About Us: We Book the Bus, Operators Run It
We book charter buses, coaches, minibuses and cars with drivers for groups travelling in Canada. The vehicles and drivers belong to licensed, insured partner operators. We handle the request, the quote and the booking.
Who is responsible for what
We take your request, choose an operator, get the trip priced and confirm the booking. The partner operator supplies the coach, employs the driver, holds the provincial authority to carry passengers for hire and insures the vehicle.
On the road, the driver answers to the operator on safety, route and working hours. Times, addresses and passenger numbers come through us.
What an operator must hold
We only use partner operators that carry the operating authority and safety rating required in their province, plus the insurance Canadian law requires for their vehicles. The paperwork has a different name in each province: a CVOR certificate in Ontario, a passenger transportation licence in British Columbia, a Safety Fitness Certificate in Alberta, a CTQ permit in Québec. Drivers need the right licence class too: a full-size coach in Ontario calls for class C.
What we leave out
No coach or bus is ours, and no driver works for us. There is no price list, because an operator prices each trip for its date, hours, distance and vehicle. We do not sell seats on scheduled buses or tours. Every booking is a private vehicle for one group.
How the operator is picked
Authority and insurance come first. Then a vehicle of the right size, free on your date, from a base close enough to reach the pickup without a long empty run. Local knowledge counts. An operator that works Old Québec every week is more likely to have the city's tour bus permit and know the set-down zones. One that runs Banff trips all season will know the bus zones and the 10-minute limit at the Lake Louise lakeshore.
Where our planning notes come from
The coach rules on the city, airport, port and event pages come from public sources: municipal by-laws, airport and port authorities, Parks Canada, Transport Canada, provincial ministries and the venues themselves. Distances and drive times are approximate. Rules change from season to season. If one matters to your day, ask for it to be checked when the trip is quoted.
Questions
Are you a bus company?
No. We are a booking service. The partner operator we book runs the trip and employs the driver.
Why are there no prices on the site?
Each trip is priced by its operator for that date, its hours, its distance and the vehicle, and the figure appears on your quote.
Can a trip go into the United States?
As a day trip from a Canadian city, such as Buffalo from Niagara Falls or Seattle from Vancouver. Each passenger needs travel documents accepted by Canada and the US.
Tell us where the group is going
Send numbers, dates and places. An operator prices the trip and the quote comes back to you.
Request a quote or call +1 438 809 0370