The bus and driver stay with your group for a block of time instead of dropping you and leaving. Right whenever the day has more than two stops.
The hourly rate depends on the bus: $50 an hour on the 23 seater, $60 on the 45 seater and $70 on the 49 seater. The minimum booking is four hours on every size, so the entry price is $200, $240 or $280.
Unlimited stops inside the block, no waiting charges, and ERP and parking are included. Extra time is billed by the hour at the same rate.
Hourly hire with SGBUS.sg is $50 an hour on a 23 seater, $60 on a 45 seater and $70 on a 49 seater, with a four hour minimum. That makes the smallest booking $200, $240 or $280.
| Vehicle | Seats | Per hour | Minimum 4 hours | 8 hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23-seater minibus | 23 | $50 | $200 | $400 |
| 45-seater coach | 45 | $60 | $240 | $480 |
| 49-seater coach | 49 | $70 | $280 | $560 |
The rate is per vehicle. Driver, fuel, ERP and parking are already in it. Stops are yours inside the block you booked, so hourly hire carries no extra stop charge. One add-on can apply: $20 per vehicle if the job runs past midnight.
Getting this wrong costs real money, so here is the rule of thumb.
Two separate transfers in one day usually cost less than a four hour charter. Three or more almost always cost more, so hourly wins.
The bus and driver stay with your group for the whole block. Stops are unlimited and there is no waiting charge inside the hours you booked, which is the main difference from a transfer.
The clock runs from the agreed start at your first pickup, not from when the vehicle leaves our yard.
A vehicle and driver committed to your group cannot take other work in that window. That is the whole reason for the minimum. If you genuinely only need one journey, book a transfer instead and pay less.
Book hourly whenever the bus needs to wait, do loops, or you cannot say when the day ends. Book a transfer if it is simply A to B and the bus leaves.
The block starts when the bus reports, not when your group boards, so the practical trick is to protect the early hours: brief one contact, build in reboarding time, and tell the driver early if you are running over.
Hourly hire is bought by the block, so the questions are about the block: when it starts, what happens if you overrun, and whether the extras a transfer would charge for are genuinely included.
$50 an hour on a 23 seater, $60 on a 45 seater and $70 on a 49 seater. The minimum is four hours, so $200, $240 or $280 to start. All include driver, fuel, ERP and parking.
The vehicle and driver are committed to you for that window and cannot take other work. For a single journey, a transfer from $85 is cheaper.
No. Inside your booked hours the bus waits with your group at no extra charge.
Extra time is billed in hourly increments at the same rate. Tell the driver as early as possible.
Yes. ERP and parking, including CBD parking, are inside the quoted rate.
Yes, both are booked as hourly hire. A half day is the four hour minimum, from $200 on the 23 seater, $240 on the 45 and $280 on the 49. A full day is eight hours, from $400, $480 and $560. Stops stay unlimited either way.
Yes. A daily charter is the same hourly block repeated, quoted per day. If the route is the same every weekday, a monthly contract is usually cheaper than booking day by day.
Hourly is one of two ways to book, and it suits some jobs far better than others. Which ones is set out on the bus rental services page.
Tell us the start time and how long you want it for. Four hours is the minimum booking.
Driver, fuel, ERP and parking are included, and no GST is added because we are not GST registered. Prefer the phone? Call +65 8065 3479.
Tell us the date, the pickup point and how many people. Most quotes come back within 30 minutes.
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