Company (107 E Lathrop Ave, Savannah, GA 31415) on the west side, with a stop at Ghost Coast Distillery (641 Indian St, Savannah, GA 31401) for a spirits tasting — all within about 15 minutes of each other. For nightlife, River Street and City Market (Jefferson St & W St Julian St) are the main districts downtown; River Street itself is cobblestone and not navigable by full-size coaches, so buses drop on W Bay St above and the group walks down.
Tybee Island (~18 miles east via US-80, about 30 minutes) is a popular evening destination, with spots like AJ's Dockside right on the water. A multi-stop route is timed by how long the group stays at each stop — list the stops and roughly how long at each one with the request, and the hours come back right.
Yes — absolutely. Long-distance trips from Savannah are a regular part of what the network handles. Charleston, SC is about 110 miles north via I-95, roughly 1 hour 45 minutes — a popular day trip or overnight.
Hilton Head Island, SC is about 40 miles northeast via US-278, roughly 45 minutes. Myrtle Beach, SC is about 180 miles north via US-17, roughly 3 hours. Atlanta is about 250 miles northwest via I-16 and I-75, roughly 4 hours.
Jacksonville, FL is about 140 miles south via I-95, roughly 2 hours. Orlando, FL is about 340 miles south via I-95 and I-4, roughly 5 hours. The Golden Isles / Jekyll Island area is about 80 miles south via I-95, roughly 1 hour 15 minutes.
A long-distance trip is usually booked as a one-way transfer or a multi-day trip rather than by the hour — and if the trip runs overnight, lay out the full itinerary with the request so it comes back priced and structured correctly. Call 912-512-8490 if you'd rather walk through a multi-day itinerary with someone.