Bellevue Group Transportation: Meydenbauer Center, Downtown Towers & the 2 Line

Quotes we have sent across Washington start around $420–$445 an hour, which puts a typical four-hour night at $1,775–$2,025. Your price depends on the date, the city, how many hours you need, the bus and your group size.

It depends on the size and type of gathering. The city asks for a Park Site Request Form at least 10 days before a small private use, a Park Event Request Form at least 60 days before a public or large private event, and a Park Special Use Form at least 30 days ahead any time a vendor, tent or other equipment is involved. Public and large events cannot apply online. Those go through ParkRental@BellevueWA.gov or 425-452-6914.

No. Bellevue’s Park Site Guidelines say alcohol is not allowed in outdoor parks, picnic shelters and sites included, and that a Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board permit does not buy you permission on city park property. Amplified sound in private use also may not carry beyond 30 feet of its source. Groups that want a bar usually book a private venue for the evening and keep the park for the daytime picnic.

Meydenbauer Center has been Bellevue’s convention center and theatre since 1993, with about 54,000 square feet of meeting space, and it writes its own contracts, load-in windows and vehicle instructions. Ask your event organizer for the venue’s arrival guidance and the exact entrance for coaches and limousines, then hand that to the provider. The blocks around it stay busy with transit, retail and office traffic, so guessing costs you time.

Ask the company to put it in writing. From Bellevue you can cross Lake Washington on the tolled SR 520 bridge or run south on I-405 to I-5, and the choice changes both the toll and the clock. At Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, the Port of Seattle sends charter buses to the Northeast Charter Bus Lot at the north end of the parking garage and asks groups to call 206-787-5906 once they have their bags.

61% of every request we get is for a Saturday, and another 20% for a Friday. That is why Saturday availability is the first thing to ask about. That's what other Bellevue 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 Bellevue 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.

Not necessarily. The images here are representative renderings of a vehicle class, not photos of a bus parked in Bellevue. The company covering your route names the assigned vehicle in writing when you book. Before you pay, make sure that writing gives the specific vehicle, its legal seated capacity, the features you're counting on, and what happens if it's unavailable on the day — including whether a replacement could be a different size or class.

Ask in your first message, before you have a quote. Accessible vehicles are a small slice of any local fleet and they need more lead time. Tell them how many passengers use a wheelchair or mobility device, the type and weight, whether anyone can transfer to a seat, and whether you need a lift or a ramp. Ask in writing how the device is secured, what the usable door and interior height are, and how much notice they need. Then check the accessible entrance and loading spot with each venue — Meydenbauer Center convention center and theatre and Bellevue Downtown Station and Bellevue Transit Center (Sound Transit 2 Line) set their own access rules, and the right bus is no help at a door it can't reach.