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Charter and corporate coach hire in Melbourne

Corporate transfers, weddings, sporting clubs and events. Professional from the first phone call.

Charter is the broadest thing we do: a chauffeured seven-seater to the airport at dawn, a hundred conference delegates across three hotels, a football club to a country ground, or a rail replacement service that has to start before the first train would have. All of it runs out of the same operations team.

Matching the vehicle to the job

Under seven passengers and presentation matters — an executive transfer, a client day, a bridal party — and we send the chauffeured Mercedes-Benz V-Class. Up to twenty-four, and a midi coach is the honest answer: you are not paying for seats you will not fill. Beyond that, our full-size coaches carry 48 to 57.

For a large movement we will put several vehicles on the same plan and the same timeline, so the group arrives together rather than in waves. Getting this wrong is the most common way a charter budget is wasted, and it is worth a two-minute conversation before you book.

The work that runs at difficult hours

We are an approved VLine and Metro Trains rail replacement operator, we hold a contract to transport State Emergency Service personnel, and we carry Australian Defence Force and Royal Australian Air Force personnel across Victoria.

That work exists because we operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week, from two Victorian depots. An 0400 departure or a midnight return is ordinary scheduling here rather than a special arrangement — which is also why a wedding that runs late or a flight that lands at 2am is not a problem.

How pricing works

There is no instant online price, deliberately. A charter quote depends on the vehicle, the hours, the route and whether the driver waits or returns — and a calculator that guesses at those produces a number nobody can honour. Tell us the day and the numbers and we will quote it properly.

Common questions

Up to 57 in a single coach. Our fleet runs from a seven-seat chauffeured Mercedes-Benz V-Class through 24-seat midi coaches to 48 and 57-seat coaches, and we can run several vehicles on one movement for larger groups.

We operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Our office is staffed Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 5:30pm, but the vehicles and drivers are not limited to those hours.

No, and that is deliberate. Charter pricing depends on the vehicle, the hours, the route and the waiting arrangements. We prepare quotes by hand so the number you are given is one we can actually honour.

We are an accredited Commercial Passenger Vehicle operator, an approved VLine and Metro Trains rail replacement operator, and members of Bus Association Victoria and the Coach Operators Association of Australia.

Tell us where you need to be.

Share your trip and we'll put together a clear, fair quote — usually within the day.