Scranton Charter Bus Rental FAQs

Scrantoncoachbusservice.com is an advertising and quote comparison website that lets you compare bus rental options and pricing from a network of transportation companies serving Scranton through a national booking platform — all from one quick form or one phone call to 272-309-3470. Instead of tracking down transportation providers serving Scranton one at a time, you enter your trip details once and see available vehicles and prices side by side. Scrantoncoachbusservice.com is an advertising and referral website — it does not own or operate vehicles — so you're comparing across a whole network rather than one company's yard.

No — Scrantoncoachbusservice.com is a comparison and referral website. In practical terms, that means you use it to compare vehicles and pricing from a network of independently owned transportation companies serving the Scranton area, all in one place. The transportation itself is carried out by those independent operators.

What this site does is make the comparison fast: one form, one call, and you're looking at options for your actual trip instead of waiting on callbacks from a handful of different offices.

Searching on your own usually means calling several local companies during business hours, describing your trip each time, and waiting to hear back — and you still end up with quotes that are hard to compare side by side. With Scrantoncoachbusservice.com, you fill out one form or make one call to 272-309-3470 and your trip details go in front of a whole network of providers serving Scranton at once. You see vehicles and pricing quickly, companies may compete for the booking, and you get more options and different price points than any single operator could offer you.

An independently owned transportation company serving the Scranton area. Here is how that works in practice: once you submit a quote request, you're taken to a national booking platform that partners with transportation providers serving Scranton your area. What you're choosing on that results page is a vehicle and a price — the trip-specific details are right there so you can find what fits.

The transportation company assigned to your booking is confirmed to you after you complete the reservation on the booking platform's website.

Fill out the quote form on this website — it takes about a minute — or call 272-309-3470 and go through it with someone directly. Either way, your trip details are passed to a national booking platform, and you're taken straight to that platform's search results page. The booking company partners with transportation providers serving Scranton, and the results show the vehicles available for your specific trip with instant pricing.

What you're selecting there is a vehicle and a price, and you complete the booking right on their website in minutes.

The basics are your pickup city, your destination, your passenger count, and how many hours you need the bus. 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 the trip — the more accurate the quote comes back and the better your chances of finding a deal that actually fits. A multi-stop or overnight itinerary especially benefits from being laid out in full before you submit.

Right away — there is no waiting on a callback. The moment you submit the form you go straight to the search results page on the booking platform's website and see available vehicles and pricing for your trip. If you'd rather talk through the details with someone, call 272-309-3470 and a live agent can pull up options and work through the trip with you on the spot.

The earlier the better on a popular date, and a larger group or a specific vehicle type is worth booking further out. That said, because this site puts your request in front of a whole network of providers serving the Scranton area rather than a single operator with one yard, short-notice trips are often still workable — you're not calling one company and being told the fleet is full. Submit the request or call 272-309-3470 even if your date is close.

The worst outcome is a narrow selection; the best is that the network has exactly what you need.

All of those can be requested. An hourly or as-directed booking keeps the vehicle with your group for a set block of time — useful when the schedule is flexible or the group is moving between several locations. A one-way transfer moves the group from a single origin to a single destination.

A round trip brings everyone back to the starting point. A multi-stop itinerary runs a planned route with several stops along the way, like a brewery tour or a stadium tailgate circuit. A multi-day booking covers a trip that runs across more than one calendar day, like a long-distance group travel or an overnight event.

Which format fits comes down to the trip itself — and a multi-stop or overnight itinerary should be laid out in full when you submit the request so it comes back timed and priced correctly.

Charter bus rentals in Scranton run roughly $205–$385+ per hour on weekdays, $225–$410+ per hour on weekends, and $1,650–$2,950+ per day. Those are planning ranges, not your price — a number of things move a quote in either direction, and the range is a starting point. The fastest way to see what your specific trip actually costs is to fill out the form and get pricing on the booking platform in seconds.

If you'd rather go through it with someone, call 272-309-3470 — working through the trip details directly can turn up better packages and pricing than you'd find on your own.

It depends on the trip, and all three are used. A short run of a couple of hours is usually priced hourly. A trip that covers significant distance — roughly past the 100 to 200 mile mark, or heading well outside the Scranton area — 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 flat day rate simply because the vehicle is booked for most of the day and hourly math stops making sense for either side. Submitting your actual route and timeline is what determines which pricing structure applies to your trip.

The main factors are the type and size of the bus, how long it is booked for, the date and day of the week, the distance and the route, the number of stops, and how busy that particular date is locally. Sunday through Thursday typically prices lower than Friday and Saturday, and daytime trips price lower than those same evenings. Booking the size that fits your actual headcount — rather than over-booking capacity — keeps the rate where it belongs.

Consolidating pickups into one or two points instead of five separate stops also cuts the hours on the clock and brings the total down. In Scranton, late spring graduation weekends and summer wedding Saturdays are the dates where demand tightens fastest, so moving a flexible event to a weeknight or an off-peak Saturday can make a real difference.

A charter bus is a full-size passenger coach that a group hires for its own trip — with its own route, its own schedule, and no other passengers sharing the ride. Unlike a fixed public transit route, the itinerary is the group's from start to finish. Charter buses are built for moving a large group over a distance in one vehicle, and a full-size coach seats roughly 40 to 56 people depending on the make and configuration.

From the outside, a full-size charter bus has a tall, rounded body with high tinted windows running nearly the full length of both sides and luggage bay doors along the lower 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 pulls up may not look the same as a photo you've seen. Inside, you'll find forward-facing seats arranged in pairs on either side of a center aisle, with seat fabric ranging from cloth to leather depending on the make and model.

Overhead parcel racks run the length of the cabin above both rows. A restroom is common toward the rear. Common full-size coaches in US charter fleets — the MCI J4500, the Van Hool CX45, the Prevost H3-45 — all share this general layout, though interior finishes vary by vehicle and operator.

Some of the amenities available on charter buses include reclining cloth or leather seats, individual climate controls, an onboard restroom, overhead and undercarriage storage, WiFi connectivity, power outlets and USB ports, a PA system, and TV monitors. Features may include some or all of these depending on the make, model, and operator — amenities vary by vehicle and are confirmed during booking. If specific amenities matter to your trip, note them when you submit your request, since that helps narrow which vehicles come back as matches.

Generally 40 to 56 passengers, depending on the make and model. The most common build on a full-size coach is 56 seats. 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 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 position each take seats out of the total. Because this website works with a network of providers, the exact coach on any given trip depends on what is available in the area for your date.

Submit the trip or call 272-309-3470 if your group needs a specific capacity confirmed before booking.

A standard 56-passenger coach runs 14 rows, with two seats on each side of a center aisle — four seats across per row, all forward-facing. The row count drops on coaches configured with extra legroom between rows or a wheelchair position, since those take space that would otherwise hold a full row. Some coaches also tier the front rows slightly for sightlines, which does not change the count but does change how the front of the cabin feels.

A full-size charter bus is 45 feet long and 8.5 feet wide. A useful way to picture it: roughly three standard cars parked end to end. That is the measurement people usually need when they're working out whether a coach fits a particular driveway, loading area, or parking structure.

Shorter coaches exist — most commonly around 35 feet — and are worth knowing about if the route includes tight turns or low-clearance access points. 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 overhead clearances for 12 feet. A useful comparison: slightly taller than one story of a house. That is the number to check against any parking structure, covered driveway, or low bridge on the route before the day of the trip.

If the approach to a venue has a posted clearance, confirm it against the coach height when you book.

WiFi is one of the amenities available on charter buses, and many coaches currently on the road are equipped with it. One thing worth knowing: onboard WiFi is equipment a coach is built with rather than a universal feature, so whether a given vehicle has it varies by make, model, and operator — it is confirmed during booking. The other thing worth setting the right expectation on: onboard WiFi runs off a cellular connection and is built for light use across a full coach — phones, messaging, browsing — not for 50 or 60 people doing heavy data work simultaneously.

If WiFi matters to the group, note it with your trip details so the results come back filtered to coaches that have it.

Many full-size charter buses have an onboard restroom, often located toward the rear of the coach. It is there so the group does not have to stop, and on a long run the trip is still usually planned with real rest stops along the way. Restroom availability may vary by vehicle, so if it is a firm requirement for your group, note it with the trip details when you submit the request so the right coach comes back.

Some charter buses are fitted with 110-volt AC power outlets, and coaches may have them at or near every seat, with some including a USB port built into the same outlet. This is an equipment option rather than a universal feature, so it varies by vehicle and is confirmed during booking. In practical terms, a group can keep phones and laptops charged across a long run without hunting for a wall outlet at a rest stop.

If power access matters to your trip, note it with the details so the results reflect it.

Many full-size coaches have luggage space in two places. Inside the coach, overhead parcel racks run the full length of the cabin above both rows of seats. Underneath the coach, undercarriage baggage bays run along the lower skirt and are accessed through hinged doors on the side.

A full-size coach can carry 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 overhead — in practice, about one checked-size bag each below plus one small carry-on above per person. A few 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, oversized cases — takes the space of several standard bags.

State your luggage situation and any oversized items when you submit the trip details so the right coach gets matched to the group.

Charter bus service through this website covers the full range of group travel in and around Scranton. Airport transfers to and from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International and Philadelphia International are a common booking, as are corporate shuttles and employee transportation between offices, hotels, and conference venues. Wedding shuttles between hotel blocks and ceremony or reception venues are one of the busiest categories, alongside concert and event transportation and game-day group travel.

School field trips and team travel, church group outings, and prom and homecoming transportation are all served. So are brewery and winery tours, long-distance group travel, and private events of any kind. If the group needs to move, a bus in the network may be available for it.

The network covers Scranton and the surrounding region, including Wilkes-Barre, Pittston, Dunmore, Dickson City, Moosic, Old Forge, Carbondale, Stroudsburg, and communities throughout Lackawanna, Luzerne, and Monroe Counties. Those are examples, not the full list — the network reaches well beyond any single roster of cities. Enter your full route in the quote form or call 272-309-3470 to confirm service to a city that is not listed here.

The dates that fill fastest in Scranton are late May and June graduation weekends — the University of Scranton, Marywood University, and Lackawanna College all hold commencement in that window, and the whole local market tightens. Wedding Saturdays from late May through October are consistently busy, with peak demand in June and September. Prom and homecoming weekends in April through May and October draw heavily on party buses and minibuses.

The Scranton St. Patrick's Parade in March is one of the largest in the country and books out early every year. New Year's Eve is the tightest single night of the year. On any of those dates, book as far ahead as you can — and on short notice, submit the request anyway, because putting it in front of a network is still your best shot at finding availability.

Charter bus requests can cover airports serving the Scranton area. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (AVP) (100 Terminal Drive, Avoca, PA 18641) is the closest, roughly 10 miles and 15 minutes south of downtown Scranton via I-81. For a wider range of nonstop routes, groups frequently travel to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL), about 120 miles and two hours south on I-81 to I-78, or Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), roughly 130 miles and just under two hours via I-80.

The coach meets the group at the designated bus and oversized vehicle pickup area outside the terminal, following that airport's own ground transportation guidelines. Confirm the exact meeting point with your group coordinator before wheels down.

Charter and party bus requests can cover sports venues in and around Scranton. Mohegan Arena at Casey Plaza (255 Highland Park Blvd, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702) is the region's main arena and the primary home of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL), and it hosts major touring concerts and events year-round. PNC Field (235 Montage Mountain Road, Moosic, PA 18507) hosts the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, the Triple-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, from April through September.

Traffic on Montage Mountain Road backs up sharply on sold-out nights, so build in extra time before first pitch. For college sports, the University of Scranton and Marywood University both host athletic events on campus. Confirm current bus drop-off and staging areas with the venue before your visit.

Shuttle and charter bus requests can cover Scranton's major convention and event venues. Scranton Cultural Center at the Masonic Temple (420 N Washington Ave, Scranton, PA 18503) hosts galas, conferences, and performing arts events in a landmark 1930 building downtown. The Colonnade (615 Jefferson Ave, Scranton, PA 18510) is a large event facility used for conventions and banquets.

Lackawanna County Courthouse and government facilities and the downtown Scranton hotel corridor along Lackawanna Avenue handle conference overflow regularly. Large venues have designated bus loading areas separate from the main public entrance, so confirm the correct approach with the venue before the day of the event. A repeat shuttle between a hotel and a convention venue should have its full run schedule and stop count included with the request so it comes back timed and priced correctly.

Wedding transportation requests can cover venues in the Scranton area. Glen Maura Estate (1000 Glenmaura National Blvd, Moosic, PA 18507) is one of the most sought-after estate venues in the region, with a winding approach that makes a charter bus a practical option for guests. Stirna's Restaurant and Catering (1430 Sanderson Ave, Scranton, PA 18509) handles large receptions in a classic Scranton setting.

The Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel (700 Lackawanna Ave, Scranton, PA 18503), a restored 1908 train station, is both a venue and a natural hotel block hub for out-of-town guests. The most common setup is shuttling guests between a hotel block and the venue on a timed loop — give the exact venue address and hotel address with the request so the vehicle can be matched to the route from the start.

Field trip, team travel, and campus shuttle requests can cover schools and colleges in the Scranton area. The University of Scranton (800 Linden St, Scranton, PA 18510), Marywood University (2300 Adams Ave, Scranton, PA 18509), and Lackawanna College (501 Vine St, Scranton, PA 18509) are the main higher-education campuses. The Scranton School District and surrounding districts — Abington Heights, Valley View, Lakeland, Western Wayne — all book field trip and team travel regularly.

Campuses have designated bus loading and staging zones separate from general traffic; field trip and team pickups are typically at the school itself. Include the exact headcount, any chaperone count, and any accessibility needs with the request so the vehicle can be matched to the group.

Brewery tours, winery loops, and nightlife transportation requests can cover the Scranton area. Sievert's Brewing Company (1922 Pittston Ave, Scranton, PA 18505) and Lackawanna Brewing Company (156 N Washington Ave, Scranton, PA 18503) are downtown anchors for a craft beer circuit. Wine groups frequently run south to Nimble Hill Winery in Tunkhannock, about 35 minutes on US-6, or north to the Lake Ariel area.

Mohegan Pennsylvania (1 Mohegan Sun Blvd, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18706), about 20 minutes south on I-81, is the region's casino destination. Downtown Scranton's nightlife runs along Lackawanna Avenue and Spruce Street. A multi-stop route is timed by how long the group stays at each location — list the stops and a realistic dwell time at each one and the hours come back accurate.

Long-distance charter bus trips from Scranton can be requested through this network. New York City is about 120 miles and two hours via I-80 or I-84, making it one of the most common one-way transfers from the area. Philadelphia is roughly 120 miles and two hours south on I-81 to I-78.

Washington, D.C. runs about 230 miles and three and a half hours. Hersheypark in Hershey, PA is about 100 miles and an hour and forty-five minutes southwest. Ocean City, NJ and the Jersey Shore are roughly 160 miles and two and a half hours.

Long-distance trips are usually structured as a one-way transfer or a multi-day booking rather than an hourly rental — and an overnight trip should have the full itinerary, hotel stop, and return schedule laid out with the request so it comes back priced correctly.