There are many reasons for which you might want to hire a coach. Maybe you want to take your employees on a trip somewhere (for work purposes or team building), maybe you want to organize a special day out for your family or friends, maybe you want to go to a sports game in a different city with your fellow supporters. Whatever the occasion, hiring a coach makes much more sense than having everyone make their own way to and from and destination. And, if you are going to hire a coach, why not opt for a luxury or executive one? The cost is still very affordable and you can travel in comfort and arrive in style.

Whatever the occasion, if you arrange executive coach hire, the travelers will be in excellent spirits on arrival. Everyone loves to travel in style and a smart, high spec coach with tables, lamps, curtains and comforts such as air conditioning are all appreciated. You can enhance the mood further by serving drinks and nibbles, and playing music during the journey. If you are taking guests to an event, it is an excellent way to brief guests in advance about the event, giving them important information or just setting the scene.

Some people have become so reliant on their car that they simply will not contemplate any other option as being worthwhile when it comes to travel. Whilst there are some advantages to going by car instead of coach, there are just as many disadvantages. The cost, for one. A full coach of people will, depending on the distance being traveled, probably end up paying around just $15 per person. With the price of petrol these days, that can result in big savings if you hire one coach rather than take 10 or so cars. Then there is the fact that you can leave all of the work (driving, directions, parking, etc.) up to the coach driver whilst you sit back, relax and chat with your friends.

So, if there is a special occasion or event coming up for which you need to arrange for a lot of people to travel from one place to another, then give some serious thought to luxury coach hire and / or executive coach hire. Finding a coach hire company is easy enough (just search online) and you can make a same day booking. If you prefer, you can just pay a deposit upfront and then pay the balance when you have collected money from the various people who will be traveling with you. You can see photos of the coaches a company has available for hire on their website and you can phone or email them to have any specific questions / requests dealt with.

If you are still not convinced, visit a luxury / executive coach hire website now and you will soon be persuaded!

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Introduction Minibuses can be hired for self drive or with a driver and are great for transporting a crowd of friends, family, or a sports team. They will normally seat between 9 and 16 passengers – not including the driver and they are always a great way of getting small groups of people from A to B. They often come in a range of levels – i.e. Standard, Luxury or even VIP.

If you had entitlement to drive cars before 1 January 1997 you can drive a minibus provided it has a maximum of 17 seats including the driver’s seat and is not being used for hire or reward. Your minibus entitlement will remain valid in the United Kingdom until your license is next renewed.

Meeting higher medical standards When your licence is renewed, the minibus entitlement can only be issued if you make a special application. This special application will mean meeting a new higher medical standard. Providing your minibus entitlement is renewed, at the age of 70, you will normally be granted a licence for a maximum of three years that will allow you to drive a minibus although NOT for hire or reward. If your minibus entitlement is not renewed, the entitlement will no longer appear on your licence.

Driving a minibus under the permit scheme In order to drive any minibus that has nine or more passenger seats for hire or reward you will normally need a passenger carrying vehicle (PCV) entitlement. There are some exceptions (see below). To obtain this will mean meeting much higher medical standards and take an additional driving test. However, if you drive a minibus for an organisation under the minibus or community bus permit scheme you will not need to have the higher PCV entitlements. Should your license does not include a D1 entitlement then you may still be permitted to drive a minibus under certain conditions.

Normally you will be allowed to drive a minibus with a maximum of 16 passengers providing: i) You are driving on behalf of a non commercial body for social purposes but not for hire or payment, unless operating under a permit; ii) You have possessed a car (category B) license for at least 2 years; iii) You are aged 21and over; iv) You are providing your service on a voluntary basis; v) if you are 70 years old and over, you are able to meet the health requirements for driving a vehicle (i.e. minibus) which comes within the D1 class; vi) The minibus maximum weight is not more than 3.5 tonnes excluding any specialist equipment for the carriage of disabled passengers. Minibuses up to 4.25 tonnes will be permitted in certain circumstances. vii) If you meet these requirements there are two further rules you must act in accordance with: you may not receive any payment you must not tow a trailer (of any size).

Any commercial companies operating in the UK MUST be licensed and registered by VOSA. Hire or reward means any payment in cash or kind made by or on behalf of the passengers that give them the right to be carried in a vehicle. This would also include courtesy transport from a sport centre if you are paying for a course for example

Mark JM Bond is a partenerof a UK minibus hire and coach hire company. Check out his web site for more infomation on Minibus Hire and Coach Hire in the London and the UK and worldwide

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