Shreveport Charter Bus Rental FAQs
About Shreveportcharterbuscompany.com
Shreveportcharterbuscompany.com is an advertising and quote comparison website that lets you compare bus rental options and pricing from a network of transportation companies serving Shreveport through a national booking platform. You fill out one quick form — or call 318-666-8863 — and in seconds you see different buses, vehicle types, and price points instead of calling individual companies one at a time. Shreveportcharterbuscompany.com is an advertising and referral website and does not own or operate vehicles. It is the fastest, easiest way to find the right bus for your group and your budget in Shreveport!
No — Shreveportcharterbuscompany.com is a comparison and referral website. You use it to compare vehicles and pricing from a network of independently owned transportation companies serving the Shreveport area, and the transportation itself is carried out by those independent operators. Think of it as the easiest way to put your trip in front of a whole network of providers at once, see what is available, and book the bus that fits your group — all in one place, all in just minutes!
When you search on your own, you are calling one company at a time, describing your trip over and over, and waiting on callbacks that may or may not come. With Shreveportcharterbuscompany.com, you fill out one form and get more options and different price points than any single local operator can offer. You see vehicles and rates quickly, companies compete for the booking, and you are not stuck with whatever one yard happens to have open on your date.
That is a lot of time saved — and a much better shot at the right bus at the right price!
An independently owned transportation company serving Shreveport. Once you fill out a quote, you are taken to a national booking platform where you choose the vehicle that suits the trip — the right size, the right amenities, the right price. What you are choosing 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 booking is complete.
Booking a Charter Bus
You fill out the form on this website — or call 318-666-8863 — with your trip details. From there, you are taken directly to a search results page on a national booking company's website. That booking company partners with independent operators serving the Shreveport area, and right there on their website you see available vehicles and pricing for your trip.
What you are choosing is a vehicle and a price. Book the one that works for your group and you are done — all online, all in just minutes!
Your pickup city, where you are going, 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, your start and end times, how much luggage the group is bringing, and any amenities you need — the more accurate the quote comes back and the better the deal you can find.
More detail in means a better match out!
Right away — there is no waiting on a callback. As soon as you submit the form, you go straight to the search results page and see quotes on the booking company's website in seconds. No account required, no forms to create, no waiting by the phone.
If you would rather go through it with someone, call 318-666-8863 any time and a live agent will walk you through your options!
The earlier the better for a popular date — and a larger group or a specific vehicle type should book further ahead. That said, because Shreveportcharterbuscompany.com puts your request in front of a whole network of providers serving Shreveport rather than one operator with one yard, short-notice trips are often still workable. That is the real advantage of comparing a network instead of calling a single company and being told no.
Submit the request or call 318-666-8863 even on short notice — you may be surprised what is available!
All of those can be requested! Hourly — sometimes called as-directed — keeps the vehicle with your group for a block of time while you move between stops on your own schedule. A one-way transfer moves the group from one place to another.
A round trip brings them back. A multi-stop itinerary runs a set route with several stops built in — great for casino loops along the Red River or brewery crawls through Shreveport and Bossier City. A multi-day booking covers a trip that runs across more than one day, like a run to New Orleans or a tournament in Dallas.
Which format fits comes down to the trip itself. A multi-stop or overnight itinerary should be laid out in full 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 — but pricing is not one size fits all. There are different packages and a number of things that move a quote, so the range is a starting point rather than your price.
The fastest way to see a number for your actual trip is to fill out the form online and see pricing in seconds. Or call 318-666-8863 — going through the trip with someone can turn up better pricing and packages 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 — a casino run from downtown Shreveport to the Bossier City riverfront, for example — is usually priced hourly. A trip that runs long distance, roughly past the 100 to 200 mile mark or heading well out of the region toward Dallas, Houston or New Orleans, 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. Never state a per-mile dollar figure — that is confirmed on the results page for your specific route.
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 quote. In Shreveport, Independence Bowl weekend in late December and the State Fair of Louisiana in October and November are among the busiest stretches of the year — buses across the whole market get taken early on those dates. Sunday through Thursday prices lower than Friday and Saturday.
Daytime trips price 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 five cuts the hours on the clock.
Give those levers a look before you submit — they are the ones you can actually control!
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 its own schedule — 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. Your group books the whole coach, sets the itinerary, and goes where you are going together.
On the outside, a full-size charter bus is a long coach body with high windows running nearly the full length of the vehicle and luggage bay doors along the lower panels beneath the passenger cabin. The exterior is usually finished in white, silver, black or a solid color, and some coaches are wrapped in an operator's own graphics — so the coach that shows up will not always look the same from one booking to the next. On the inside, you have forward-facing seats arranged in pairs on either side of a center aisle.
Seat fabric may be cloth or leather depending on the make and model — the MCI J4500 and Van Hool CX45, two of the most common full-size coaches on the road, are both built with either depending on the spec. Overhead parcel racks run the full length above the seats, and a restroom is located toward the rear of the coach. The cabin is tall enough to walk to your seat without ducking.
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 may include any or all of those depending on the make, model, and the specific vehicle — and the exact configuration is confirmed during booking. If there are amenities the group needs, note them with the trip details when you submit the quote.
That narrows which vehicles come back and gets you a better match!
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 also 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 Shreveportcharterbuscompany.com works with a network of providers, the exact coach on any given trip depends on what is available for your date. Submit the trip or call 318-666-8863 if the group needs a specific capacity!
A 56-passenger coach runs 14 rows, with two seats on each side of a center aisle. Seats are forward-facing and paired, one aisle down the middle — straightforward to picture once you have been on one. The row count drops on coaches built with extra legroom or a wheelchair position, since those configurations take space from the seat count.
Some coaches also tier the front rows slightly for sightlines on tours.
A full-size charter bus is 45 feet long and 8.5 feet wide. To put that in terms most people can picture: roughly three cars parked end to end. The reason people usually ask is that they are working out whether one fits somewhere — a venue entrance, a hotel loop, a fairground gate.
Shorter coaches exist, most commonly around 35 feet, and are a better fit for tighter venues. 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. To put that in terms that help with clearance questions: a little taller than a single story of a house. If the trip involves a parking garage, a covered hotel entrance, or any structure with a posted clearance, that is the number to check against.
The 12-foot design standard is the safe planning figure.
WiFi is one of the amenities available on charter buses, and many coaches on the road are equipped with it. 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 and model. One thing worth knowing before the trip: 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 at once.
If the group needs WiFi, note it with the trip details when you submit the quote. That narrows which vehicles come back to ones that have it!
Yes — an onboard restroom is standard on full-size charter buses. It sits toward the rear of the coach. On a long run, the trip is still usually planned with real rest stops, because the onboard restroom is there so the group does not have to stop — not as a substitute for a proper break on a five-hour drive to New Orleans or Houston.
If an onboard restroom matters for the trip, note it with the trip details when you submit the quote.
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. In practical terms, a group can keep phones and laptops charged across a long run — which matters on a three-hour ride to Dallas or a five-hour run to New Orleans.
If the group needs outlets, note it with the trip details when you submit the quote!
Yes — in two places. Overhead parcel racks run the length of the cabin inside the coach, and undercarriage baggage bays run along the bottom of the vehicle beneath 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 musical instruments, sports equipment, or event supplies takes the space of several bags. If the group is traveling with oversized items, or if luggage is heavier than average — a team heading to a tournament in Dallas with equipment bags, for example — state that with the trip details when you submit the quote.
That gets the right coach matched to the group from the start!
Charter Bus Service in Shreveport, Louisiana
Just about any group that needs to move together! Airport transfers to and from Shreveport Regional (SHV) or DFW are one of the most common setups. Corporate travel and employee shuttles — between the Shreveport Convention Center, downtown hotels, and office campuses — are another.
Weddings and private events use charter buses and minibuses to shuttle guests between hotel blocks and venues across the city. Concerts and sporting events at Brookshire Grocery Arena and Independence Stadium are big group travel occasions. School and church group trips, government and military moves, casino and brewery tours along the Red River, prom, and long-distance travel to Dallas, New Orleans, Houston, and beyond are all in the mix.
If your group is going somewhere together, there is a bus for it!
The network serves Shreveport and the entire surrounding region — including Bossier City (just across the Red River), Benton, Haughton, Minden, Natchitoches, Marshall, TX, Longview, TX, and Texarkana. Those are examples, not the complete list. If you are traveling from a city that is not named here, enter the full route or call 318-666-8863 to check — coverage across Northwest Louisiana and East Texas is broad!
A few dates fill the whole Shreveport market early every year. The Independence Bowl in late December is the single biggest single-day transportation demand event in the city — book well ahead if your trip falls anywhere near that weekend. The State Fair of Louisiana runs from late October through mid-November and draws enormous numbers of visitors over multiple weeks.
The Red River Revel Arts Festival in early October and Mudbug Madness on Memorial Day weekend both pack the downtown waterfront. Mardi Gras parades through Shreveport and Bossier City in February or March, and prom season in April and May across Caddo Parish and Bossier Parish school districts is one of the busiest stretches of the year for party buses and minibuses. New Year's Eve rounds out the calendar.
Book those dates as early as possible — and on short notice, submit the request anyway, because the network is larger than any single operator!
Planning Your Shreveport, Louisiana Charter Bus Trip
The network serves Shreveport Regional Airport (SHV) (5103 Hollywood Ave, Shreveport, LA 71109), approximately 4 miles and 10 to 12 minutes from downtown Shreveport off-peak. For groups flying into a major hub, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) (2400 Aviation Dr, DFW Airport, TX 75261) is approximately 185 miles west via I-20, roughly 2.75 to 3 hours, and Dallas Love Field (DAL) (8008 Herb Kelleher Way, Dallas, TX 75235) is approximately 175 miles, roughly 2.5 to 2.75 hours. For airport pickups, 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.
Have the group together with all luggage before calling the bus forward — that keeps the pickup clean and on schedule!
The network serves every major venue in the Shreveport-Bossier City market. Brookshire Grocery Arena (2000 Brookshire Arena Dr, Bossier City, LA 71112) is the largest indoor arena in the region, hosting concerts, Monster Jam, family shows, and major events year-round. Independence Stadium (3301 Pershing Blvd, Shreveport, LA 71109) is home to the Independence Bowl every late December — one of the biggest single-day transportation demand events in the city — and hosts high school playoff games throughout the fall.
Hirsch Memorial Coliseum (3207 Pershing Blvd, Shreveport, LA 71109) hosts Shreveport Mudbugs hockey, rodeos, and State Fair events. On event days, the Pershing Boulevard corridor and the Red River bridge crossings between Shreveport and Bossier City see significant traffic — build extra time into any game-day itinerary and lay out the full schedule with the request so it comes back timed correctly!
The network serves the Shreveport Convention Center (400 Caddo St, Shreveport, LA 71101), the largest convention and meeting facility in Northwest Louisiana, connected to the Hilton Shreveport via skybridge. The Municipal Auditorium (705 Elvis Presley Ave, Shreveport, LA 71101) — the historic home of the Louisiana Hayride — hosts concerts and large events downtown. The State Fairgrounds (3701 Hudson Ave, Shreveport, LA 71109) host the State Fair of Louisiana every fall, one of the largest events in the state.
Large venues like the Convention Center have designated bus loading areas separate from the main entrance. A repeat shuttle between a hotel and a venue — for a multi-day conference or a trade show — should have its full schedule laid out with the request so it comes back timed and priced correctly!
Yes — any wedding venue in the area. Shreveport has a strong mix of venues, from the historic Strand Theatre (619 Louisiana Ave, Shreveport, LA 71101) and the Municipal Auditorium downtown, to garden settings like Barnwell Garden and Art Center (601 Clyde Fant Pkwy, Shreveport, LA 71101) along the Red River waterfront, to full resort properties like Margaritaville Resort Casino Bossier City (777 Margaritaville Way, Bossier City, LA 71111) across the river. The most common wedding setup is a shuttle loop between a hotel block and the venue — picking up guests for the ceremony, returning them after the reception, and keeping the timeline on track all night.
Give the exact venue address with the request and the right vehicle gets matched to it from the start!
The network serves every school and campus in the area. Colleges and universities include Louisiana State University Shreveport (LSUS) (One University Pl, Shreveport, LA 71115), Centenary College of Louisiana (2911 Centenary Blvd, Shreveport, LA 71104), Southern University at Shreveport (SUSLA) (3050 Martin Luther King Jr Dr, Shreveport, LA 71107), and Bossier Parish Community College (BPCC) (6220 E Texas St, Bossier City, LA 71111). The Caddo Parish School District — including C.E. Byrd, Caddo Magnet, Captain Shreve, and Huntington high schools — and the Bossier Parish School District — including Airline, Parkway, and Bossier high schools — are both served.
Field trips and team travel are usually pickups at the school or campus itself. Include the exact headcount plus any chaperone or accessibility needs with the request so the right vehicle comes back!
The Shreveport-Bossier City market is one of the largest casino corridors in the South, which makes it a natural fit for group bus travel. Casino resorts along the Red River include Margaritaville Resort Casino, Horseshoe Bossier City (711 Horseshoe Blvd, Bossier City, LA 71111), Boomtown Casino Bossier City (300 Riverside Dr, Bossier City, LA 71111), Sam's Town Shreveport (315 Clyde Fant Pkwy, Shreveport, LA 71101), and El Dorado Resort Casino Shreveport (451 Clyde Fant Pkwy, Shreveport, LA 71101) — most within 10 minutes of each other along the river. For craft beer, Great Raft Brewing (1251 Dalzell St, Shreveport, LA 71104) and Flying Heart Brewing & Pub (700 Barksdale Blvd, Bossier City, LA 71111) are the established taprooms in the market.
A multi-stop casino or brewery loop is timed by how long the group stays at each stop — list the stops and how long at each one with the request and the hours come back priced correctly!
Yes — absolutely! Groups travel from Shreveport to Dallas (approximately 185 miles via I-20 West, roughly 2.75 to 3 hours), New Orleans (approximately 335 miles via I-49 South and I-10 East, roughly 4.5 to 5 hours), Houston (approximately 240 miles, roughly 3.5 to 4 hours), Memphis (approximately 280 miles, roughly 4 to 4.5 hours), Branson, MO (approximately 380 miles via US-71 North, roughly 5.5 to 6 hours), and Gulf Coast beaches like Destin and Panama City (approximately 550 to 600 miles, roughly 8 to 9 hours) regularly. Long-distance trips are usually booked as a one-way transfer or a multi-day arrangement rather than by the hour.
Overnight trips need the full itinerary — departure time, stops, return date — laid out with the request so it comes back priced correctly. Call 318-666-8863 or submit the full route online and see what is available!