Grad night bus and senior trips for South Florida schools

Senior trips Ace drives to

Grad night and senior trips, school to school.

Senior classes book Ace for the big trip of the year: transportation to Grad Nite at Walt Disney World, to Gradventure at Universal Orlando, and to other senior trip destinations in Florida. The coach leaves from your school and brings the class back to it.

Public, charter and private schools book the same way, and so do charter school networks sending seniors from more than one campus.

• To Grad NiteAt Walt Disney World
• To GradventureAt Universal Orlando
• Other senior tripsDestinations across Florida
• Every kind of schoolPublic, charter and private

An approved vendor with three school districts

The paperwork senior sponsors ask for first.

Ace Tours Inc is an approved vendor with the Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach County school districts. Vendor approval reflects each district's requirements and is not an endorsement.

Your school still runs its own trip approval, so ask the activities office which forms the senior trip needs. Ace sends a written quote for the file and a certificate of insurance made out to the school on request.

• Approved vendorBroward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach
• USDOT 1310399Active passenger carrier
• $5M liabilityCertificates of insurance on request

Get a quote for your tripor call (954) 250-6667, 24/7

Coaches for a whole senior class

Count every rider, chaperones included.

A full size motorcoach seats 56, students and adults together. A large senior class needs several, and Ace draws on a partner-fleet capacity of 40+ vehicles so the whole class can leave at the same time.

A small senior class, such as one at a small private school, may fit a minibus with 15 to 20 seats. Count every rider, chaperones included, before you choose.

• 56Full size motorcoachMost senior classes need several
• 15 to 20MinibusA small senior class
• 40+Several coaches at oncePartner-fleet capacity of 40+ vehicles
• GPSOn every Ace vehicleWith Wi-Fi and onboard cameras

What the senior trip quote depends on

One written number for the class budget.

Every trip gets a written quote, which helps when the senior class budget rests on one number. Ask early in the year; the final headcount can be confirmed later.

If the class size changes after booking, tell dispatch as soon as you know, because it can change the number of coaches. Booking terms come with each written quote.

• The trip date
• Total ridersSeniors and chaperones
• Departure and returnLate returns included
• How many coaches
• Wait or drop and returnAt the destination
• Stops on the waySuch as a meal stop

Get a quote for your tripor call (954) 250-6667, 24/7

A long day and a late ride home

Late returns, planned with the quote.

A senior trip to Orlando is a long day. Ace runs late returns after night events, and the driver's schedule is planned with the quote, because drivers' hours rules apply. The quote covers the round trip from your school; ask dispatch about anything beyond that.

Families wait in the school lot when the coaches come back. Give dispatch one trip leader's cell number; that person gets the updates and passes the return time on to families.

Before the class boards

Coach lists made before the day, not at the curb.

Most of the work happens before the coach arrives. Split the class into coach lists ahead of time, one list per coach with a chaperone in charge of each, so names are checked at the coach door instead of in a crowd.

If your school holds a parent meeting for the trip, bring the coach plan to it, so every family hears the same departure and return times.

1. Coach listsOne per coach, one chaperone in charge.
2. Parent meetingThe same times for every family.
3. Trip leader's cell to dispatchThe one number for updates.
4. Names at the coach doorChecked again before the ride home.