Most transportation sites make you fill out a form to learn a starting price. Here is the number first. For the standard job — guests picked up at the hotel before the ceremony and brought back after the reception — a dedicated guest shuttle in New Jersey lands between about $1,900 and $2,900 all-in for most weddings, depending on bus size and how long the day runs. Below: the rates, two real layouts priced to the dollar, the full-day rate for long days, and how to size the bus.
Noon hotel pickups, ceremony, photos, reception, and a last run to the hotel at 10:30 is a 12-hour day for the bus. We don’t price that by the hour. Once a booking runs past 10 hours garage-to-garage, it switches automatically to our full-day rate — 10 hours of service with our travel time included, covering up to 12 hours garage-to-garage.
On a Mini Coach that day is base $2,500 + gratuity $250 + fuel $125 = $2,875 all-in, about $82 per guest for a bus that is theirs from noon to the end of the night. The full-day rate is never more than the hourly math would have been; past 12 hours, the hourly rate applies in 30-minute increments.
The bill follows the window the bus is reserved, not the number of seats filled. A tight schedule saves more than a smaller bus.
Billing is garage-to-garage from Little Ferry. Bergen, Passaic and Hudson County venues are close and bill accordingly; Shore and Long Island venues carry more travel time.
Pickups below 60th Street add the NYC congestion toll ($14.40 per entry, passed through at cost) and a river crossing, itemized on the quote.
If the hotel-to-venue run is short, one bus loops comfortably. Longer runs, or several hotels spread out, usually mean a second vehicle rather than a bigger one.
Plan on 60–75% of the guests in the hotel block actually riding. Then match riders to a vehicle:
| Riders | Vehicle | Typical all-in · 6.5 hrs of guest service |
|---|---|---|
| up to 14 | Sprinter Van | ≈ $1,955 |
| up to 24 | Mini Bus | ≈ $2,199 |
| up to 39 | Mini Coach | ≈ $2,444 |
| up to 55 | Full Charter Coach | ≈ $2,932 |
| 150 | Three Full Coaches | $8,797.50 · about $59 a guest |
Two smaller buses looping usually beat one large bus waiting, when the run is short.
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A hotel shuttle is one 14-passenger van on a 15-minute cycle, often tied to a room minimum. Sixty guests is four or more round trips — the last group waits close to an hour and arrives after the ceremony has started.
A dedicated 35-passenger coach moves the block in one or two runs, timed to your ceremony call, and is waiting at the door when the reception ends. The quote you approve is the invoice you get.
Send the date, the hotels, the venue and your headcount — you’ll have an itemized same-day quote with the bus sized to your guest list.
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