Tempe Sprinter Van Rates

Picture a spring wedding at the Tempe Center for the Arts (700 W Rio Salado Pkwy, Tempe, AZ 85281) — a waterfront venue on Tempe Town Lake that books up fast in March and April. The wedding party is staying at the Residence Inn by Marriott Tempe Downtown/University (510 S Forest Ave, Tempe, AZ 85281), about 1.5 miles from the venue. The group needs to move 16 guests from the hotel to the ceremony at 4:00 PM, wait during cocktail hour, and return guests to the hotel at 10:30 PM — a booked window of roughly seven hours including standby time.

An 18-passenger sprinter van covers the group comfortably in one vehicle. At an estimated $130 per hour for a mid-range Saturday spring date, that seven-hour block runs approximately $910. April is peak wedding season in Tempe — venues along Town Lake book out months ahead, and so does transportation.

The TCA provides a passenger, rideshare, and bus drop-off site directly in front of the main entrance, while its garage is north of Rio Salado Parkway at Hardy Drive and charges $3 per hour up to $15 per day for non-validated parking; giving the transportation provider the venue's official bus drop-off and parking instructions keeps the group from walking from the garage's roughly 500-foot entrance distance. The closer to the date you wait, the fewer vehicles are left at any price. We recommend checking the Tempe Center for the Arts event information and directions page for your date and locking in your shuttle as soon as the venue is confirmed.

This is a sample scenario to give you a planning baseline — your actual quote depends on your specific date, route, and vehicle availability. Call 480-992-1866 for pricing on your wedding weekend.

A group of 12 friends is planning a bachelorette night — starting with dinner at Culinary Dropout (7135 E Camelback Rd, Scottsdale, AZ 85251) in the Scottsdale Fashion Square area, then working through the Old Town Scottsdale bar corridor on Scottsdale Road, with a late stop at Maya Day + Nightclub (7333 E Indian Plaza, Scottsdale, AZ 85251) before a return to a Tempe hotel near ASU around 2:00 AM. Pickup is at 6:30 PM from the hotel. That's a booked window of roughly seven and a half hours, including wait time between stops while the group is inside.

A 12-passenger sprinter van fits the group and keeps everyone on the same schedule instead of splitting into Ubers at last call when surge pricing on a Saturday night in Old Town can run three to four times normal. At an estimated $120 per hour on a peak Saturday, that window runs approximately $900. Scottsdale's downtown entertainment district has a city-designated Transportation Safety Zone east of Buckboard Trail from Sixth Avenue to Camelback Road, with dedicated for-hire loading lanes and passenger convenience areas; tell the transportation provider which stop is the pickup point so the van uses the legal loading area instead of circling the bar corridor.

Weekend nights in Old Town Scottsdale are some of the highest-demand dates in the Valley — especially in March during spring training and again in October. Pro Tip: Check the Scottsdale CVB events calendar before you book to confirm whether a major event is overlapping with your date, and build in extra time if it is. This is a sample scenario — your actual pricing depends on your group size, stops, date, and vehicle availability.

Use the form above or call 480-992-1866 to get your number fast.

ASU football at Mountain America Stadium, formerly Sun Devil Stadium (500 E Veterans Way, Tempe, AZ 85287) has a current seating capacity of 53,599, and the streets around the stadium can become difficult for group vehicles before and after kickoff. A group of 20 fans staying at the Graduate Tempe (225 E Apache Blvd, Tempe, AZ 85281) wants to arrive at the stadium at noon for a 3:30 PM kickoff, with a return pickup two hours after the game ends — an estimated return around 8:30 PM. That's a booked window of eight and a half hours, including the standby block while the group is inside.

A 20-passenger sprinter van moves the full group in one vehicle. At an estimated $110 per hour on a fall Saturday, that window runs approximately $935. ASU's official game-day guide directs north-side parking traffic through Rio Salado Drive and south-side parking traffic toward University Drive; it also lists a $20 general-admission vehicle rate and says lots open five and a half hours before kickoff.

Guests without parking passes who need a drop-off for ADA or limited mobility can use the South Packard Drive Structure, where cart service continues toward the stadium. Give the transportation provider your intended side of the stadium and review the official game-day parking, directions, and fan drop-off rules before booking the return point. ASU home openers and rivalry games against Arizona sell out fast — and so does transportation.

The official Mountain America Stadium parking page has current lot assignments and road approach details worth reviewing before your game day. This is a sample scenario — actual pricing shifts with the specific game date, demand, and vehicle availability. Call 480-992-1866 to check what's available for your game.

A company is hosting a team of 14 employees attending a two-day conference at the Phoenix Convention Center (100 N 3rd St, Phoenix, AZ 85004), with the group staying at Tempe Mission Palms (60 E 5th St, Tempe, AZ 85281). The shuttle needs to run twice each day — a morning pickup at 7:30 AM and an evening return around 6:00 PM — across both conference days. The route runs roughly 10 miles each way via the I-10, with travel times that stretch to 30–45 minutes during morning rush.

Each one-way run books at four hours to account for loading, traffic buffer, and drop-off at the convention center's commercial entrance. That's four runs total across two days, eight booked hours per day, 16 total booked hours for the engagement. A 15-passenger sprinter van handles the group with room for laptop bags and presentation materials.

At an estimated $115 per hour on weekday conference dates, the two-day shuttle package runs approximately $1,840. The convention center's official event-planning guidance requires shuttle operators to coordinate route, schedule, drop-off, pickup, bus-marshalling location, staging times, and any required temporary right-of-way approval with the event manager; sending those details before the conference prevents a transportation provider from being left without an approved staging plan. Major conventions at the Phoenix Convention Center fill Valley hotels fast and spike transportation demand — the Phoenix Convention Center events calendar is worth checking to see what else is happening that week.

This is a sample scenario; your actual quote depends on the specific dates, routing, and vehicle availability. Use the form above or call 480-992-1866 to get a custom number for your conference dates.