Anyone who wants to hire a coach soon finds that every occasion has different requirements. Choose below what you need transport for.
With school trip transport, safety matters most, followed by a driver who is used to working with groups of children.
A shared coach to the company outing or corporate event means the day starts as soon as everyone gets on board, not only once you arrive at the venue.
On a day out with your class, club or family, the last thing you want is to lose time waiting or taking detours.
A day trip with older people calls for a coach that everyone can easily get on and off, with time for rest and a toilet nearby. If someone in a wheelchair is coming along, you need a coach with a lift or ramp and a fixed wheelchair space, and how many of those spaces a coach has differs per coach. Below you can see how many such coaches there are in the fleets, what you arrange in advance as a seniors' association, seniors' club or care home, and which outings say themselves what is possible with a wheelchair.
For a multi-day trip you hire a coach that is both comfortable and reliable. After all, you'll be sitting in it for hours.
At business events, what counts most is arriving on time and looking professional, with enough room to prepare on the way.
With a shuttle service, one or more coaches run back and forth for a few hours: from the station or the car park to the site, from the church to the reception venue, or between the hotel and the conference. Below you can work out how many coaches that takes, and read how to request it.
Wedding transport above all has to be one thing: punctual. Guests who arrive on time give you that little bit of extra calm on the day itself.
A ski trip starts the moment you leave: with a coach, nobody has to drive early in the morning or load the ski gear themselves.
With an airport transfer, one thing matters most: being on time. A shared coach stops the group arriving in dribs and drabs, or losing each other on the way to the airport in separate cars.
At a festival you don't want to arrive separately, or to have to drive home afterwards. A shared coach solves both.
In 2027 King's Day falls on Tuesday 27 April. If you are taking a group to a flea market, a party or the celebrations in another town, your own coach takes you there and picks you up again at an agreed time.
In 2027 carnival runs from Saturday 6 to Tuesday 9 February inclusive. Your own coach takes your club or group of friends to the parade or the party, and picks everyone up again at an agreed time, even in the middle of the night.