Burnsville Charter Bus Rental FAQs
About Burnsvillecharterbuscompany.com
Burnsvillecharterbuscompany.com is an advertising and quote comparison website that lets you compare bus rental options and pricing from a network of bus companies serving Burnsville through a national booking company. Fill out one quick form and you go straight to a results page showing different vehicles and prices from multiple providers serving the area — No waiting for callbacks to get pricing, no calling around, no waiting. Burnsvillecharterbuscompany.com is an advertising and referral website and does not own or operate any vehicles. What that means for you is that instead of being limited to whatever one company has parked in its lot, you get to see more options and more price points in seconds.
No — Burnsvillecharterbuscompany.com is a comparison and referral website. You use it to compare vehicles and pricing from a network of independently owned transportation companies serving the Burnsville area, and the transportation itself is carried out by those independent operators. Think of it as the smart starting point for your search: you share your trip details once, see what is available across a whole network, and book the vehicle that fits your group and your budget — all without picking up the phone five times.
When you search on your own, you call one company, get one price, and hope they have what you need on the date you need it. With Burnsvillecharterbuscompany.com, you fill out one form or make one call to 612-315-6980 and you immediately see more options and different price points than any single operator could offer. You see vehicles and rates in seconds rather than waiting on callbacks.
That is the real difference — your time stays yours, and you get to make a real comparison instead of taking the first price you hear.
An independently owned transportation company serving Burnsville. Once you fill out a quote, you head over to a national booking platform where you choose the vehicle that suits the trip — the size, the amenities, the price point that works for your group. What you are choosing there is a vehicle and a price, not picking a company off a list.
The transportation company assigned to the booking is confirmed to you after the booking is complete.
Booking a Charter Bus
Fill out the form on this site or call 612-315-6980, and you are taken straight to a search results page on a national booking company's website. That booking company partners with independently owned operators serving the Burnsville area, and their results page shows you available vehicles and pricing for your trip. What you are choosing there is a vehicle and a price — you book it directly on their website, all in just minutes.
No account required, no waiting on a callback.
Your pickup city, where you are going, how many people are riding, and how many hours you need the bus. That is enough to get a quote started. The more detail you give — your stops, your start and end times, how much luggage the group is carrying, and any amenities the group needs — the more accurate the quote comes back and the better the deal you can find.
A complete itinerary gets a complete price.
Right away — there is no waiting on a callback. As soon as you submit the form you go straight to the search results page and see quotes on the booking company's website immediately. You can compare vehicles, look at photos, and book in minutes.
If you would rather go through it with someone, call 612-315-6980 and a live agent will walk you through the options.
The earlier the better for a popular date — and if you need a specific vehicle or you are moving a large group, booking further ahead gives you the most options at the best prices. That said, because Burnsvillecharterbuscompany.com puts your request in front of a whole network of providers serving the Burnsville area rather than one operator with one yard, short-notice trips are often still workable. That is the real advantage of comparing a network instead of calling a single company and being told no.
Submit the request or call 612-315-6980 even on short notice — it is always worth checking what is available.
All of those can be requested. Hourly or as-directed keeps the vehicle with your group for a set block of time — great when the schedule is not fixed or you want the bus to stay on standby. A one-way transfer moves the group from one place to another and the trip is done.
A round trip brings everyone back to where they started. A multi-stop itinerary runs a set route with several stops along the way, which is perfect for a brewery crawl out to Surly Brewing Co. or a casino night at Mystic Lake. A multi-day booking covers a trip that runs across more than one day.
Which format fits comes down to the trip itself — and a multi-stop or overnight itinerary should be laid out in full when you submit the request so it comes back priced correctly.
Charter Bus Pricing
A charter bus costs $205–$385+ per hour on weekdays, $225–$410+ per hour on weekends, and $1,650–$2,950+ per day. Pricing is not one size fits all — there are different packages and a number of things that move a quote, so those ranges are a starting point rather than your price. The fastest way to see a number for your specific trip is to fill out the form online and see pricing in seconds.
Or call 612-315-6980 and go through the trip with someone — that conversation can turn up better pricing and packages than you would find on your own.
It depends on the trip, and all three are used. A short trip of a couple of hours is usually priced hourly. A trip that runs long distance — roughly past the 100 to 200 mile mark, or heading well out of the area, say from Burnsville down to Des Moines or out to Wisconsin Dells — may carry a per-mile charge instead.
And a long day, generally around eight hours or more, often comes back as a day rate rather than stacked hours, simply because the vehicle is booked for so much of the day. Submitting the actual trip is what determines which structure applies.
The type and size of bus, how long it is booked for, the date and day of the week, the distance and route, the number of stops, and how busy that date is locally all move the price. Sunday through Thursday prices lower than Friday and Saturday. Daytime prices lower than those same evenings.
Booking the size the group actually needs beats over-booking capacity. And grouping riders into one or two pickup points along County Road 42 or near I-35W instead of five scattered addresses cuts the hours on the clock. In Burnsville, the whole metro market tightens up during Vikings home games, the Minnesota State Fair run in late August and early September, and prom season in April and May — so those dates are where booking early matters most.
About Charter Buses
A charter bus is a full-size passenger coach that a group hires for its own trip — its own route, its own schedule — rather than riding a fixed public route. It is built for moving a large group over a distance in one vehicle, and a full-size coach seats roughly 40 to 56 people. You choose where it goes and when it leaves.
Outside, a charter bus is a full-size coach body with high windows running most of its length and luggage bay doors along the lower skirt. The exterior is usually finished in white, silver, black, or a solid color — and some coaches are wrapped in an operator's own graphics, so the coach that shows up will not always look the same. Inside, you have forward-facing seats in pairs on either side of a center aisle.
Seat fabric is cloth or leather depending on the make and model — the MCI J4500 and Van Hool CX45, two of the most common coaches on the road, typically run high-back cloth or leather reclining seats. Overhead parcel racks run the full length of the cabin, and a restroom sits toward the rear. The cabin is tall enough to walk the aisle standing upright.
Some of the amenities available on charter buses include reclining cloth or leather seats, individual climate controls, onboard restrooms, overhead and undercarriage storage, WiFi and power outlets, a PA system, and TV monitors. Features may vary by make, model, and operator — no specific vehicle is guaranteed to carry every item on that list, and the exact amenities on a given coach are confirmed during booking. If there are amenities that matter to your group — WiFi for a corporate run up I-35W to Minneapolis, or extra storage for a team traveling with gear — note them with your trip details so the right vehicles come back.
Generally 40 to 56 passengers, depending on the make and model, with 56 the most common build on a full-size coach. The MCI J4500 seats 56 as standard and is built for up to 60. The Van Hool CX45 is the same — 56 standard, up to 60.
The Prevost H3-45 seats 56. Shorter 35-foot coaches seat closer to 44. What changes the count on the same coach: extra legroom or a wheelchair position each take seats out.
Because Burnsvillecharterbuscompany.com works with a network of providers, the exact coach on any given trip depends on what is available — so submit the trip or call 612-315-6980 if the group needs a specific capacity confirmed.
A 56-passenger coach runs 14 rows, with two seats on each side of a center aisle. Forward facing, paired seating, one aisle down the middle — that is the standard layout. The row count drops on coaches built with extra legroom or a wheelchair position, and some coaches tier the front rows slightly for the view.
A full-size charter bus is 45 feet long and 8.5 feet wide. To put that in terms most people can picture: roughly three cars parked end to end. That is the reason the question comes up — people are working out whether one fits somewhere — so that is the comparison that is actually useful.
Shorter coaches exist, most commonly around 35 feet, and the 45-foot coach is the standard full-size vehicle.
A full-size charter bus stands about 11 to 12 feet tall depending on the model, and traffic engineers design for 12 feet. If you are checking clearance somewhere — a parking garage, a covered entrance, a hotel canopy — the comparison that holds: a little taller than a single story of a house. Confirm any low-clearance approach with the venue before the trip.
WiFi is one of the amenities available on charter buses, and many coaches on the road are equipped with it. Onboard WiFi is an equipment option a coach is built with rather than something every coach carries, so whether a given vehicle has it varies by make and model. Here is the expectation worth setting before the trip: onboard WiFi runs off a cellular connection and is built for light use across a full coach — phones, messaging, browsing — not for fifty or sixty people doing heavy work at once.
For a corporate run from Burnsville up to a Minneapolis conference, it handles email and basic browsing well. Note WiFi with your trip details if the group needs it, and that narrows which vehicles come back.
Yes — an onboard restroom is standard on full-size charter buses. It sits toward the rear of the coach and is there so a group does not have to stop mid-trip. On a longer run — say, from Burnsville out to Wisconsin Dells or up to Duluth — the trip may still be planned with real rest stops, and the onboard restroom is the backup rather than the plan.
Note it with your trip details if it matters, since features may vary by vehicle.
Yes — charter buses are built with 110-volt AC power outlets, and coaches are commonly fitted with them at every seat, some with a USB port built into the same outlet. This is an equipment option rather than something every coach carries, so it varies by vehicle. What that means practically: a group can keep phones and laptops charged across a long run, which matters on a full-day trip or an overnight.
Note it with your trip details if the group needs it.
Yes — in two places. Overhead parcel racks run the length of the cabin inside, and undercarriage baggage bays run underneath the coach along the lower skirt. A full-size coach carries roughly 460 cubic feet of underfloor baggage space and around 100 cubic feet in the overhead racks.
Across a full 56-passenger load, that works out to roughly 8 cubic feet per person underneath and under 2 cubic feet overhead — which in practice is about one checked-size bag each below plus one small carry-on above. What changes it: a coach fitted with a wheelchair lift gives up some baggage bay space, and bulky gear like instruments, sports equipment, or event supplies takes the space of several bags. A team traveling with hockey bags from Burnsville Ice Center to a tournament, or a band hauling cases, should state the gear with the trip details so the right coach is matched to the load.
State luggage and any oversized items when you submit the request.
Charter Bus Service in Burnsville, Minnesota
Any group that needs to move together — and that covers a lot of ground. Airport transfers to and from Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) are one of the most common requests. Corporate travel and employee shuttles between Burnsville offices and Minneapolis or Saint Paul meeting sites are another.
Weddings and private events use charter buses to move guests between hotel blocks and venues. Concert and sporting event groups ride together to U.S. Bank Stadium, Target Center, and Grand Casino Arena rather than fighting for parking. School and church group trips, government and military moves, winery and brewery tours out to Alexis Bailly Vineyard or Surly Brewing Co., prom nights, and long-distance travel to Wisconsin Dells or Duluth are all trips the network serves.
Whatever brings your group together, there is a bus for it.
Burnsvillecharterbuscompany.com helps you find buses serving Burnsville and the surrounding region — including Apple Valley, Eagan, Lakeville, Savage, Prior Lake, Shakopee, Bloomington, Rosemount, and across Dakota County and the broader Twin Cities metro. Those are examples, not the full coverage area. Enter your full route in the quote form or call 612-315-6980 to check a city that is not listed — the network covers far more ground than any short list can show.
The Minnesota State Fair (late August through Labor Day) is the single busiest stretch of the year for the entire Twin Cities charter bus market — every available vehicle in the metro fills up fast. Vikings home game Sundays at U.S. Bank Stadium (September through January) and Twins home games (April through September) pull heavy demand. Prom season in April and May at Burnsville High School and surrounding district schools books out early, as does graduation season in May and June.
Wedding season runs May through October, with June through September the tightest stretch. New Year's Eve is always gone well ahead. On those dates the whole local market gets taken early — book as far ahead as you can.
That said, short-notice requests are always worth submitting, because Burnsvillecharterbuscompany.com is putting your request in front of a whole network rather than one operator.
Planning Your Burnsville, Minnesota Charter Bus Trip
The primary airport serving Burnsville is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) (4300 Glumack Dr, St Paul, MN 55111), about 12 miles northeast, roughly 20 to 25 minutes off-peak and 35 to 50 minutes during the I-35W morning rush. MSP has two terminals: Terminal 1 (Lindbergh) and Terminal 2 (Humphrey), and charter buses follow that airport's own ground transportation guidelines for meeting groups at the designated commercial vehicle areas outside baggage claim. Have your group gathered with all luggage before calling the bus forward — that is the step that keeps the pickup running clean.
For groups originating in the Rochester area and traveling to Burnsville, Rochester International Airport (RST) is about 75 miles south.
The Twin Cities metro is home to a full slate of major venues, all reachable from Burnsville. U.S. Bank Stadium (401 Chicago Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55415), home of the Minnesota Vikings, is about 16 miles north. Target Field (1 Twins Way, Minneapolis, MN 55403), home of the Minnesota Twins, is about 17 miles north.
Target Center (600 1st Ave N, Minneapolis, MN 55403) hosts the Timberwolves and Lynx. Grand Casino Arena (199 Kellogg Blvd W, Saint Paul, MN 55102), formerly Xcel Energy Center, is home to the Minnesota Wild. Allianz Field (400 Snelling Ave N, Saint Paul, MN 55104) hosts Minnesota United FC.
Each venue has its own bus drop and staging arrangement, and traffic patterns around all of them shift significantly on event days — build extra time into the schedule, especially on I-35W heading north.
The Minneapolis Convention Center (1301 2nd Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55404), about 15 miles north of Burnsville, is the region's primary large-scale convention and expo venue and has designated charter bus loading on 13th Street S. The Ames Center (12600 Nicollet Ave, Burnsville, MN 55337), formerly the Burnsville Performing Arts Center, hosts concerts, theater, and community events right in town. Mystic Lake Center (2400 Mystic Lake Blvd NW, Prior Lake, MN 55372), about 10 miles west, is one of the largest event and entertainment complexes in the region and hosts major concerts and private events. Canterbury Park (1100 Canterbury Rd S, Shakopee, MN 55379), about 12 miles west, hosts live horse racing and events from May through September.
Large venues have designated bus loading areas separate from the main entrance — a repeat shuttle between a hotel and a venue should have its full schedule laid out with the request so it comes back timed and priced correctly.
Yes — any wedding venue in the area. Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, about 10 miles west, is one of the most popular wedding destinations in the region. Brackett's Crossing Country Club (17976 Judicial Rd, Lakeville, MN 55044), about 8 miles south, is a local favorite.
Buck Hill Event Center (15400 Buck Hill Rd, Burnsville, MN 55306) hosts private events right in Burnsville. Hazeltine National Golf Club (1900 Hazeltine Blvd, Chaska, MN 55318), about 20 miles west, is a prestigious venue that has hosted multiple major golf championships. The most common wedding setup is shuttling guests between a hotel block and the venue — giving the exact venue address with the request gets the right vehicle matched to the route and the timing.
Burnsvillecharterbuscompany.com serves schools and campuses across the area. Burnsville High School (600 E Highway 13, Burnsville, MN 55337) and the rest of Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District (ISD 191) are the home district. Normandale Community College (9700 France Ave S, Bloomington, MN 55431), about 8 miles north, is one of the largest community colleges in Minnesota.
Dakota County Technical College (DCTC) (1300 145th St E, Rosemount, MN 55068) is about 10 miles southeast. The University of Minnesota Twin Cities (100 Church St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455) and the University of St. Thomas in Saint Paul are frequent field trip and athletic travel destinations. Campuses have designated bus loading zones — student trips should include the exact headcount plus any chaperone or accessibility needs with the request.
The options around Burnsville make for a great day out. Mystic Lake Casino Hotel is about 10 miles west and one of the largest casinos in the Midwest — a natural first or last stop on any group outing from Burnsville. Alexis Bailly Vineyard (18200 Kirby Ave, Hastings, MN 55033), one of Minnesota's oldest wineries, is about 20 miles east.
Cannon River Winery (421 Mill St W, Cannon Falls, MN 55009) is about 40 miles southeast. Surly Brewing Co. (520 Malcolm Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414) and Fulton Brewing (414 6th Ave N, Minneapolis, MN 55401) are about 16 to 17 miles north in Minneapolis. Canterbury Park is 12 miles west for live racing.
A multi-stop route is timed by how long the group stays at each stop — listing the stops and how long at each one gets the hours right when you submit the request.
Yes — long-distance trips are absolutely bookable. Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin is about 250 miles east, roughly a 3.5 to 4 hour ride, and one of the most popular group getaway destinations from the Twin Cities. Duluth, Minnesota is about 155 miles north, around 2.5 hours, and a popular destination for casino trips to Fond-du-Luth, Canal Park, and Lake Superior.
Chicago, Illinois is about 410 miles southeast, around 6 to 6.5 hours — a major convention and event destination. Fargo, North Dakota is about 235 miles northwest, around 3.5 hours. Des Moines, Iowa is about 245 miles south, around 3.5 hours.
Valleyfair Amusement Park (1 Valleyfair Dr, Shakopee, MN 55379) is just 12 miles west for a shorter group day trip. A long-distance trip is usually booked as a one-way transfer or a multi-day trip rather than by the hour — and an overnight itinerary should be laid out in full with the request so it comes back priced correctly.