Edina Charter Bus Rental FAQs
About Busrentaledina.com
Busrentaledina.com is an advertising and quote comparison website that lets you compare bus rental options and pricing from a network of bus companies serving Edina through a national booking company. Fill out one quick form and you instantly see different vehicles, packages, and prices side by side — instead of spending an afternoon calling local companies one at a time. Busrentaledina.com is an advertising and referral website and does not own or operate any vehicles. It connects you to the options, and you choose the one that fits your trip!
No — Busrentaledina.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 Edina area, and the actual transportation is carried out by those independent operators. Think of it as the easy way to see everything available for your date and route in one place, rather than hunting down providers yourself.
You come here, fill out the form or call 612-453-4888, and the options come to you.
When you search on your own, you call one company, get one answer, and start over. With Busrentaledina.com, you fill out one form or make one call and immediately see more vehicles, more package options, and different price points than any single local operator can offer. Results come back in seconds rather than days of phone tag.
You see what is actually available for your specific date, your headcount, and your route — and that saves you a lot of time.
An independently owned transportation company serving the Edina area. Once you fill out the quote form, you are taken to a national booking platform where you choose the vehicle that suits your trip — the bus size, the amenities, the price. What you are selecting there is a vehicle and a price, not a company off a list.
The transportation company assigned to your booking is confirmed to you after you book.
Booking a Charter Bus
Fill out the form on this page or call 612-453-4888 with your trip details. As soon as you submit, 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 Edina area, and right there on their site you can see available vehicles, photos, and trip-specific pricing.
You choose the vehicle and the price that work for your group, and you book it directly on their website — all in minutes.
Your pickup city, where you are going, how many people are in the group, and how many hours you need the bus. That gets you a quote. The more detail you add — your specific stops, start and end times, how much luggage the group is carrying, and any amenities the group needs like WiFi or an onboard restroom — the more accurate the quote comes back and the better you can match the right vehicle to the trip.
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 national booking platform and see quotes immediately. No inbox to check, no voicemail to leave.
If you would rather go through it with someone, call 612-453-4888 and a live agent will walk you through your options.
The earlier the better, especially for a popular date or a specific vehicle. Prom weekends in April and May, Minnesota State Fair dates in late August, Vikings home Sundays at U.S. Bank Stadium, and graduation weekends in May all pull from the same pool of vehicles across the Twin Cities metro at once — those dates go early. That said, because Busrentaledina.com puts your request in front of a whole network of providers serving the area rather than one operator with one yard, short-notice trips are often still workable.
Submit the request or call 612-453-4888 even if the date is close — it is always worth checking.
All of those can be requested. An hourly or as-directed booking keeps the vehicle with your group for a set block of time and is great for events where the schedule is not fixed to the minute. A one-way transfer moves your group from one place to another.
A round trip brings them back. A multi-stop itinerary runs a planned route with several stops — a brewery loop through Uptown and the North Loop, for example, or a wedding shuttle making multiple hotel pickups. A multi-day booking covers a trip that runs across more than one calendar day, like a motorcoach run to Chicago or Wisconsin Dells.
Which format fits comes down to the trip itself. If your itinerary has multiple stops or runs overnight, lay the full route out 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 the ranges — your actual price depends on the specific vehicle, the date, the route, and the package. Pricing is not one size fits all, and a number of things move a quote in either direction, so the ranges are a starting point rather than your price.
The fastest way to see a number for your actual trip is to fill out the form and get results in seconds. Or call 612-453-4888 — going through the trip details with someone can surface better pricing and packages than you would find on your own.
It depends on the trip, and all three are used. A shorter trip 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 Twin Cities metro — may carry a per-mile charge instead of an hourly one.
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 is what determines which structure applies. Fill out the form or call 612-453-4888 and the quote will reflect the right format for your 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 price. On the Edina calendar, Vikings home Sundays, prom weekends at Edina High School, and State Fair dates are the highest-demand windows in the metro — prices on those dates reflect it. 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 along France Avenue or near the 50th & France neighborhood, rather than five separate addresses, cuts the hours on the clock and the price with it.
The ranges on this page and the Edina charter bus prices page are the same starting point — the form gives you the number for your specific trip.
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 stops — rather than riding a fixed public route. It is built for moving a large group over a distance in one vehicle, and a full-size coach seats roughly 40 to 56 people. The group has the whole coach to itself for the duration of the trip.
Outside, a full-size charter bus is a tall, long coach body with high windows running the length of both sides and luggage bay doors along the bottom skirt. 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 the outside. Inside, you have forward-facing seats arranged in pairs on either side of a center aisle, with seat fabric in cloth or leather depending on the make and model.
Overhead parcel racks run the full length of the cabin. A restroom sits toward the rear. Common full-size models include the MCI J4500, the Van Hool CX45, and the Prevost H3-45 — all of them share the same basic layout, though the finish and features vary by operator and year.
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 vary by make, model, and operator — not every coach carries every item on that list, and what a specific vehicle is equipped with is confirmed during booking. If there are amenities the group needs — WiFi for a corporate run down I-494, or an onboard restroom for a long haul to Chicago — note them with the trip details so the right 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 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: extra legroom configurations take seats out, and a wheelchair position reduces the count as well.
Because Busrentaledina.com works with a network of providers, the exact coach on any given trip depends on what is available for the date. Submit the trip or call 612-453-4888 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 sightlines.
The layout is straightforward: 14 rows, two-and-two, one aisle.
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 people usually want when they are working out whether a coach fits a particular drop-off point or loading zone.
Shorter coaches exist — most commonly around 35 feet — but 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 overpasses and clearances for 12 feet. A useful comparison: a little taller than a single story of a house. That is the figure to check against a parking garage or a covered drop-off if the venue has one.
WiFi is one of the amenities available on charter buses, and many coaches on the road today 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 operator. And because it runs off a cellular connection, onboard WiFi is built for light use across a full coach — phones, messaging, and browsing — not for 50 or 60 people doing heavy streaming or video calls at once.
If the group needs WiFi — say, for a corporate shuttle between Edina and downtown Minneapolis — note it with the trip details so vehicles that carry it come back in the results.
Yes, an onboard restroom is standard on full-size charter buses. It sits toward the rear of the coach and is there so the group does not have to stop — though on a long run, like a day trip to Duluth or an overnight to Chicago, the itinerary is still usually planned with real rest stops along the way. Note it with the trip details if an onboard restroom matters for the group, and that will be confirmed during booking.
Yes, charter buses are built with 110-volt AC power outlets, and coaches are commonly fitted with them at or near 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. Practically speaking, it means a group can keep phones and laptops charged across a long run — useful on a corporate shuttle or a multi-hour trip to a venue well outside the metro.
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 in the bays below and under 2 cubic feet overhead, which in practice is about one checked-size bag per person underneath 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 — instruments for a band trip from Edina High School, sports equipment for a team traveling to a tournament, or event supplies for a corporate group heading to the Minneapolis Convention Center — takes the space of several bags and should be stated up front. Note the luggage situation and any oversized items with the trip details so the right coach is matched to the group.
Charter Bus Service in Edina, Minnesota
Any group that needs to move together. Airport transfers to and from Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) are one of the most common runs in the area. Corporate travel and employee shuttles move teams between Edina offices and downtown Minneapolis, the Minneapolis Convention Center, or client sites across the metro.
Weddings and private events use shuttle buses to move guests between hotel blocks and venues. Concert and sporting event groups head to U.S. Bank Stadium, Target Center, Xcel Energy Center, and Allianz Field without the parking headache. School and church group trips, prom, government and military moves, brewery and winery tours, and long-distance travel to Chicago, Wisconsin Dells, Duluth, and beyond are all in the network.
Fill out the form or call 612-453-4888 for any of them.
The network covers Edina and the entire Twin Cities metro, including Minneapolis, Bloomington, Eden Prairie, Hopkins, Minnetonka, St. Louis Park, Richfield, St. Paul, Plymouth, Maple Grove, and communities throughout Hennepin and Ramsey Counties. Those are examples, not the full list. If you are not sure whether a city or route is covered, enter the full trip or call 612-453-4888 to check.
Prom season at Edina High School — typically April or May — is the single tightest window for party buses and minibuses in the local market, and the surrounding school districts all land in the same stretch. Graduation weekends in May pull from the same pool. Minnesota State Fair dates in late August through Labor Day weekend flood the metro with demand for days at a time.
Vikings home Sundays at U.S. Bank Stadium from September through January, Twins home games at Target Field, and Minnesota United matches at Allianz Field all spike demand on game days. New Year's Eve and Minneapolis Pride weekend in late June are citywide demand events. On any of those dates, the whole local market gets taken early — book well ahead.
Short-notice requests are still worth submitting on this site because the network is wider than any single operator, but the earlier you move on a busy date, the better the options.
Planning Your Edina, Minnesota Charter Bus Trip
Yes — and the primary airport serving Edina is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) (4300 Glumack Drive, St. Paul, MN 55111), about 7 miles southeast via I-494 East, typically 15 to 25 minutes depending on traffic. MSP has two terminals: Terminal 1 (Lindbergh) and Terminal 2 (Humphrey). For a group pickup, the coach meets everyone outside the terminal at the designated ground transportation area for buses and larger vehicles, following MSP's own guidelines for commercial vehicle staging.
The practical move: have the whole group together with all luggage before calling the bus forward, so nobody is waiting at the curb while stragglers finish at baggage claim. Check current ground transportation details at the MSP ground transportation page before your travel date.
Yes — the full range of venues in the Twin Cities metro. U.S. Bank Stadium (401 Chicago Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55415), about 8 miles northeast of Edina, hosts the Minnesota Vikings NFL home games as well as major concerts and events; buses use designated drop-off zones on Chicago Ave or S 5th St, with oversized vehicle parking coordinated in advance through the stadium's parking and transportation page. Target Center (600 First Ave N, Minneapolis, MN 55403) hosts the Timberwolves and Lynx; Xcel Energy Center (199 W Kellogg Blvd, St. Paul, MN 55102) is home to the Wild; and Allianz Field (400 Snelling Ave N, St. Paul, MN 55104) hosts Minnesota United FC.
Traffic patterns around all of these venues change significantly on event days, so build extra time into the schedule for game-day runs.
Yes — including the Minneapolis Convention Center (1301 2nd Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55403), about 8 miles northeast of Edina, which has designated charter bus loading zones on 2nd Ave S and 13th St S. Mystic Lake Center at Mystic Lake Casino Hotel (2400 Mystic Lake Blvd., Prior Lake, MN 55372), about 20 miles southwest, is a major event and convention destination with bus-friendly drop-off and coach parking. The Minnesota State Fairgrounds (1265 Snelling Ave N, Falcon Heights, MN 55108) hosts one of the largest state fairs in the country each August, with dedicated bus parking and drop-off areas — advance passes are required during Fair dates. Large venues like these have designated bus loading areas separate from the main entrance, and a repeat shuttle between a hotel 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 venues Edina couples and their guests travel to include Interlachen Country Club (6200 Interlachen Blvd, Edina, MN 55436), The Westin Edina Galleria (3201 Galleria, Edina, MN 55435), Calhoun Beach Club (2925 Dean Pkwy, Minneapolis, MN 55416) about 4 miles north, Nicollet Island Inn (95 Merriam St, Minneapolis, MN 55401), Aria Minneapolis (105 N 1st St, Minneapolis, MN 55401), and Bavaria Downs (5100 County Road 11, Chaska, MN 55318) about 18 miles southwest. The most common setup is shuttling guests between a hotel block and the venue — multiple pickup points, a few runs in each direction.
Giving the exact venue address and the hotel addresses with the request gets the right vehicle matched and the timing right from the start.
Yes — including Edina High School (6754 Valley View Rd, Edina, MN 55439) and the full Edina Public Schools (ISD 273) district, as well as nearby colleges including Normandale Community College (9700 France Ave S, Bloomington, MN 55431) just 3 miles south, the University of Minnesota Twin Cities about 9 miles northeast, Augsburg University (2211 Riverside Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55454), and Macalester College (1600 Grand Ave, St. Paul, MN 55105). Field trips and team travel are usually pickups at the school or campus itself, and campuses have designated bus loading zones. Include the exact headcount plus any accessibility needs with the request so the right vehicle comes back.
Yes — and there is a lot to work with. Fulton Brewing (2714 Lyndale Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55408) is about 4 miles north of Edina, an easy first stop. The Northeast Minneapolis brewery district — Indeed Brewing (711 NE 15th Ave), Dangerous Man Brewing (1300 2nd St NE), and Surly Brewing Co. (520 Malcolm Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414) — is about 9 to 10 miles out and makes a natural multi-stop loop.
For wineries, Schram Vineyards (8785 Airport Rd, Waconia, MN 55387) is about 25 miles west and Alexis Bailly Vineyard (18200 Kirby Ave, Hastings, MN 55033) is about 35 miles southeast. Mystic Lake Casino Hotel is about 20 miles southwest — the largest casino in the Minneapolis metro and a common group destination. For a multi-stop route, list the stops and how long the group plans to stay at each one so the hours come back right.
Yes. Common long-distance runs from Edina include Duluth, MN (about 155 miles north via I-35, roughly 2.5 to 3 hours) for North Shore getaways, Rochester, MN (about 85 miles south via US-52, roughly 1.5 hours) for Mayo Clinic travel, Wisconsin Dells, WI (about 235 miles east, roughly 3.5 to 4.5 hours) for group outings, Chicago, IL (about 410 miles southeast via I-90/I-94, roughly 6.5 to 7.5 hours by motorcoach), and Des Moines, IA (about 245 miles south via I-35, roughly 3.5 to 4.5 hours). A long-distance trip is usually booked as a one-way transfer or a multi-day package rather than by the hour.
Overnight trips need the full itinerary — departure time, stops, return date and time — laid out with the request so it comes back priced correctly. Call 612-453-4888 or fill out the form with the complete route and the booking team will put together the right package.