Scottsdale Sprinters charters chauffeured coaches across metro Phoenix, booked by the hour rather than by the mile or the seat. Published coach rates are $185–$325/hr on a 4-hour minimum (5 on the 56-Passenger Motorcoach), so a Phoenix charter starts at $740 before tax in the Mini Bus (24 Pax) and $1,625 in the 56-Passenger Motorcoach. Arizona sales tax of 8% is added at checkout and a 50% deposit holds the date.
The current published hourly rates for the coaches are $185–$325/hr, each on its own minimum, so the starting total before tax is the rate times that minimum: $740 for the Mini Bus (24 Pax), $900 for the Executive Mini Bus — Grech (27 Pax) and the Executive Mini Coach (29 Pax), and $1,625 for the 56-Passenger Motorcoach on its 5-hour minimum. That arithmetic is the whole pricing model: published hourly rate times billable hours, never below the vehicle minimum, plus Arizona sales tax of 8% at checkout. You reserve the coach, not a seat, so 20 riders and 24 riders pay the same for the same Mini Bus (24 Pax). Split across every seat at the minimum that is roughly $31 a head on the Mini Bus (24 Pax) and $29 on the 56-Passenger Motorcoach — an even split of the pre-tax fare, for planning only. A 5-hour day is $925 and $1,625. Check availability and request a current quote for your own date.
Four coaches cover Phoenix charter work, seating 24 to 56 between them, and the rule is the smallest one that clears the real headcount. Up to 24 riders take the Mini Bus (24 Pax) at $185 per hour; up to 27 the Executive Mini Bus — Grech (27 Pax) and up to 29 the Executive Mini Coach (29 Pax), both at $225 per hour; anything to 56 takes the 56-Passenger Motorcoach at $325 per hour. Above that, two coaches are quoted separately rather than one bigger one. The number inside the Mini Bus (24 Pax) internal identifier is a retained legacy reference, not a capacity — the seat count is 24. Seated capacity is a planning limit: confirm luggage and any accessibility requirement with the reservations team in writing.
Bags decide the coach as often as seats do. The 56-Passenger Motorcoach has underfloor bays with room for 125 bags; the Executive Mini Bus — Grech (27 Pax) has room for 40 bags; the Executive Mini Coach (29 Pax) has room for 30 bags. The Mini Bus (24 Pax) is the exception: built for the ride that travels light, it carries a bag count we confirm in writing rather than a published cap. A group of 29 with a checked bag each is a different vehicle from a group of 29 going to dinner, so give the bag count with the headcount.
The recurring work is corporate and conference shuttles on a repeating loop, whole-group airport arrivals and departures, game and concert nights, wedding guest shuttles, golf outings, and full-day trips out of the Valley. Each has its own service, experience or tour page, linked below. Conference work is the most common reason a Phoenix group charters a coach: one office loop on a published schedule, or one movement out and one back. The 56-Passenger Motorcoach carries the largest of it — its own catalog entry is written for big weddings, big events, team and athlete travel, school and college groups, and moving any large group as one, for up to fifty-six.
Included: a professional chauffeur, the reserved coach for the booked hours, fuel and tolls, every stop on your itinerary, and bottled water on board. Added at checkout: Arizona sales tax of 8%, the 50% deposit and optional gratuity. No booking fee, no service charge, no fuel surcharge on the base fare. Stops inside your booked hours cost nothing extra; time beyond them bills at the same rate, not a penalty rate. The only other charges are house-rule fees: $1,500 for smoking or vaping on board and $450 to deep-clean an excessive spill or biohazard. Outside the rate: parking or site access charges billed directly, event permits and meals. Every coach is chauffeured — there is no self-drive or unchauffeured rental in the catalog.
Scottsdale Sprinters runs charters across the published service area: Phoenix, Scottsdale, Paradise Valley, Tempe, Mesa, Chandler, Gilbert, Glendale, Cave Creek and San Tan Valley. The published hourly rate is the same in every one of them, so a pickup on one side of the Valley is booked exactly like a pickup on the other. Airport groups are the most common Phoenix pickup, and the city's own service-area page names Phoenix Sky Harbor International (PHX) and Scottsdale Airport (SCF). Give the airport, flight number and terminal, and list every address in the itinerary: distance is not billed separately on an hourly charter, so the driving time between stops sits inside the hours you reserved. Phoenix-Mesa Gateway (AZA) is the east-side arrival, named on the Mesa service-area page, and it has its own group transfer page linked below. A charter that starts there is booked the same way and at the same published hourly rate.
Headcount and bags decide it, in that order. Up to 29 riders a minibus-class coach is the right vehicle and the cheaper hour: the Mini Bus (24 Pax) at $185 per hour, or the Executive Mini Bus — Grech (27 Pax) and the Executive Mini Coach (29 Pax) at $225 per hour. Above that, the 56-Passenger Motorcoach is the only single vehicle that takes the group, at $325 per hour on a 5-hour minimum, and the only one with underfloor luggage bays. Two smaller coaches sometimes beat one large one — a split arrival, two pickup points, two departure times.
Four steps: pick the coach and the hours, request a quote with your date and full itinerary, confirm with a 50% deposit, and the balance is charged to the card on file 48 hours before pickup. The pricing page carries the rates and the availability check; you can also call or text (623) 986-6339 or email reservations@scottsdalesprinters.com. A quote needs the date, the pickup and final drop addresses, every stop between them, the real headcount, the bag count and the coach. For a one-way move, say so: a transfer is a flat published price rather than an hourly block, running $450 to $1,250.
Arizona sales tax of 8% is added at checkout. A 50% deposit confirms the coach and the balance is charged 48 hours before pickup. Cancellation runs in tiers — standard, large group, and a major-event date with its 60-day window — quoted here in full. Cancel 14 or more days before pickup and you get a full refund. Between 72 hours and 14 days we keep the 50% deposit and refund the rest; inside 72 hours the reservation is non-refundable. Large groups, party buses and weddings (20+ passengers or two or more vehicles) get a full refund 30 or more days out and keep-the-deposit terms down to 14 days. Major-event dates — Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale, WM Phoenix Open, Cactus League spring training weekend, New Year's Eve, Prom weekend — are the dates we turn other people away for, so the deposit there is non-refundable and the window is 60 days: cancel 60 or more days ahead and the balance is refunded; inside 60 days nothing is refunded. If we ever cancel on our side, you get 100% back. A Phoenix charter usually lands in the large-group tier: 20 or more passengers, or 2 or more vehicles, is where the refund engine reclassifies it.
Not in price or in policy — the same coaches, rates, minimums and terms apply across the metro, and Scottsdale Sprinters runs one reservations desk for all of it. What differs is the itinerary, so a trip that starts and ends in Scottsdale is answered in Scottsdale terms by the charter guide linked below.
Every figure below comes from the same published rate grid and the same policies as the rest of this guide.
Mini Bus (24 Pax): seats 24, $185/hr, 4-hour minimum. 5 hours is $925 before tax, about $39 per person. Executive Mini Bus — Grech (27 Pax): seats 27, $225/hr, 4-hour minimum. 5 hours is $1,125 before tax, about $42 per person. Executive Mini Coach (29 Pax): seats 29, $225/hr, 4-hour minimum. 5 hours is $1,125 before tax, about $39 per person. 56-Passenger Motorcoach: seats 56, $325/hr, 5-hour minimum. 5 hours is $1,625 before tax, about $29 per person.
Scottsdale Sprinters publishes coach rates of $185–$325/hr. The Mini Bus (24 Pax) is $185 per hour on a 4-hour minimum, starting at $740 before tax; the 56-Passenger Motorcoach is $325 per hour on a 5-hour minimum, starting at $1,625. Arizona sales tax of 8% is added at checkout.
A 5-hour day with Scottsdale Sprinters is $925 before tax in the Mini Bus (24 Pax), $1,125 in the Executive Mini Bus — Grech (27 Pax) or the Executive Mini Coach (29 Pax), and $1,625 in the 56-Passenger Motorcoach. Longer days are the same rate times billable hours; request a current quote.
The largest coach Scottsdale Sprinters runs is the 56-Passenger Motorcoach, which seats 56, so a group of about fifty rides on it with seats to spare at $325 per hour on a 5-hour minimum. There is no separate fifty-seat unit in the fleet.
Take the smallest coach that clears the headcount and the bags. Scottsdale Sprinters runs minibus-class coaches at $185–$225 per hour up to 29 riders; above that it is the 56-Passenger Motorcoach at $325 per hour.
Scottsdale Sprinters publishes a bag figure per coach: room for 125 bags in the 56-Passenger Motorcoach, room for 40 bags in the Executive Mini Bus — Grech (27 Pax), room for 30 bags in the Executive Mini Coach (29 Pax), and a bag count we confirm in writing for the Mini Bus (24 Pax).
Yes. Scottsdale Sprinters prices a one-way group move as a flat transfer rather than an hourly block: $450 for the Mini Bus (24 Pax), $550 for the Executive Mini Bus — Grech (27 Pax) and the Executive Mini Coach (29 Pax), and $1,250 for the 56-Passenger Motorcoach. Say it is one-way when you request the quote.
Scottsdale Sprinters publishes service-area pages for Phoenix, Scottsdale, Paradise Valley, Tempe, Mesa, Chandler, Gilbert, Glendale, Cave Creek and San Tan Valley. The published hourly rate is the same in every one of them.
Yes. Scottsdale Sprinters runs full-day trips out of the Valley on the same hourly basis, and the Sedona and Grand Canyon tour pages linked here carry the itineraries. Distance is not billed separately, so the driving time sits inside the hours you reserve.
A 50% deposit confirms the coach with Scottsdale Sprinters. The remaining balance is charged automatically to the card on file 48 hours before pickup, and Arizona sales tax of 8% is added at checkout.
Scottsdale Sprinters runs tiered terms, and a charter of 20 or more passengers, or 2 or more vehicles, is classified as a large group by the code that issues the refund. The full policy, including the 60-day major-event window, is quoted in full above.