YOUR JOURNEY
Adding a London Icon To Your Special Day
Whether it’s your big day, a corporate event or a celebration – when it comes to hiring a traditional vintage routemaster bus, you can’t leave anything to risk.
It needs to be on-time, the route needs to be well planned to avoid congestion and you want your guests on board to have an unforgettable experience.
Having been part of thousands of events, from basic transfers through to unique tours, we’ve set the bar in our industry year-after-year.
With all the geeky stuff like advanced bus tracking systems and live navigation systems, as well as the “feel-good” stuff like a jolly conductor, a highly restored vintage bus and the little touches that make your time on board truly special for you and your passengers.
When it comes to hiring a routemaster bus, you can be confident that you’re following in thousands of other footsteps and working with the market leader.
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Choosing Your Journey
Unforgettable Wedding Bus
Your big day has to be perfect and hiring a routemaster bus allows you to transport up to 72 passengers from venue-to-venue, delighting passengers from young to old. Having won the prestigious ‘Best Transport’ at the UK Wedding awards for the past two years, you’re in the best hands.
Media, Film, Press and TV Bus Hire
From multiple appearances on the BBC, to letting the team behind the film ’28 Days Later’ cut one of our buses in half – If you have a project coming up and you’d like to enquire about using one of our buses, amending one of our buses or require something unique – then please get in touch so we can assist.
Branded/Promotional Buses
Nothing turns heads like a vintage routemaster rolling through London’s streets, and with branding & promotional packages, you can have simple blinds on your bus, full vinyls or even a full wrap – making it stand out at your event, for your tour or even for an advertising campaign.
Corporate Events/Transfers
Whether you have clients in town, are taking your staff out for an event or you have a unique idea up your sleeve, by hiring a routemaster bus, you can seamlessly transfer staff in a fun way around town or entertain clients by transporting them on one of London’s most famous icons.
Day Trips, Race Days & Events
Because let’s be honest, who gets excited about getting on board a boring coach? If you have a day trip or a day at the races and you don’t want your travel to suck the excitement out of the day, then a routemaster may be perfect addition to your day trip.
Unique Projects & Concepts
If you have an idea that doesn’t fit our outlined packages, maybe you need a bus for something like TV work, or maybe it’s something like Rail Replacement – but if you need our bus, then we’re all ears and would love to help. And if you need ideas? Then we’re here to help
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Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Can I Play Music on the Bus?
As well as being restored to their original condition, our buses are up to date with on-board sound systems and microphones for music, speeches or guided tours.
Q: Can We Eat/Drink on the Buses?
The short answer is yes.
However, food and alcohol consumption must be agreed beforehand during booking. All drinks must be served in plastic glasses, and no glass is permitted on the bus, except Champagne & Prosecco bottles.
We may also charge a cleaning security deposit of £95 per bus to be held against cleaning and damage to the vehicle.
This is fully refundable subject to the bus being returned in the state it was in at the start of the hire.
Q: Can The Buses Go on The Motorway?
Yes, although our buses have a top speed of no more than 55mph – we can transport you and your guests on the Motorway.
If your journey requires a lot of motorway miles, we may recommend hiring a bus with a coach-style door.
Q: Can I Choose Which Bus I Hire?
Yes, if you specify in the booking process, we will try our best to assign you a particular bus (if it’s available) – if you don’t specify, we’ll assign you the bus that we feel best meets your needs.
Q: Can I Change the Time of my Booking after Paying my Deposit?
Time changes prior to 28 days before your hire are subject to availability and may incur an admin fee. Time changes within 28 days of your hire are subject availability, to be processed within 28 days of your hire a mandatory admin fee of £50 Ex VAT must be paid.
Q: Can I Bring Buggies & Wheelchairs on the Bus?
Sadly, Routemaster buses are not suitable for individuals who are wheelchair bound, as they have no safe boarding mechanism.
However, if an individual is able to walk on board the bus, we can safely carry one foldable wheelchair.
Likewise, we have capacity in our storage space for one foldable buggy. This can vary by vehicle type, and more items can be carried if all seats are not required on the bus – just mention this on the phone and we’ll advise to your needs
Q: Can I Change My Route on The Day of my Hire?
While we try to be flexible, we cannot guarantee to accommodate changes made on the day.
Talk to your conductor at the earliest possible moment, and they should let you know if they are able to amend the plans.
Once the driver is driving, we cannot change the route, as it is not safe to distract the driver while driving. If you have a particular route you want to take or a stop you wish to make, let us know before the hire, and we can put it into your programme.
Q: Can I Extend My Hire?
You need to talk to the conductor as soon as possible.
Extensions will be subject to our over-hire charges, outlined in our terms and conditions. However, the driver may be unable to accommodate over-hire, so you cannot expect them to do so.
Speak to your driver at the earliest time or give us a call immediately to discuss.
“Recommend to Anyone”
“From booking to the day of our wedding, for which we hired Red Route master, the service was excellent. The staff are incredibly friendly and everything was clear and exactly as expected. The conductor on the day was great and we loved our bus! Will recommend to anyone looking for a uniquely London mode of transport. Thanks RedRoutemaster”
– Clare Treasure
