The Midtown windows and the Rockefeller tree, or the houses of Dyker Heights, on a bus that is yours for the night. From your office, hotel, church or front door in North Jersey or New York, and back again, on one plan with one number. From a 13-passenger Sprinter to a 55-passenger full coach.
Price your lights night →A team night out in December: the office to Midtown, a walk past the windows and the tree, and everyone home on the same bus instead of splitting rideshares at 10 PM.
Group sales and concierge desks booking one evening for a wedding block, a tour group or a conference’s guests, picked up at the lobby and dropped back there.
A parish, a seniors club or a community group that wants the lights without the parking, with a pickup at the church or the center and a pace set for everyone.
Three generations in town for the holidays on one bus, from the house or the hotel, with no one stuck driving or circling for a spot.
A season-end night for a team, a club or a troop, with the parents’ list on board and one return time.
The Rockefeller Center tree is lit on December 2 this year and the Saks Fifth Avenue windows return November 23. Buses stop only at the curbs NYC DOT designates, so the group is dropped at one, walks the windows and the tree, and is picked up where the bus can stop. NYC DOT posts its holiday bus zones each season, and we plan to that year’s list.
The Brooklyn displays run from about Thanksgiving weekend to the New Year and are busiest on mid-December weekends, from about 5 to 9 PM. The 68th Precinct sets strict bus rules each season: in recent years buses dropped on 86th Street between 12th and 13th Avenues and waited on 7th Avenue, and the group walked the core streets. We confirm that season’s rules before your night.
The Bronx Zoo Holiday Lights run November 21 to January 3, with buses parking on the Southern Boulevard side, and the NYBG Holiday Train Show runs November 14 to January 10. A group can pair one of these with the Midtown windows, or Midtown with Dyker on a longer night.
One person sets the plan, the driver has the group lead’s cell the night before, and the bus stays with the group all night, waiting where each stop’s rules allow. Nobody drives, nobody parks, and everyone leaves together.
The night you want, how many are coming, where they leave from, and the route if you have one in mind.
Gratuity and fuel are in the number. Tolls, including the Manhattan congestion charge, are itemized at cost.
A 25 percent deposit holds the date, the balance is due seven days out, and the driver info comes the day before.
A family of 12 rides a Sprinter. An office team of 24 rides a mini bus, a church group of 35 a mini coach, and a big group of up to 55 a full coach.
Bigger group? Several buses leave together and run the same route as one plan.
“From staff to transportation, Glyde was extremely professional. Bus was spotless, communication was flawless. Smooth ride overall and we will definitely be locking in more trips this year with them.”
The date, the headcount and the pickup address are enough to price the night.
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