Bakersfield Charter Bus Rental FAQs
About Bakersfieldcoachbuscompany.com
Bakersfieldcoachbuscompany.com is an advertising and quote comparison website that lets you compare bus rental options and pricing from a network of bus companies serving Bakersfield through a national booking company. Fill out one quick form—or call 661-596-1055—and you see vehicles, photos, and trip-specific pricing in seconds instead of calling five local companies and waiting on callbacks. Bakersfieldcoachbuscompany.com is an advertising and referral website and does not own or operate any vehicles. The transportation itself is carried out by independently owned companies in the network.
No—Bakersfieldcoachbuscompany.com is a comparison and referral website. You use it to compare vehicles and pricing from a network of independently owned bus companies serving Bakersfield and the surrounding area. In practical terms, that means you fill out one form or make one call and see more options and more price points than you would by reaching out to a single local operator.
The transportation is carried out by those independent companies once you book.
When you search on your own, you call one company, hear what they have available, and start over if it doesn't fit. With Bakersfieldcoachbuscompany.com, you fill out one form or make one call at 661-596-1055 and get options from a whole network of providers serving Bakersfield—different vehicle types, different price points, all in one place. You see what's available for your actual dates in seconds instead of chasing callbacks, and companies in the network are competing for the booking, which works in your favor.
An independently owned transportation company serving Bakersfield. Once you fill out a quote, you go to a national booking platform where you choose the vehicle that suits your trip—the right size, the right amenities, the right price. What you are choosing there is a vehicle and a price.
The specific transportation company assigned to your booking is confirmed to you after you book. The platform partners with different operators serving the Bakersfield area so there is more than one option to compare.
Booking a Charter Bus
Fill out the form on this site with your trip details—or call 661-596-1055—and you go straight to a search results page on a national booking company's website. That booking company partners with independent operators serving the Bakersfield area, and the results page shows you the vehicles and prices available for your trip. Right there on the booking company's site, you choose the vehicle and the price that work for you and complete the booking online.
What you are selecting is a vehicle and a trip price, not a company off a list.
Your pickup city, where you are going, how many people are riding, and how many hours you need the bus. That gets you a starting quote. The more detail you add—your specific stops, your start and end times, how much luggage the group is carrying, and any amenities that matter like WiFi or an onboard restroom—the more accurately the quote comes back and the better you can match a vehicle to what the trip actually needs.
Right away—there is no waiting on a callback. The moment you submit the form you go directly to the search results page on the booking company's website and see vehicles and pricing for your trip. You don't wait for anyone to call you back or send you an email.
If you would rather go through it with someone, call 661-596-1055 and a live agent can walk you through the options and help you find the right fit.
The earlier the better, especially for a popular date or a specific vehicle type—a larger group or a particular configuration is worth locking in well ahead. That said, because Bakersfieldcoachbuscompany.com puts your request in front of a whole network of providers serving Bakersfield 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 assume it's too late to ask.
Submit the request or call 661-596-1055 even on short notice and see what's available—you may be surprised.
All of those can be requested. Hourly or as-directed keeps the vehicle with your group for a set block of time—useful when the schedule isn't fixed or the group wants flexibility between stops. A one-way transfer moves everyone from one place to another.
A round trip brings them back. A multi-stop itinerary runs a planned route with several stops along the way, like a winery loop out toward Paso Robles or a bar crawl through downtown Bakersfield. A multi-day booking covers a trip that runs across more than one day—a Las Vegas run, a Yosemite trip, or a multi-city tour.
Which format fits depends on the trip itself. If your itinerary has multiple stops or runs overnight, lay the full route out with the request so the quote comes back timed and 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 planning ranges, not a flat rate—pricing is not one size fits all, and a number of things move a quote up or down from there. The range is a starting point rather than your price.
The fastest way to see what your specific trip costs is to fill out the form online and see pricing for your actual dates and route in seconds. Or call 661-596-1055—going through the trip with someone can turn up better packages and pricing than you would find on your own.
It depends on the trip, and all three are used. A short trip of a couple of hours is usually priced hourly. A trip that runs long distance—roughly past the 100 to 200 mile mark, or heading well out of the Bakersfield area toward Los Angeles, Las Vegas, or the Bay Area—may carry a per-mile charge instead of an hourly rate.
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 your actual trip details is what determines which structure applies. Never state a per-mile dollar figure, because that varies by operator and vehicle.
The type and size of bus, how long it is booked for, 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. In Bakersfield, dates like the Kern County Fair in late September and early October, Kern High School District prom weekends in April and May, and CSUB and Bakersfield College graduations in May pull demand across the whole local market and push pricing up. Sunday through Thursday prices lower than Friday and Saturday.
Daytime prices lower than those same evenings. Booking the size the group actually needs beats over-booking capacity. And grouping riders into one or two pickup points instead of spreading them across five addresses cuts the hours on the clock and brings the quote down.
Fill out the form or call 661-596-1055 to see what the options look like for your specific date.
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 pickup and drop-off points—rather than riding a fixed public route. It is built for moving a large group over a distance in one vehicle, and seats roughly 40 to 56 people depending on the make and model.
From the outside, a full-size charter bus is a tall, wide coach body with high windows running the full length of both sides and a row of 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 shows up will not always look the same. Inside, you have forward-facing seats arranged in pairs on either side of a center aisle, with upholstery in cloth or leather depending on the make and model.
Overhead parcel racks run the full length above the seats. Toward the rear, most full-size coaches have an onboard restroom. Popular makes on the road include the MCI J4500, the Van Hool CX45, and the Prevost H3-45—all full-size 45-foot coaches with the same general layout, though the interior finish and amenities vary by how the coach was specified.
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 was configured—not every coach carries every amenity, and what a specific vehicle has is confirmed during booking. If there are amenities the group needs—WiFi for a working ride, an onboard restroom for a long run—note them with the trip details when you submit the request, since that narrows which vehicles come back.
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, up to 60.
The Prevost H3-45 seats 56. Shorter 35-foot coaches seat closer to 44. On any given coach, extra legroom or a wheelchair position each take seats out of the count.
Because Bakersfieldcoachbuscompany.com works with a network of providers, the exact coach on any given trip depends on what is available for your date and route—submit the trip or call 661-596-1055 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—forward-facing, paired, one aisle down the middle. The row count drops on coaches built with extra legroom or a wheelchair position, since those configurations take space from the standard 14-row layout. Some coaches also tier the front rows slightly for sight lines, which changes the look of those first few rows without changing the total much.
A full-size charter bus is 45 feet long and 8.5 feet wide. The easiest way to picture it: roughly three cars parked end to end. That is the standard full-size vehicle.
Shorter coaches exist—most commonly around 35 feet—and are worth considering when the route involves tighter urban streets or venue access points that a 45-foot coach can't reach as cleanly.
A full-size charter bus stands about 11 to 12 feet tall depending on the model, and traffic engineers design for 12 feet. The reason most people ask this one is that they are checking clearance somewhere—a parking structure, a covered drop-off lane, a low bridge on the route. A useful comparison: a full-size charter bus is a little taller than a single story of a house.
Confirm any low-clearance point on the route before the trip if it's a concern.
WiFi is one of the amenities available on charter buses, and many coaches on the road are equipped with it. One point 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 by make, model, and configuration. The other thing to set the right expectation on—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, browsing.
It is not built for 50 or 60 people doing heavy work or streaming at once. 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 to set: it is there so the group does not have to stop, and on a longer run—say, a trip from Bakersfield to Las Vegas or up to the Bay Area—the itinerary is still usually planned with real rest stops rather than relying on it exclusively.
If having an onboard restroom matters for your trip, note it with the details when you submit the request.
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. What that means practically: a group can keep phones and laptops charged across a long run from Bakersfield to Los Angeles or out to Las Vegas without hunting for a plug at a rest stop.
If the group needs outlets, note it with the trip details so the right vehicle comes back.
Yes, in two places: overhead parcel racks inside the coach, and undercarriage baggage bays 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—which in practice is about one checked-size bag per person below plus one small carry-on above.
A few things change that math. A coach fitted with a wheelchair lift gives up some baggage bay space for the lift mechanism. Bulky gear—instruments, sports equipment, event supplies, camping gear for a Kern River trip—takes the space of several standard bags and should be counted that way.
If the group is carrying oversized items or an unusually heavy load, state it with the trip details so the right coach is matched to what you're actually bringing.
Charter Bus Service in Bakersfield, California
Any group that needs to move together! The most common trips booked through Bakersfieldcoachbuscompany.com for Bakersfield groups include airport transfers to Meadows Field (BFL) and LAX, corporate travel and employee shuttles for the Bakersfield Business Conference and day-to-day office moves, weddings and private events at venues across Kern County, concerts and shows at Dignity Health Arena and the Fox Theater, sporting events for Condors games and CSUB Roadrunners matchups, school and church group trips, government and military moves, winery and brewery tours out toward Paso Robles or around the local tap rooms, prom night for the Kern High School District schools, and long-distance travel to Los Angeles, Las Vegas, the Bay Area, and beyond. Whatever brings your group together, there is a bus in the network ready for it.
Bakersfieldcoachbuscompany.com helps you find bus rentals in Bakersfield and across the surrounding region. Nearby cities the network regularly serves include Delano, Wasco, Shafter, Taft, Tehachapi, Ridgecrest, Visalia, Tulare, and Fresno to the north—plus routes south toward Lancaster, Palmdale, and the greater Los Angeles area. Those are examples, not the complete coverage area.
If you need a pickup or drop-off in a city not listed here, enter the full route in the quote form or call 661-596-1055 to check availability.
A few dates pull the whole local market early every year. The Kern County Fair at the fairgrounds on South P Street runs the last week of September through the first week of October and is one of the largest fairs in California—transportation demand spikes hard across that stretch. Kern High School District prom weekends in April and May spread across multiple schools but land in a tight window, and with some of the largest high schools in California by enrollment, they take a significant share of available vehicles.
CSUB and Bakersfield College graduations in May do the same. New Year's Eve and major concert dates at Dignity Health Arena book out quickly. Wedding season in Bakersfield peaks in April through June and again in September and October.
For any of those dates, book as far ahead as you can. For everything else, submit the request or call 661-596-1055—because Bakersfieldcoachbuscompany.com puts your request in front of a whole network of providers, short-notice trips are often still workable.
Planning Your Bakersfield, California Charter Bus Trip
Yes—Bakersfieldcoachbuscompany.com serves all airports your group needs to reach from Bakersfield. Meadows Field Airport (BFL) (3701 Wings Way, Bakersfield, CA 93308) is the local commercial airport, about 10 to 15 minutes north of downtown via CA-99, served by United and American. For international flights and a broader range of nonstop routes, most Bakersfield groups use Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) (1 World Way, Los Angeles, CA 90045), approximately 110 miles south—about 1 hour 45 minutes to 2 hours 30 minutes depending on traffic.
Hollywood Burbank Airport (BUR) is roughly 95 miles south, about 1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours. Fresno Yosemite International Airport (FAT) is approximately 110 miles north, about 1 hour 30 minutes to 1 hour 45 minutes. At each airport, the coach meets the group outside the terminal at the spot that airport designates for buses and larger vehicles, following that airport's own ground transportation guidelines.
Yes—Bakersfieldcoachbuscompany.com serves every major venue in Bakersfield. Dignity Health Arena (1001 Truxtun Ave, Bakersfield, CA 93301) is the city's primary indoor arena, home of the Bakersfield Condors (AHL hockey) and the site of major concerts, WWE events, and family shows—with bus drop-off along Truxtun Avenue. Sam Lynn Ballpark (4009 Chester Ave, Bakersfield, CA 93301) hosts minor league baseball.
Bakersfield College Memorial Stadium (1801 Panorama Dr, Bakersfield, CA 93305) is home to Renegades football. Kern County Raceway Park (2601 E Lerdo Hwy, Shafter, CA 93263), about 15 miles northwest, draws motorsports crowds. On event nights at Dignity Health Arena, Truxtun Avenue traffic builds significantly—build extra time into the itinerary and have a clear post-event meet point so the group loads efficiently.
Yes—Bakersfieldcoachbuscompany.com serves all of them. The Dignity Health Convention Center is the largest convention and meeting space in Bakersfield, attached to the arena complex and hosting trade shows, expos, corporate events, and graduations. The Kern County Fairgrounds (1142 S P St, Bakersfield, CA 93307) hosts the Kern County Fair and year-round events with large bus staging areas on the grounds.
The Fox Theater Bakersfield (2001 H St, Bakersfield, CA 93301) hosts concerts and performing arts with capacity for about 1,500. Large venues like these have designated bus loading areas separate from the main passenger entrance. If you are running a repeat shuttle between a hotel and a convention venue—say, between the Bakersfield Marriott and the convention center—lay out the full schedule with the request so it comes back timed and priced correctly.
Yes—any wedding venue in the Bakersfield area. The network serves venues across Kern County including Rio Bravo Country Club (15200 Casa Club Dr, Bakersfield, CA 93306) in the northeast hills, The Padre Hotel (1702 18th St, Bakersfield, CA 93301) with its rooftop and ballroom in the heart of downtown, Kern County Museum (3801 Chester Ave, Bakersfield, CA 93301) with its historic outdoor village setting, and private estates and country clubs throughout the metro area. The most common wedding setup is a shuttle loop between a hotel block and the venue, running guests before and after the ceremony and reception.
Give the exact venue address with the request—it helps match the right vehicle to the access point, especially for venues on narrower rural roads or with specific drop-off areas.
Yes—Bakersfieldcoachbuscompany.com serves all of them. California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB) (9001 Stockdale Hwy, Bakersfield, CA 93311) is the area's four-year university, with Division I athletics and major graduation events in May at Dignity Health Arena. Bakersfield College, one of the oldest community colleges in California, annually serves over 38,000 students and its own graduation and athletics calendar.
The Kern High School District, the largest high school district in California by area, includes Bakersfield High School, Centennial High School, Liberty High School, West High School, Frontier High School, Highland High School, South High School, East High School, and North High School. Field trips and team travel are typically pickups 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.
Yes—all of them! In Bakersfield proper, popular stops include Temblor Brewing Company (3200 Buck Owens Blvd, Bakersfield, CA 93308), Lengthwise Brewing Company (1520 E 19th St, Bakersfield, CA 93305), and Buck Owens' Crystal Palace (2800 Buck Owens Blvd, Bakersfield, CA 93308)—the iconic Bakersfield Sound honky-tonk and museum that draws groups for live country music and dinner. For longer day trips, Paso Robles wine country is approximately 100 miles west via CA-46, about 1 hour 30 minutes out—a popular full-day loop.
Kern River Brewing Company in Kernville (13415 Sierra Way, Kernville, CA 93238) is about 50 miles northeast, roughly 1 hour up SR-178 and SR-155, and pairs well with a Kern River recreation day. A multi-stop route is timed by how long the group stays at each location, so listing your stops and how long you plan to be at each one gets the hours right and the quote accurate.
Yes—long-distance trips are a straightforward booking. From Bakersfield, groups regularly travel to Los Angeles (approximately 110 miles south via CA-99 or I-5, about 1 hour 45 minutes to 2 hours 30 minutes), Las Vegas (approximately 270 miles east via CA-58 and I-15, about 3 hours 45 minutes to 4 hours 30 minutes), San Francisco and the Bay Area (approximately 280 miles northwest, about 3 hours 30 minutes to 4 hours 30 minutes), Disneyland in Anaheim (approximately 130 miles south via I-5, about 2 hours to 2 hours 30 minutes), Yosemite National Park (approximately 180 miles north via CA-99 and CA-41, about 2 hours 30 minutes to 3 hours), and Pismo Beach and San Luis Obispo (approximately 130 miles west via CA-46 and US-101, about 2 hours). A long-distance trip is usually booked as a one-way transfer or a multi-day trip rather than by the hour.
Overnight trips need the full itinerary laid out with the request—departure time, destinations, overnight stops, and return—so the quote comes back complete. Call 661-596-1055 or fill out the form with the full route and quote-request help will put the right package together.