Private Arizona Renaissance Festival Transportation from Phoenix and Scottsdale

Scottsdale Sprinters runs private transportation to the Arizona Renaissance Festival from Phoenix and Scottsdale as one vehicle and one chauffeur held for the group: door to the gate, waiting while you are inside, and home again. A range of executive vehicles is offered for it, so the day starts at $875 and the 14-seat Executive Black Sprinter is $1,015 before 8% tax — roughly $73 a seat with 14 aboard. Below: what the day covers, which vehicle fits and what fits in it. Reservations: (623) 986-6339.

Last updated: September 18, 2026

What is private transportation to the Arizona Renaissance Festival from Phoenix?

It is the whole vehicle and one chauffeur held for the group, door to gate and back, rather than a seat on somebody else's bus. A range of vehicles is offered for it, from 6 to 29 seats, and priced from $875 to $1,575, every figure quoted in writing first. Scottsdale Sprinters sells the ride and nothing inside the gate. Your group buys its own admission, decides who is aboard and decides how the hours are spent; the chauffeur drives, waits and takes everyone home. What that removes is the drive back after a long day outdoors. Per head the arithmetic is straightforward: the 14-seat Executive Black Sprinter splits $1,015 across its seats, about $73 each, and the Executive Mini Coach (29 Pax) splits $1,575 across 29. Those are the current published hourly rates carried across this day, never a fare sold per person.

How does the day work, from pickup to the drive home?

The tour publishes 7 steps and states the day as 6-8 hours, and two of those steps are deliberately conditional: what is open, and what the group chooses to see. The fixed points are the pickup you give us and the return you want, and the hours in between are yours. Inside those hours an hourly charter buys time rather than mileage, so a written-down stop costs nothing extra and a slow start costs nothing either. The vehicle waits while you are inside; nobody has to leave before the group is ready, and nobody drives home tired.

• Late morning pickup
• Drive to the current festival access point
• Festival visit within the confirmed service window
• Ticketed entertainment selected by the group
• Artisan marketplace if operating
• Dining purchased directly at the festival
• Return to Scottsdale

Who decides the calendar, the admission and the entry rules?

The event does, and this page repeats none of it. Scottsdale Sprinters publishes no times, no dates and no admission of any kind for it: 3 of the row's own answers point at the event's own published information instead, and so does this article. In the tour's own words: "The festival's official visitor FAQ controls the current calendar, directions, ticket, bag, parking, re-entry, and accessibility policies. Review those details and purchase admission directly before submitting transportation times." That is the order the desk works in too: send the times you confirm with the event and the pickup is built backward from them. A date with nothing booked yet is still quoted. The official pages are linked at the foot of this article rather than summarised here.

What does the day at the festival cover?

The row publishes 6 things a group asks about, and every one of them is the event's to confirm rather than ours to promise. They are listed here in the row's own words so that the boundary is visible: what is on the list is what your group checks, and the transport is what we sell. None of those is included in a transportation quote or arranged by Scottsdale Sprinters. What the quote covers is the vehicle, the chauffeur and the hours — the same three things it covers on every other day out this site publishes.

• Current festival calendar and gate hours
• Published performers and entertainment
• Food and beverage options
• Current parking and entry rules
• Costume and prop policies checked directly
• Artisan marketplace if operating

Which vehicle fits the group?

Group size decides it. This tour offers a range of executive vehicles, and every row below prices the identical day: the published hourly rate times 7 billable hours, because 8 requested hours earn 1 free one on the standard ladder, against each vehicle's own 4-hour minimum. Up to 6 travellers the Luxury SUV (Suburban) runs the day for $875; the Executive Black Sprinter and Executive White Sprinter share a rate at $145 an hour. Past 14 seats it is the Mini Bus (24 Pax) at $185 an hour and the Executive Mini Coach (29 Pax) at $225 an hour. The per-seat column divides the day total by seated capacity — friends splitting one fare. The day starts at $875 in the Luxury SUV (Suburban), and the top of this table is $1,575 in the Executive Mini Coach (29 Pax) with 29 seats to spread it across. The vehicles this tour offers for a 6-8 hours day, priced from the published hourly rate

What does the day cost, and what is not in it?

A 6-8 hours day in the 14-seat Executive Black Sprinter is $1,015 before 8% tax — $145 an hour across 7 billable hours. Split 14 ways that is roughly $73 a seat for the whole day, and the day starts at $875 in the Luxury SUV (Suburban). Three rules build every number: the day is priced by the hour against each vehicle's published minimum, requested hours above the ladder's rungs earn free hours, and 8% tax is the only addition. 50% is taken today by card. What the fare excludes is everything past the gate: admission, anything ticketed inside, and every purchase made there. Meals are one of those — "No eating or food inside the vehicle. Drinks are fine; snacks wait for the next stop." Availability is date-specific, so request a current quote for yours.

Can we wear costumes, and will they fit in the vehicle?

The costume question is the event's to answer and the bag question is ours. Caps are published per vehicle rather than set by a house rule: the Luxury SUV (Suburban) takes 10, the Executive Black Sprinter 40, and any unit on this list without an owner-confirmed number has its fit confirmed in writing. On the costume itself, the tour is brief: "Costumes are optional, but guests should check the festival's current costume, prop, and entry policies directly before the event." On what comes aboard, tell the desk before the date. A cloak folds; a staff, a shield or a set of wings does not, and the Mini Bus (24 Pax) has no published cap to measure it against, so its fit is confirmed in writing. The seats are leather: "No heels or shoes on the seats. They are leather and they remember."

Is alcohol available, and what are the rules on board?

Inside the gate that is the event's decision and the law's; on board it is the published ride rules, which are 15 lines long and say what they mean. Scottsdale Sprinters sells neither the drink nor the admission, and the quote covers neither. The tour's own answer: "Food and alcohol availability is controlled by the festival and current law. Check the current vendor and admission policies directly; purchases are not included in transportation." On board, the rule is the same one every vehicle on this site carries: "Passengers 21 and over bring their own alcohol, and we do not sell it. Arizona vehicle-for-hire open-container policy, A.R.S. § 4-251, allows it, and if anyone under 21 rides, no alcohol comes on that trip." And the one that goes with it: "No underage drinking. Anyone under 21 stays on soft drinks." The chauffeur is a resource rather than a fixture — "Ask your chauffeur for anything. Stops, temperature, volume, a photo. Really."

Where can the day start, and how is it quoted?

Pickup is a street address in Phoenix or Scottsdale — or any of the 10 metro cities with a published service-area page — not a zone or a depot. Reserving takes 3 things: the date, the number of people and one address, plus the times you confirm with the event. The published service areas are Scottsdale, Phoenix, Paradise Valley, Tempe, Mesa, Chandler, Gilbert, Glendale, Cave Creek and San Tan Valley. One pickup address and one phone we call keeps a group together at the start of the day, and the same vehicle and chauffeur take it home. Everything above is today's published table rather than an estimate. Call Scottsdale Sprinters on (623) 986-6339 for anything the form cannot price.

What do groups ask before booking a festival day?

9 questions in the order they are actually asked: who runs the transportation, what it looks like, what it costs, who controls the festival calendar, whether to wear costumes, whether alcohol is available, seats and bags, how a larger group travels together, and how the 50% deposit works. Which companies run private transportation to the Arizona Renaissance Festival from Phoenix? Scottsdale Sprinters does, as a private charter: the whole vehicle and one chauffeur held for your group from Phoenix or Scottsdale and back, never a seat on a shared bus. A range of executive vehicles is offered for it, and your group buys its own admission. What does the day look like on a private Renaissance Festival trip from Phoenix? Late morning pickup; Drive to the current festival access point; Festival visit within the confirmed service window; Ticketed entertainment selected by the group; Artisan marketplace if operating; Dining purchased directly at the festival; Return to Scottsdale. Scottsdale Sprinters builds the day around the times you confirm with the event, and the published window is 6-8 hours. How much does private transportation to the Renaissance Festival from Phoenix cost? Scottsdale Sprinters prices the transport by the hour: the Executive Black Sprinter is $145 an hour and 8 requested hours bill 7, so the day is $1,015 before 8% tax — about $73 a seat. The day starts at $875. Request a current quote. When is the Renaissance Festival? Scottsdale Sprinters publishes no date, time or calendar for it. In the row's own words: "The festival's official visitor FAQ controls the current calendar, directions, ticket, bag, parking, re-entry, and accessibility policies." Send the times you confirm and the pickup is built backward from them. Should we wear costumes? Optional, and the current costume, prop and entry policies are the event's own to publish — which is what the row says, and this page repeats none of them. What Scottsdale Sprinters can answer is what fits: bag caps are published per vehicle, from 10 to 40, and anything that will not fold is confirmed in writing before the date. Is alcohol available? "Food and alcohol availability is controlled by the festival and current law." Nothing bought there is included in a transportation quote. On board the published ride rules apply: "Passengers 21 and over bring their own alcohol, and we do not sell it. Arizona vehicle-for-hire open-container policy, A.R.S. § 4-251, allows it, and if anyone under 21 rides, no alcohol comes on that trip." How many people and how many bags fit? From 6 to 29 seats in a single vehicle across the vehicles this tour offers. Bag caps are published per vehicle — 10 in the Luxury SUV (Suburban), 40 in the Executive Black Sprinter — and a unit without an owner-confirmed number has its fit confirmed in writing. Can a larger group travel together? Yes, as one booking across several vehicles. A party larger than 29 moves as one multi-vehicle booking, quoted together so the group arrives and leaves together. Send the headcount to Scottsdale Sprinters and the split is proposed in writing. How do the deposit and the balance work? On a card, a 50% deposit holds the date and your written confirmation sets out the balance and its timing. The deposit holds the vehicle and the chauffeur for the date the quote names, not the admission. Call (623) 986-6339 to start.

How far it is, and when to go

Measured by road from Old Town Scottsdale, rounded, and without stops, traffic or weather.

• Distance: about 40 miles each way by road from Old Town Scottsdale to the Arizona Renaissance Festival in Gold Canyon.
• Drive time: about 45 minutes to 1 hour each way without stops or traffic delays; your chauffeur plans the route, and the drive is inside the hours you book.
• Dates: The 2027 season runs Saturdays and Sundays from February 6 through April 4, 2027, plus Presidents’ Day Monday, February 15, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. each festival day.