New York, USA – May 15, 2026: OurBus, the intercity bus company that has carried millions of passengers across the United States since 2016, today launched its charter business as a dedicated brand at ourbuscharters.com. The move formalizes OurBus Charters as a managed national charter service for organizations and event planners, while keeping it backed by the same operations infrastructure that powers the parent company’s scheduled intercity network.
The charter business has operated alongside OurBus’s intercity routes for several years, growing into a meaningful line of its own. More than 10,000 groups have booked charter trips through OurBus to date, including travel for Harvard University, Cornell University, Siemens Healthineers, PwC, and Daikin. The business holds a 4.6 rating on Trustpilot and 4.8 on Google.
The new brand reflects the reality that group travel buyers are a different audience from intercity commuters and benefit from being treated as one. A traveler buying a single seat between cities is buying a ticket. A coordinator moving a 47-person wedding party between three venues is planning logistics, comparing vendors, and looking for confidence that someone will pick up the phone the day of the trip. OurBus Charters is built for the second kind of customer.
“Charter has grown into a substantial business inside OurBus, and the planners we work with told us they wanted a space built around how they actually run group trips,” said Axel Hellman, Co-founder at OurBus. “Treating charter as its own brand lets us speak directly to wedding planners, corporate travel coordinators, school administrators, and event organizers, while still giving them the benefit of OurBus’s national operations scale.”
The managed-service positioning is intentional. Most group buyers in the U.S. charter market choose between traditional brokers, who pass coordination to local operators after booking, and single-fleet local companies, whose geographic reach is limited. OurBus Charters sits between the two, with a vetted, multi-state network of licensed operators and a centralized operations team that stays accountable from quote to final drop-off. Pricing is itemized and locked in at booking. A 24/7 dispatch team handles day-of coordination with operators.
The quote process is unchanged for existing customers. Groups share trip details through a short form, an OurBus charter specialist follows up by phone, and trips are operated by DOT-compliant local and regional partners. Every booking is assigned a dedicated account manager from quote to completion.
OurBus Charters serves groups across the country for corporate travel, school and university trips, weddings, sports team travel, religious group outings, and tour operator itineraries. Cancellations are accepted up to 15 days before the trip date.
Groups can request a quote at ourbuscharters.com or by calling 888-985-5050.
About OurBus
OurBus is a technology-driven bus travel company offering scheduled intercity routes across the United States and Canada, and managed charter bus services for groups through OurBus Charters. The company partners with vetted, licensed local fleet operators to deliver reliable bus travel at national scale without owning its own fleet. Learn more at ourbus.com.
Media Contact:
Karan Bharti
CMO, OurBus
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