Coach Hire Now

About us

Our story

Coach Hire Now was started by people who spent years running dispatch, bookings and customer service for UK transport companies. We saw the same problem from both sides: customers ringing round for quotes, and good operators losing jobs to whoever answered the phone first.

Free to enquire. Takes about two minutes. One all-in price from a licensed operator near your pickup point.

Why we built it

Independent coach operators are the backbone of UK group travel. Most are family businesses with a handful of vehicles, excellent drivers and no marketing budget. Customers, meanwhile, have no easy way to find them, compare them or know who to trust.

A marketplace solves both problems at once, but only if it is built around trust. That means checking every operator's licence and insurance, keeping customer details private until a quote is accepted, and collecting reviews after the journey so the next customer has something real to go on.

What we believe

  • Customers should never pay to get a quote
  • The operator who does the work should hold the customer relationship and take the payment
  • Reviews should come from real journeys and be impossible for operators to edit
  • Operators should only be charged when they win a booking
  • Local operators know their roads better than any national call centre

Where we operate

We cover mainland UK: England, Scotland and Wales. Because we match on your pickup point rather than fixed regions, coverage grows automatically as operators join. Our first operator partners are concentrated in the South East, the Midlands and the North West, with new areas added every month.

Ready to book your coach?

Two minutes to tell us your journey. One clear all-in price from a licensed operator near you. No fees, no obligation.

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