Amarillo Charter Bus Rental FAQs
About Amarillocharterbuscompany.com
Amarillocharterbuscompany.com is an advertising and quote comparison website that lets you compare bus rental options and pricing from a network of bus companies serving Amarillo through a national booking company. Fill out one quick form and you go straight to a results page showing different vehicles, amenities, and prices for your trip — no calling around, no waiting on callbacks. Amarillocharterbuscompany.com is an advertising and referral website and does not own or operate vehicles. The benefit to you is simple: more options, more price points, and a faster path to the bus that fits your group.
No. Amarillocharterbuscompany.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 bus companies serving the Amarillo area, and the transportation itself is carried out by those independent operators. You fill out a form or call 806-814-9170, you see the available options, and you book the vehicle that fits your trip.
The actual ride is handled by the transportation company assigned to the booking.
When you search on your own, you call one company, get one set of vehicles, and hope they have something available. With Amarillocharterbuscompany.com, you fill out one form — or make one call to 806-814-9170 — and you see vehicles and rates from a whole network of providers serving Amarillo at the same time. That means more options, different price points, and a real comparison instead of a single take-it-or-leave-it quote.
The time you would have spent calling four or five companies gets cut down to the time it takes to fill out one form.
An independently owned transportation company serving the Amarillo area. Once you fill out the quote form, you continue 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 selecting there is a vehicle, not a company off a list.
The transportation company assigned to the booking is confirmed to you after the reservation is complete.
Booking a Charter Bus
Fill out the short form on this site — your pickup city, destination, date, group size, and trip times — or call 806-814-9170 directly. Either way, you are taken to a search results page on a national booking company's website. That booking company works with a network of independently owned operators serving the Amarillo area, and right there on their site you can see the available vehicles, compare pricing, and book the bus you want.
What you are choosing is a vehicle and a price, not a specific operator.
The basics are your pickup city, where you are going, how many people are riding, and how many hours you need the bus. The more detail you give — your stops, your start and end times, how much luggage the group is bringing, and any amenities you need like WiFi or an onboard restroom — the more accurate the quote comes back and the better you can match a vehicle to what the trip actually requires.
Right away — there is no waiting on a callback. As soon as you submit the form you go straight to the search results page on the booking company's website and see quotes immediately. no 24-hour turnaround. If you would rather go through it with someone, call 806-814-9170 and a live agent will walk you through the options for your trip.
The earlier the better for a popular date — and the larger the group or the more specific the vehicle, the further ahead you should plan. That said, because Amarillocharterbuscompany.com puts your request in front of a whole network of providers serving the Amarillo area rather than a single operator with one yard, short-notice trips are often still workable. That is the real advantage of comparing a network instead of calling one company and being told they are sold out.
Submit the request or call 806-814-9170 even on short notice — it is always worth checking what is available.
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 on the Route 66 corridor or a full day at the Tri-State Fair. A one-way transfer moves the group from one point to another.
A round trip brings everyone back to the starting point. A multi-stop itinerary runs a set route with several stops along the way, like a brewery crawl or a wedding-weekend shuttle loop. A multi-day booking covers a trip that runs across more than one day, like a charter to Dallas or Denver.
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 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. Pricing is not one-size-fits-all — there are different packages and a number of things that move a quote up or down, so those ranges are a starting point rather than your price. The fastest way to see what your specific trip costs is to fill out the form and see pricing for your actual route and date in seconds.
Or call 806-814-9170 — going through the trip with someone can turn up better pricing and packages than you would find searching on your own.
It depends on the trip, and all three are used. A short trip of a couple of hours — say, a game-night shuttle to Hodgetown (701 S Buchanan St, Amarillo, TX 79101) and back — is usually priced hourly. A trip that runs long distance, roughly past the 100 to 200-mile mark heading toward Lubbock, Oklahoma City, or Dallas, may carry a per-mile charge instead.
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 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 price. Sunday through Thursday prices lower than Friday and Saturday, and 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.
In Amarillo, the Tri-State Fair in September, prom season in April and May, and graduation weekends in May are the dates when local demand is highest and rates reflect it — booking those dates well ahead is the most reliable way to hold a better price.
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 typically seats roughly 40 to 56 people, depending on the make and model.
On the outside, a charter bus is a full-size coach body with high windows running the length of both sides and luggage bay doors along the bottom. The exterior is usually finished in white, silver, black, or a solid color — some coaches carry an operator's own graphics or wrap, so the coach that shows up will not always look identical to a photo. On the inside, you get forward-facing seats arranged in pairs on either side of a center aisle.
Seat fabric is cloth or leather depending on the make and model — the MCI J4500 and Van Hool CX45 are two of the most common full-size coaches on the road, and both run leather or premium cloth seating depending on the spec. Overhead parcel racks run the length of the coach for carry-ons, and a restroom sits toward the rear. The headroom inside is comfortable for standing in the aisle, and the windows give a clear view of the Texas Panhandle on the way out of town.
Some of the amenities available on charter buses include reclining cloth or leather seats, individual climate controls, onboard restrooms, overhead and undercarriage storage, WiFi and power outlets, a PA system, and TV monitors. Features may vary by make, model, and the specific vehicle — not every coach carries every item on that list, and what a given vehicle is equipped with is confirmed during booking. If there is an amenity the group needs, note it with the trip details when you submit the request — that narrows which vehicles come back to the ones that are actually set up for 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, 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 of the total.
Because Amarillocharterbuscompany.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 806-814-9170 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 seating, one aisle down the middle. The row count drops on coaches built with extra legroom or a wheelchair position. Some coaches tier the front rows slightly for the view, 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. To put that in terms most people can picture: roughly three cars parked end to end. That is the measurement that matters when a group is working out whether a bus fits a particular lot or loading zone.
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 little taller than a single story of a house is the comparison that helps most people picture it. That is the measurement to check against any covered parking structure or low-clearance canopy before the bus arrives.
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. 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 work at once.
If the group needs WiFi, note it with the trip details when you submit the request so the vehicles that come back are the ones actually equipped for it.
Yes, an onboard restroom is standard on full-size charter buses. It sits toward the rear of the coach. The honest expectation: it is there so the group does not have to make an unplanned stop, and on a longer run — like the roughly five-hour drive from Amarillo to Dallas — the trip is still usually planned with real rest stops along the way.
Note it with the trip details if having an onboard restroom is important for your group.
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 practice, a group can keep phones and laptops charged across a long run, which matters on a five-hour charter to Dallas or a day trip to Palo Duro Canyon State Park (11450 Park Rd 5, Canyon, TX 79015).
Note it with the trip details if the group needs it.
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 — in practice, about one checked-size bag each 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, and bulky gear like instruments, sports equipment, or event supplies takes the space of several bags. If the group is bringing oversized items, state that with the trip details so the right coach is matched to what the group is actually carrying.
Charter Bus Service in Amarillo, Texas
Any group that needs to move together. Airport transfers to and from Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport (AMA) (10801 Airport Blvd, Amarillo, TX 79111) are one of the most common requests. Corporate travel and employee shuttles cover conference runs, team moves, and recurring commuter routes.
Weddings and private events use shuttle buses to move guests between hotel blocks and venues across the Panhandle. Concerts and sporting events at Hodgetown and the Civic Center are a natural fit. School and church group trips cover field trips, team travel, and retreat transportation.
Government and military moves, brewery and winery tours, prom, and long-distance travel to Dallas, Lubbock, or Denver are all handled the same way — fill out one form and compare what is available for your date.
The network of transportation companies serving this area covers Amarillo and the surrounding Texas Panhandle, including Canyon, Bushland, Tascosa, Hereford, Pampa, Borger, Dumas, and Dalhart — those are examples, not the complete list. Long-distance trips to Lubbock, Dallas/Fort Worth, Oklahoma City, Albuquerque, and beyond are also available. Enter the full route in the form or call 806-814-9170 to check a city that is not listed here.
The Tri-State Fair & Rodeo in September is the single busiest stretch of the year — ten days at the Amarillo National Center (3301 S Osage St, Amarillo, TX 79103) and the whole local market tightens. Prom season in April and May across Amarillo ISD and Canyon ISD fills buses fast. Graduation weekends in May — Amarillo ISD, Amarillo College, and West Texas A&M University in Canyon — are all close together on the calendar.
Homecoming weekends in October across area high schools and WTAMU add another demand spike. The TEXAS outdoor musical at Palo Duro Canyon (June through mid-August) drives group travel south of the city all summer. New Year's Eve downtown rounds out the year.
On any of those dates the network is working hard — book well ahead. Short-notice requests are still worth submitting, because this site puts the request in front of a whole network rather than one operator.
Planning Your Amarillo, Texas Charter Bus Trip
The primary airport serving Amarillo is Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport (AMA), approximately 8 to 12 minutes from downtown via I-40 East. American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, and United Airlines all serve AMA. For groups connecting to a major hub, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) is approximately 360 miles southeast — roughly five hours by charter bus via I-40 East and US-287 South.
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. Confirm your flight arrival time when you submit the request so the pickup window is timed correctly.
The two main venues in Amarillo are Hodgetown, home of the Amarillo Sod Poodles Double-A baseball club, and the Amarillo Civic Center Complex (401 S Buchanan St, Amarillo, TX 79101), home of the Amarillo Bulls NAHL hockey team and the site of major concerts and touring shows. Dick Bivins Stadium (3400 N Western St, Amarillo, TX 79106) hosts Amarillo ISD football and large graduation ceremonies. West Texas A&M University athletics in Canyon, approximately 15 miles south, draw group travel for Buff football and basketball.
On game nights, the downtown Buchanan Street corridor sees localized congestion — build in extra time and have a clear meet-up point confirmed before the event ends.
The Amarillo Civic Center Complex is the city's primary convention and civic venue, with roughly 50,000 square feet of exhibit space across its North and South Halls, an auditorium seating approximately 2,300, and the Cal Farley Coliseum seating approximately 5,000. It hosts trade shows, graduations, large concerts, and the Tri-State Fair. The Amarillo National Center hosts the Tri-State Fair & Rodeo, livestock shows, and equestrian events, with large surface lots that accommodate charter buses along the Osage Street corridor.
Large venues like these have designated bus loading areas separate from the main public entrance — a repeat shuttle between a hotel block and a venue 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. Popular Amarillo venues include The Barfield (701 S Polk St, Amarillo, TX 79101), a historic downtown property; Harrington House (1600 S Polk St, Amarillo, TX 79102), one of the most recognized historic estate venues in the Panhandle; Ware Estate (1111 S Polk St, Amarillo, TX 79101) on the Polk Street corridor; and the Amarillo Botanical Gardens (1400 Streit Dr, Amarillo, TX 79106) for outdoor celebrations. The most common wedding transportation setup is shuttling guests between a hotel block and the venue across the evening — giving the exact venue address and the hotel address with the request gets the right vehicle matched to the route and the timing right from the start.
The network serves campuses across Amarillo Independent School District, including Amarillo High School (4225 Danbury Dr, Amarillo, TX 79109), Tascosa High School (3921 Westlawn Dr, Amarillo, TX 79102), Palo Duro High School (1400 N Ross St, Amarillo, TX 79107), and Caprock High School (3001 E 34th Ave, Amarillo, TX 79103), as well as Canyon ISD campuses to the south. Amarillo College (2201 S Washington St, Amarillo, TX 79109) and West Texas A&M University (2501 4th Ave, Canyon, TX 79015) are both served. Field trips and team travel typically stage at the school or campus itself, and campuses have designated bus loading zones.
Include the exact headcount plus any chaperone or accessibility needs when you submit the request.
Local stops include Amarillo Brewing Company (2901 S Western St, Amarillo, TX 79109), Leftwood Brewing Company (5 Bowie St, Amarillo, TX 79102), Lone Star Taps & Caps (2614 Wolflin Ave, Amarillo, TX 79109), and Amarillo Winery (6801 Hillside Rd, Amarillo, TX 79109). The Route 66 / Sixth Street entertainment district along SW 6th Avenue — anchored by the Golden Light Cantina (2906 SW 6th Ave, Amarillo, TX 79106) — is the natural nightlife corridor for a bar-crawl route. For a longer day trip, Llano Estacado Winery and Cap*Rock Winery near Lubbock are approximately 120 miles south, about one hour and 45 minutes each way.
A multi-stop route is timed by how long the group stays at each stop — list the stops and how long at each one when you submit the request so the hours come back right.
Yes. Groups travel from Amarillo to Dallas/Fort Worth regularly — approximately 360 miles southeast, roughly five hours via I-40 East and US-287 South — for concerts, sports, conventions, and flights. Lubbock is approximately 120 miles south, about one hour and 45 minutes via I-27 South, and draws groups to Texas Tech games and events at United Supermarkets Arena.
Oklahoma City is approximately 260 miles northeast, roughly three hours and 45 minutes via I-40 East. Albuquerque, New Mexico is approximately 290 miles west, about four hours via I-40 West. Denver, Colorado is approximately 360 miles north, roughly five hours via US-87 North and I-25.
Colorado ski areas including Taos Ski Valley are approximately 250 to 300 miles northwest, three and a half to four and a half 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 so it comes back correctly priced. Call 806-814-9170 or submit the full route online.