View Full Version : Tour buses...how much to rent?
grutko
06-15-2002, 12:07 PM
How much does the average tour bus cost to rent? How much do hired drivers get paid?
Is there a website that would answer these questions?
I'm very curious....
scubyfan
06-15-2002, 01:16 PM
pretty expensive, i would think, but i dont know, sorry.
try running a search on google or something and if nothing turns up then come back here.
Kingnome
06-15-2002, 01:48 PM
This isn't very helpful, but there's an old saying.......
"If you have to ask, you can't afford it !"
I know where you can get a good used 1989 Ford Econoline.
Wareyin
06-15-2002, 09:12 PM
I was talking to a tour bus driver at a show once, and he told me $1000 a day. Of course, he was stoned and getting drunk, so that number could be way off, but still, it's too damn much money for me! LOL
scubyfan
06-15-2002, 09:19 PM
actually, i wouldnt be surprised if that figure was right. have you been in one of those busses? therye like frigging houses!
may i suggest renting a van? hehe
Bigjohn
06-15-2002, 10:27 PM
Try this:
http://ebiz.netopia.com/tourmaster/tourquote/
ozraves
06-15-2002, 11:54 PM
Fancier...
http://www.roadhousecoach.com/
Bigjohn
06-16-2002, 09:14 AM
Originally posted by ozraves
Fancier...
http://www.roadhousecoach.com/
Yup, them are some bad-azz busses :D
EngineGuitarist
06-16-2002, 11:12 AM
take a regular car and don't bring all your equipment. I went with my friend's band to LA with a guitar, a bass, cymbals in a pizza warmer, a kick drum pedal, and a snare drum. And we did just fine using other people's shit for 2 weeks.
grutko
06-16-2002, 11:20 AM
Thanks for the links.
Terry Allan Hall
06-17-2002, 05:15 PM
In 1977, it cost (the band I was with at the time) $1500 a week to rent a touring bus, including the driver's cut. Nowdays, it's a LOT higher.
Alternate idea: buy a school bus at an auction, pull out the last 6 rows of seats (gear storage) and paint it a cool color (not like the Partridge Family, please!)...buddy of mine recently did this and owns a pretty decent "mobile ad" for his band for about $3500, total!
Always better to own, if possible!:)
Originally posted by Wareyin
I was talking to a tour bus driver at a show once, and he told me $1000 a day. Of course, he was stoned and getting drunk, so that number could be way off, but still, it's too damn much money for me! LOL
A stoned and drunk bus driver! I'm sure the label loves that!
grutko
06-18-2002, 08:28 AM
I wasn't planning on forking out the dough for a pro tour bus, just curious.
The band I'm in is very "DIY" minded, so we'll be doing the van + trailer thing.
We are planning on an old conversion van, and a good sized trailer for our "tour" next summer. I don't know how we're going to get the van. Either pay cash, or get a loan. Hopefully we'll have enough to buy it outright. Conversion vans are pretty cheap, big, and comfy. Some even have beds in the back.