BusRates Blog

Thanksgiving is an extremely popular travel time, as people hit the road to see friends and family. All this traveling leads to some pretty staggering Thanksgiving stats.

Service Level Agreements (SLAs) help in so many ways to set the tone and help to define the relationships you have with your customers. That’s why BusRates uses one to help the vendors on the site manage potential customers expectations. Here is the definition and then how BusRates uses it.

The lifeblood of any website business is traffic, BusRates gets a lot of traffic so make no mistake, BusRates is a very busy site. Learn more about our traffic data for BusRates and see why your charter bus operation should be listed!!

We’ve heard a variety of reasons why a company would not respond to a customer request and have compiled three main tips to ensure that not only does the visitor receive a response from their selected company so that you can securing the booking you’re looking for.

It’s a vibrant industry and it’s growing! As a whole, the motorcoach industry is exceeding everyone’s expectations! It’s green, it’s involved in your daily life, and it’s becoming more and more fashionable to travel as a group! Check out our infographic to learn more about the growing charter bus industry.

Reserve your groups’ hotel with us and get $25! (EXPIRED)

Charter-seeking customers contact bus operators listed on BusRates.com via phone, email, website and form-submitted itinerary. When motorcoach companies reply to emails or the form-submitted itineraries, proper branding helps communicate your company’s name, identity, and accessibility to the customer.

Motorcoach travel is no stranger to the environment—in fact; you could say buses are close friends with Mother Nature! Each coach bus you see on the road has the potential to displace 55 automobiles. Learn more about how environmentally-friendly coach buses are!

Since 2008, BusRates.com has collected reviews from charter customers based on their experiences when renting buses from the companies listed in our directory. For this article, we’ve broken out the spreadsheets and calculators and analyzed the reviews to dig up statistics on the state of the industry.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued a Federal rule on November 20th requiring safety belts on all new motorcoaches and buses. However, the measure does not take effect or is enforced until Fall 2016.