Coach Hire

Coach Hire Made Easy

At Richardson Travel, our aim is to make hiring a Coach just a series of simple steps and our pricing policy as transparent as possible. For the majority of Hires, the whole process can take as little as five minutes. Tours etc. can take a little longer!

Before we can give a reasonably accurate Quotation or Estimate, we need the following basic information (please have this ready if you are phoning or include in any email request):-

  1. How many people do you expect to move?
  2. Where will be your first pick-up point?
  3. Where is your final destination?
  4. What date(s) do you have in mind?
  5. Are there any particular facilities you require on the coach
    (ie Toilet, Air Conditioning etc.)

Assuming your requirements above are practicable and we have availability of a suitable vehicle, we will then cover the following:-

  1. What time do you need to arrive at your destination?
  2. What time do you expect to depart your destination?

We will then advise on possible times of departure from your picking – up point(s) and likely arrival back after completion of your journey. We will then advise the driver requirements etc.

We will then give you the basic “LIST” price based upon the mileage our vehicle will run, depot to depot and the number of hours we will have to pay our driver(s), again from “Sign On to Sign Off”

We will then be in a position to give you a Quotation based upon this, less any discounts to which you may be entitled, namely:-

  1. Seasonal Discounts: See the Charging Bands table below for every day of the year. You may wish to choose the date of your trip to get the highest discount!
  2. Utilisation Discount: It may be that we can fit your hire around or between other commitments. We will be pleased to discuss how a change of a few minutes can sometimes make a saving.
  3. Educational Discount: Generally applied to most Educational Establishments.
  4. Volume Discount: If you are an existing customer, extra discount is given dependant upon the volume of business during the year (Calendar or Academic).

Predicted Demand / Charge Bands 2011

THIS TABLE IS UPDATED AT REGUALAR INTERVALS TO REFLECT ACTUAL DEMAND.         LAST UPDATED 3RD FEBRUARY 2011

Download the Predicted Demand / Charge Bands 2011 table below in PDF format

Key:
Maximum Demand
Minimal Discounts		 Heavy Demand
Selective Discounts		 Average Demand
Generous Discounts		 Annual Shutdown
Premium Rates
Subject to Driver
Availability		 BONUS DAYS Very Generous Discounts Bank Holiday
  Jan
2011		 Feb
2011		 Mar
2011		 Apr
2011		 May
2011		 Jun
2011		 Jul
2011		 Aug
2011		 Sep
2011		 Oct
2011		 Nov
2011		 Dec
2011
Mon               1        
Tue   1 1         2     1  
Wed   2 2     1   3     2  
Thu   3 3     2   4 1   3 1
Fri   4 4 1   3 1 5 2   4 2
Sat 1 5 5 2   4 2 6 3 1 5 3
Sun 2 6 6 3 1 5 3 7 4 2 6 4
Mon 3 7 7 4 2 6 4 8 5 3 7 5
Tue 4 8 8 5 3 7 5 9 6 4 8 6
Wed 5 9 9 6 4 8 6 10 7 5 9 7
Thu 6 10 10 7 5 9 7 11 8 6 10 8
Fri 7 11 11 8 6 10 8 12 9 7 11 9
Sat 8 12 12 9 7 11 9 13 10 8 12 10
Sun 9 13 13 10 8 12 10 14 11 9 13 11
Mon 10 14 14 11 9 13 11 15 12 10 14 12
Tue 11 15 15 12 10 14 12 16 13 11 15 13
Wed 12 16 16 13 11 15 13 17 14 12 16 14
Thu 13 17 17 14 12 16 14 18 15 13 17 15
Fri 14 18 18 15 13 17 15 19 16 14 18 16
Sat 15 19 19 16 14 18 16 20 17 15 19 17
Sun 16 20 20 17 15 19 17 21 18 16 20 18
Mon 17 21 21 18 16 20 18 22 19 17 21 19
Tue 18 22 22 19 17 21 19 23 20 18 22 20
Wed 19 23 23 20 18 22 20 24 21 19 23 21
Thu 20 24 24 21 19 23 21 25 22 20 24 22
Fri 21 25 25 22 20 24 22 26 23 21 25 23
Sat 22 26 26 23 21 25 23 27 24 22 26 24
Sun 23 27 27 24 22 26 24 28 25 23 27 25
Mon 24 28 28 25 23 27 25 29 26 24 28 26
Tue 25   29 26 24 28 26 30 27 25 29 27
Wed 26   30 27 25 29 27 31 28 26 30 28
Thu 27   31 28 26 30 28   29 27   29
Fri 28     29 27   29   30 28   30
Sat 29     30 28   30     29   31
Sun 30       29   31     30    
Mon 31       30         31    
Tue         31