Coach Buses · up to 36 passengers
36-Passenger Coach Bus
A sightseeing coach for thirty-two to thirty-six guests, with windows worth the red rocks and a length that still parks in uptown Sedona.
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The short answer
Is 36 seats the right size?
Thirty-two to thirty-six people on a touring day, and the balance here is between capacity and access.
Panoramic tinted windows do most of the work — everyone gets a view, which is the entire point of a sightseeing day. Screens up front can carry maps or route content, and there's a restroom, Wi-Fi, reclining seats, a microphone, power at every seat and luggage bays underneath for shopping and day packs.
Thirty-three or thirty-four rides fine on the 34-passenger coach bus. Tour groups at thirty-seven or thirty-eight want the 38-passenger coach 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 36-Passenger Coach Bus
Mid-large comfort for a full scenic day: monitors for the drive, bays for luggage, restroom on board.
Sedona overlook-to-overlook itineraries, two-stadium spring-training marathons, mountain retreat transfers that load once and forget about it.
Download your maps ahead of time, because canyon signal will not feed a busload of phones. Check with the venue that a coach this tall can actually get in.
Amenities
What's on board
- Reclining high-back seats with armrests
- Extra legroom
- Overhead storage bins
- PA and microphone system
- Power outlets at every seat
- USB charging at every seat
- Panoramic tinted windows
- Climate-controlled cabin
- On-board restroom
- Wi-Fi
- Flat-screen monitors
- Under-bus luggage storage
Specs
At a glance
| Vehicle type | Coach Bus |
|---|---|
| Seats | Up to 36 passengers |
| Size in our lineup | 11 of 21 coach buses |
| Next size down | 34-Passenger Coach Bus |
| Next size up | 38-Passenger Coach Bus |
| Chauffeur | Professional chauffeur included |
| Most requested trip length | 4 hours (67% of Phoenix inquiries) |
| Service area | Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tempe, Mesa, Chandler, Gilbert, Glendale, Peoria and the rest of the Valley |
The experience
What the trip is like on the 36-passenger shuttle-style coach bus
At an overlook, the coach pulls in with the hazards on and your driver watches the road while people step off and back on. Reboarding never turns into a traffic problem.
On a two-stadium day, the restroom is what lets you skip the lines in the parking lot between parks.
For a retreat, the luggage goes in the bays once and the cabin stays tidy for the briefing at the other end.
The 36-Passenger Coach Bus is the sightseeing coach. Mid-large comfort for a full day of overlooks, with screens for the drive and bays for the luggage.
A settled club-sports group with heavy cases can stay on the 34. Wedding guest lists sitting just under forty usually fit the 38 better.
It also does two-stadium fan marathons and mountain retreat transfers where you load once and forget about it until Sunday.
Local numbers
A sightseeing day is not a four-hour booking
Two thirds of the trips we're asked to quote run four hours, because that's the shape of a night out. Touring is a different animal entirely.
A proper Sedona day — Bell Rock, the Chapel of the Holy Cross, uptown, Oak Creek — runs ten hours or more from a Phoenix hotel once you count the driving at both ends. Plan for that number and the day is relaxed. Plan for six and you'll be cutting stops by lunchtime.
Summer is the quiet window. June, July and August together make up less than a fifth of the dates we're asked about, and that's exactly when Valley residents and conference visitors most want to be somewhere twenty degrees cooler. A canyon tour, a Grand Canyon day or a reunion excursion in July faces almost no competition for vehicles.
Best uses
What Phoenix groups book the 36-passenger shuttle-style coach bus for
Sedona sightseeing
Overlook-and-lunch days for a full day out.
Two-stadium days
Spring-training marathons with mid-large comfort.
Retreat transfers
Corporate retreats with the bays doing the heavy lifting.
Department outings
University travel still under full-size counts.
Group tour days
Sightseeing groups that want a comfortable mid-large coach.
Faith conferences
Church conference shuttles still under forty.
Event guides that fit this vehicle
Planning details, timing, and routes for the trips a 36-passenger shuttle-style coach bus handles best.
Tours
Sedona Day Trips
Red rocks, a winery stop and dinner, on a day trip up I-17 where nobody in your group has to drive.
Tours
Desert Tours
Sonoran Desert overlooks and saguaro country by Sprinter or coach, with the driving and the timing handled.
Tours
Grand Canyon Trips
A full-day coach charter from the Valley to the South Rim, with everyone in one seat and nobody navigating.
Celebrations
Family Reunions
One coach for three generations, from the hotel to the park to dinner and back, with room for everyone.
Sizing
Size up or size down?
The 34-passenger coach bus is laid out with teams in mind and seats two fewer, but for a tour group of thirty-three it works just as well.
The 38-passenger coach bus sits just under full-size length and carries two more. Think hard before going beyond that for Sedona specifically: parking for full-size motorcoaches uptown and at the Chapel is limited, and trailhead lots won't take them at all.
This is roughly the practical maximum for a flexible sightseeing day in northern Arizona. For a celebration at the same headcount with lighting and a wet bar, see the 36-passenger party bus. Tour organizers usually fold the bus into a per-person ticket, where across thirty-plus paying guests it barely registers.
Vehicles on either side of this one
One step smaller, one step larger, and a different style for a similar headcount.
Up to 34 passengers
34-Passenger Coach Bus
Extra rows and bay space for teams whose gear takes as much room as the people.
Up to 38 passengers
38-Passenger Coach Bus
Just under full-size, which is why campus and resort driveways like it. Weddings and hotel shuttles.
Up to 36 passengers
36-Passenger Party Bus
Thirty-six seats for wedding runs across Scottsdale resorts and company nights that end at Westgate.
Up to 40 passengers
40-Passenger Coach Bus
The full-size cabin: reading lights, a media system, and the range for a Grand Canyon day.
Local know-how
Phoenix tips for this vehicle
- Download offline maps. Canyon signal won't feed a busload of phones.
- Soft-sided luggage stacks better in the bays on a retreat transfer.
- If you need reading lights or a media system, compare the 40.
- Spring-training weekends need early booking at this size.
Booking a coach this size
- Send us the overlooks you care about most, in order, for a Sedona day.
- Include both first-pitch times for a two-stadium day.
- Check with the retreat venue that a coach this tall can get in.
- Book three to five weeks out in peak spring.
Behind the wheel
Safety and your chauffeur
- At scenic stops the coach sits with the hazards on, and your driver keeps an eye on traffic while people reboard.
- Drivers track their hours closely on a Sedona round trip.
- Bay luggage is tagged before any mountain grade.
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