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New Orleans Party Bus Rentals: Bourbon Street, Frenchmen Street & the Superdome
Bourbon Street bachelorette nights, Frenchmen Street music crawls, Saints games at the Caesars Superdome, Garden District weddings, Jazz Fest weekends, and MSY airport runs from Kenner.
- From
- $275/hr
- Most trips
- 4 hours
- Popular
- Weddings
Quick answer
No bus goes into the French Quarter, and that one fact shapes every New Orleans quote. The streets are too narrow, so the French Quarter perimeter along Canal, North Rampart, and Decatur is where groups board, and the walk in is part of the plan. Share your hotel, your stops, and the date, and local companies who may run the trip will price it for you to compare. Quotes we have sent in New Orleans start around $275–$410 an hour. New Orleans-area requests in our inquiry history are typically for about 16 passengers and about 4 hours.
Reviewed 2026-10-17
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What a New Orleans party bus costs
New Orleans quotes · June 2023 – September 2026
- Per hour, starting around
- $275–$410
- Typical night out (4 hours)
- $1,100–$1,625
Your price depends on the date, the city, how many hours you need, the bus and your group size. These come from quotes we have actually sent: the low end up to the middle of the range. Busy Saturdays cost more, quiet weeknights less. Minimum hours, the drive to your pickup, tolls and gratuity all move the final number.
Party bus rentals in New Orleans: where groups go
Bourbon Street is the obvious first stop for a New Orleans group, but the nights that locals plan tend to drift to the Frenchmen Street music clubs in the Marigny, cocktail bars in the Central Business District, and Magazine Street Uptown. French Quarter hotels and the big CBD towers along Canal Street are where most groups stay, with the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center and the Convention Center Boulevard hotels just downriver. The Caesars Superdome and the Smoothie King Center sit on the upriver edge of the CBD, and both empty onto the same few streets at once. The Garden District and Uptown hold the mansions, St. Charles Avenue, and many of the wedding venues, and Mid-City has the Fair Grounds Race Course, home of Jazz Fest. Streetcars run on St. Charles, Canal, and the riverfront. I-10 is the main road through town and out to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY), eleven miles west in Kenner, with Airline Drive as the slower backup.
Prom, wedding and bachelorette party buses in New Orleans
Carnival defines the year. Parades roll along St. Charles Avenue, Canal Street, and Mid-City routes for roughly two weeks before Mardi Gras in February or March, and every hotel and bus in the city is spoken for. French Quarter Festival fills the Quarter with free stages in April, and Jazz Fest takes over the Fair Grounds Race Course from the last weekend of April into the first weekend of May. Saints games at the Caesars Superdome anchor the fall, Pelicans games fill the Smoothie King Center through winter, and the Sugar Bowl and big concerts land at the Dome around New Year's. Bachelorette weekends run almost every week of the year, with Bourbon Street, Frenchmen Street, and a Garden District brunch as the standard loop. Weddings and second lines move through Uptown and the Quarter, and the convention center keeps corporate groups flowing.
How much is a party bus in New Orleans?
The hardest thing to price in New Orleans is waiting. A Saints game or a Dome concert means the bus idles through the event, and a parade day can add an hour of detours around closed routes. French Quarter hotels push the pickup to the perimeter, which takes a few minutes of walking but no extra bus time, while a loop with several CBD and Uptown pickups does add up. The MSY run to Kenner is a half hour on a clear I-10 and much more on a Friday afternoon, plus waiting on a late flight. Carnival, French Quarter Fest, and Jazz Fest weekends raise minimums across the metro.
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Best time to book a New Orleans party bus
Carnival peaks in February or early March, the most expensive and most closed-off time to move a group anywhere near St. Charles or Canal. April and early May bring French Quarter Festival and Jazz Fest back to back, the second big crunch. Summer is hot, humid, and stormy, with afternoon downpours that flood low streets in minutes, and hurricane season runs June through November, so ask how a storm cancellation works. Fall is Saints season and the comfortable wedding stretch of October and November. Halloween and New Year's Eve on Bourbon Street are the two wildest single nights, and the Sugar Bowl crowd stays through the first week of January.
What we see in real requests
Taken from quote requests people sent us. These are requests, not completed trips.
Birthdays are the most common reason groups around New Orleans come to us — about 37% of the requests we see — and bachelor parties are next at about 17%, going by our inquiry history.
New Orleans requests · June 2023 – August 2026
Groups around New Orleans usually ask for about 16 seats, going by our inquiry history. Roughly 28% need 21 or more, and that is the point where a larger party bus or a coach is the realistic answer.
New Orleans requests · June 2023 – August 2026
Saturday is the night around New Orleans: about 65% of the requests we get there are for one. Those dates go first, so ask early if that is yours.
New Orleans requests · June 2023 – August 2026
Around New Orleans, the typical group asks about 35 days ahead of the event. About 24% wait until the final two weeks, while 34% plan more than two months out.
New Orleans requests · June 2023 – August 2026
In our New Orleans-area inquiry history, April–June event dates bring about 21% of requests and September–October another 28%. October is the single busiest month.
New Orleans requests · June 2023 – August 2026
Birthday groups around New Orleans usually have about 16 people with them when they ask us for a bus, and about 27% of those requests are for 21 or more.
New Orleans requests · June 2023 – August 2026
The Louisiana rules worth knowing
The Louisiana Public Service Commission states on its official site that it is a constitutionally established agency that regulates public utilities and common carriers subject to its jurisdiction and publishes bulletins and docket records. Ask any Louisiana operator whether it holds LPSC common-carrier authority for the trip, then run FMCSA's SAFER Company Snapshot and review FMCSA's passenger-carrier guidance; the LPSC page reviewed does not display a carrier lookup tool.
Read the full Louisiana rulesParty bus sizes for New Orleans groups
Matched to what New Orleans groups book most. Tap a size to see the layout and seating.
Example renderingSmall groups
Up to 14 passengers
Limousines, sprinter-style vans, and compact buses.
Example: 12 Passenger Limo Sprinter
Example renderingMid-size groups
15 to 24 passengers
Smaller party buses and limo buses.
Example: 20 Passenger Party Bus
Example renderingLarge groups
25 to 40 passengers
Full-size party buses.
Example: 34 Passenger Party Bus
Pictures show the size and style, not the exact bus you will get. Ask for photos of the actual vehicle before you pay.
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What to think about for each kind of night.
Five minutes that saves the night. Before you put money down, run through the booking checklist: who you are paying, which bus you are getting, and one written total.
Where we checked our New Orleans facts
We checked the facts on this page against these public sources on the dates shown. Schedules and rules change, so double-check anything close to your date.
- City of New Orleans special-event permits (Master Event Application)(opens in a new tab)reviewed 2026-09-04
- City of New Orleans park and recreation center use permits(opens in a new tab)reviewed 2026-09-04
- New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival dates(opens in a new tab)reviewed 2026-09-04
- French Quarter Festival dates(opens in a new tab)reviewed 2026-09-04
- Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY), Kenner(opens in a new tab)reviewed 2026-09-04
New Orleans party bus FAQ
How much does a party bus cost in New Orleans?
Quotes we have sent in New Orleans start around $275–$410 an hour, which puts a typical four-hour night at $1,100–$1,625. Your price depends on the date, the city, how many hours you need, the bus and your group size. The vehicle, the hours, and the date set the base. From there, what moves a New Orleans quote is waiting: through a Saints game, a Dome concert, or a parade detour during Carnival. Multiple hotel pickups across the CBD and Uptown add time, and an MSY run to Kenner adds I-10 mileage plus a possible delay. Carnival, Jazz Fest, and French Quarter Fest weekends raise minimums. Price one itinerary with a few companies and weigh the full totals.
Where does a party bus drop off on Bourbon Street?
Nowhere on Bourbon itself. The street closes to cars at night and the Quarter's lanes are too tight, so the driver drops on the French Quarter perimeter, usually along Canal Street, North Rampart, or Decatur, and the group walks a few blocks. Pick one corner and a landmark for the pickup, since finding the bus after a night on Bourbon is the hard part.
Can a party bus take us to a Saints game at the Caesars Superdome?
Yes, it is a staple fall booking. The Dome has a set group drop zone and the streets around it clear slowly after the game, so agree on a meeting corner a few blocks into the CBD and a departure time. Many groups ride in from a tailgate Uptown and head to Frenchmen Street afterward.
Is a party bus the best way to get to Jazz Fest at the Fair Grounds?
It beats hunting for parking in Mid-City. The streets around the Fair Grounds Race Course close or crawl on festival days, so the driver drops several blocks away and picks up at a set spot afterward. Share the day you are going and whether you want a ride back to the Quarter or straight to dinner, and book early, because Jazz Fest weekends sell out vehicles.
How long is the party bus ride from MSY to the French Quarter?
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport is in Kenner, about eleven miles west, and the drive on I-10 takes thirty minutes on a good day and closer to an hour at rush hour or during Carnival. The airport has a set spot for pre-booked vehicles, and your driver will tell you where to meet. Share every flight number and bag count.
Can we do a Frenchmen Street music crawl by party bus?
Absolutely. The Frenchmen Street music clubs sit in the Marigny just past the Quarter, close enough together to walk between them, so the bus mainly covers the ride from Uptown or the CBD and the ride home. Frenchmen itself is narrow and packed at night, so the driver will use a corner on Esplanade or Decatur.
What size party bus do most New Orleans groups need?
Groups around New Orleans usually ask for about 16 seats, going by our inquiry history. Roughly 28% need 21 or more, and that is the point where a larger party bus or a coach is the realistic answer. That's what other New Orleans planners asked for — your own headcount is what decides it. Count everyone who is actually getting on, then add room for luggage, coolers, instruments or formalwear. Ask each company for the legal seated capacity of the exact vehicle they're offering. Most New Orleans requests are for weddings, bachelor parties, and bachelorette parties, and those nights want different amounts of floor space for the same headcount. A bus rated for twenty seats is not twenty comfortable seats in formalwear.
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