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Party Buses · up to 22 passengers

22-Passenger Party Bus

For the group that just went past twenty: the same dance-floor layout as the 20-seater, with two seats for the people who said yes late.

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The short answer

Is 22 seats the right size?

Ask for this one when your list is somewhere between eighteen and twenty-two and still moving.

The layout matches the 20 exactly: dance floor, flat-screen, cooler bar, LED lighting, subwoofer. The two extra seats are the whole point. It rides well at nineteen or twenty adults and seats twenty-two for shorter hops, which suits brewery tours, tailgates and prom groups that picked up plus-ones.

Steady at eighteen? The 20-passenger party bus does the same job. Want a dance pole and a proper wet bar? Those start at the 24-passenger party bus.

Amenities vary slightly by vehicle, so tell us your must-haves when you request a quote.

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A look at the 22-Passenger Party Bus

Same dance floor and flat-screen as the 20, with more room to stand around them. Twenty-two leather seats, LED lighting overhead, and a bar with coolers in the middle of the cabin.

It is a brewery-and-birthday bus. Groups start near Kierland or Tempe Marketplace, eat, then keep the night going without anyone circling Westgate looking for parking.

If somebody in the group chat has asked for a dance pole, that is the 24 rather than this one. Send the breweries or restaurants you have booked and the address you want to finish at.

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Amenities

What's on board

  • Premium leather seating
  • Bluetooth sound system with subwoofer
  • LED color-changing mood lighting
  • Built-in bar with coolers
  • Tinted privacy windows
  • USB charging ports
  • Climate-controlled cabin
  • Dance floor area
  • Flat-screen TV

Specs

At a glance

Vehicle typeParty Bus
SeatsUp to 22 passengers
Size in our lineup4 of 14 party buses
Next size down20-Passenger Party Bus
Next size up24-Passenger Party Bus
ChauffeurProfessional chauffeur included
Most requested trip length4 hours (67% of Phoenix inquiries)
Service areaPhoenix, Scottsdale, Tempe, Mesa, Chandler, Gilbert, Glendale, Peoria and the rest of the Valley

The experience

What a night on the 22-passenger party bus is like

The open floor is what people notice first. At twenty-two, nobody has to wait a turn to stand up, and the seating and the dance space stop competing with each other.

Mid-cabin gets louder than it does on the 18. Conversations and dancing overlap, and it still works without fog machines or a fiber-optic ceiling.

Company groups often start it quiet — highlight reel on the screen, music low — and let it build after the first restaurant stop.

Westgate and Tempe Marketplace both have curbs our chauffeurs use regularly, which matters when a venue empties at the same moment as an arena.

Weekday brewery routes need far less buffer than a Saturday in Old Town. If your date is flexible, that is where the easiest bookings are.

22-passenger party bus rear view beside saguaros and palms at sunset
The 22-passenger party bus, sized for groups of up to 22.

Local numbers

Past 20, you're in thinner air

Only about one Phoenix inquiry in five involves more than twenty passengers. The moment your count hits twenty-one, you leave the most crowded part of the market behind, and fewer groups are competing for the same vehicle on a busy weekend.

It cuts both ways. There are fewer buses in this range, so a firm headcount and an early call matter more than they did at sixteen.

Prom is where the extra two seats earn their keep. A prom group that reserved twenty in March and gained a couple in April has a problem. One that reserved twenty-two doesn't. Game days work the same way, since a tailgate crew is a full roster of friends and coworkers, not a table for eight. Add a brewery tour and you've got the three jobs this bus does most.

Best uses

What Phoenix groups book the 22-passenger party bus for

  • Kierland birthday crawls

    North Scottsdale routes starting where the shopping and the restaurants already are.

  • Tempe Marketplace nights

    Dinner into nightlife for a group that wants one shared ride across town.

  • Westgate company outings

    Team celebrations that end at Westgate without splitting into rideshares.

  • Brewery and lounge combos

    An afternoon of tastings that turns into an evening without changing vehicles.

  • Concert nights

    Venue-adjacent warm-ups when parking is the worst part of the evening.

  • Two groups merging

    Friend circles combining into one celebration that still fits one bus.

Event guides that fit this vehicle

Planning details, timing, and routes for the trips a 22-passenger party bus handles best.

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Sizing

Size up or size down?

Against the 20-passenger party bus, this is the same night with two more seats. If you're final at nineteen, save the difference.

Against the 24-passenger party bus, you're giving up the dance pole and the wet bar with ice and glassware. Some bachelorette groups care a lot about that. Most tailgaters don't. Both neighbours are close enough in length that Old Town's side streets and Mill Avenue treat them identically.

If your twenty-two are coworkers heading to an offsite rather than a party, the 22-passenger coach bus swaps perimeter benches for forward-facing recliners, Wi-Fi and an on-board restroom. With twenty-two shares, one empty seat costs almost nothing per head.

Send the breweries or restaurants you have already booked, with rough times. We will tell you whether the route fits the hours or whether you are an hour short before you pay anything.

Vehicles on either side of this one

One step smaller, one step larger, and a different style for a similar headcount.

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Local know-how

Phoenix tips for this vehicle

  • If a dance pole has come up in the group chat, look at the 24 instead.
  • Tell us the dress code for a company night so the chauffeur can plan the curb timing.
  • Weekday brewery hops need less buffer than a Saturday Old Town crawl.
  • One pickup address. Three hotel stops can cost you an hour of the booking.

Behind the wheel

Safety and your chauffeur

  • Before you board, the 22-Passenger Party Bus gets checked over: tires, brakes, air conditioning, sound system and the coolers in the bar.
  • Your chauffeur does this every weekend. They know the Old Town curb rules and how to handle a residential pickup without blocking a neighbor's driveway.
  • If the plan changes halfway through the night, your chauffeur calls the office and sorts it out rather than guessing. One trip, one group, one person you can reach.

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22-Passenger Party Bus FAQ

Straight answers on minimum hours, deposits, what is included, and what to bring.

No, and it's not a judgement call. Capacity is a legal seat count and a chauffeur can't leave with more riders than the vehicle is rated for. That's precisely why this size exists. If you're at nineteen or twenty with anyone undecided, ask for the 22 from the start. Switching vehicles later depends entirely on what's still open for your date.
It's one of its best uses. Most Phoenix and Tempe taprooms have a lot or a side street that takes a bus this length, and eighteen to twenty-two is a group breweries can seat if you call ahead. Plan three stops in four hours, keep them in one area like downtown Phoenix or Tempe, and give each taproom your arrival window.
No. Restrooms start at the 30-passenger party bus. With twenty-two riders, build breaks into the plan instead: every bar, brewery and restaurant stop handles it naturally. For a long highway run, like a casino trip to the far East Valley or a drive out to Country Thunder, ask your chauffeur for a fuel-station stop around the halfway point.
The bus becomes your base camp. Load coolers, chairs and a folding table at pickup, ride to the lot, and set up alongside it if that lot allows tailgating from charter vehicles. The rules and fees are different at State Farm Stadium, ASU and the downtown arenas, so name the venue when you request your quote and we'll tell you what's allowed.
A little less, usually, sometimes about the same. Bigger buses are quoted higher in total, but that total gets divided by more riders, and per-person shares do tend to fall as groups grow. The risk is dropouts. If twenty-two becomes seventeen the total doesn't move, so collect from everyone before you reserve anything.
Yes, and at this size it's common, especially for prom. Each extra stop costs you time out of your reserved hours, roughly 15 to 25 minutes between neighbouring suburbs and much more across the Valley. Gilbert and Chandler is easy. Peoria and Queen Creek is an hour of driving before the party starts, so pick one meeting house if you can.
Barely, and not in a way you'd notice. The two extra seats go into the perimeter run, so the open center is about the same. What changes is who's standing in it: at a full twenty-two, more people are seated and the floor is less crowded than on a packed 20. If floor space is the goal, the 28 and up is the real step.

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