KegBus

Great new buses combined with fantastic service! I cannot say enough about how well organized this group was. Jeff was very accommodating helping us to organize a tubing trip at Harper’s Ferry and worked with us to develop a schedule that met our needs. When a storm hit in June and it was 60 degrees, he worked with us to select another day that would be better.
Jeff ensured that expectations were communicated, arrived early, and more than anything, wanted to our group to be safe and to have a fun time. He hooked us up with a newer bus and ice for beverages and was really friendly and helpful. It was clear that he had done this before as he knew exactly where to pick-​up and drop us off and helped to make the trip worry-​free.
The bus was a newer model with a decent sound system, coolers, and had other materials that we you may need on your excursion (trash bags, first aid kit, bathroom). Overall, Jeff provided us with a very fun trip and members from our group of 25 will certainly book with KegBus again soon!

The KegBus was an absolute blast! I rented the 20 person bus for my birthday party last weekend. The booking process was very easy and the staff were responsive with any questions I had.
The driver will call you a day before your event to get your itenerary. They can pick you up/​drop you off anywhere and can make multiple stops if needed.
Our driver, Sylvester, was great. He was very friendly and on time. The bus had cool LED lights, a small bathroom, Solo cups, cooler and garbage can. I was able to hook my phone up to play my music.
I would definitely recommend the KegBus for large groups and will most likely use them again in the future!

We used Kegbus the Thursday before our wedding as a way for guests to tour the city. They were so accomodating with our last minute requests and were the only company that had a bus big enough to fit our whole party. They were super flexible and responsive, PLUS they will pick you up anywhere (they came and picked everyone up at our house!) We got about 6 inches of snow that day, all of DC was shut down but Kegbus still ran. Because of the storm they were a little late picking us up so gave us extra time at the end of the tour.
I also really appreciated that they stayed in touch with us the whole week before. The bus driver called to discuss the route, then the day it was snowing they called twice to make sure we were still down to ride and then the bus driver called to let me know when he was close so we could start herding everyone out.
We had family and friends on this bus and it got pretty crazy, I was worried that the driver would get mad but he could not care less. We’ll be using this again. And again and again and again. Thank you Kegbus for making our wedding week amazing and braving a blizzard to show our guests the national mall in the snow!

I have been on a Keg Bus 4 times now, 2 of them being for my own birthday parties. Each experience was a blast of its own kind!
My first time was my first step into the world of dubstep. We had an absolute blast, our driver (Wanda, I think?) was hilarious and accommodating and a few of us had fun sitting up there with her and talking to her.
My second time was for my first birthday party (24) and I can’t remember a night ever flying by so quickly. They were very quick to respond to my mothers plentiful emails and always worked with her on changes. We thought we were getting one awesome bus… and what showed up was an upgraded, fully loaded beautiful monster! Their birthday gift to me– a free upgrade. Once I saw the interior I cried a little. It even had a little room in the very back where everyone kept their coats, shoes, and passed out drunk people. Our driver was Carlos and I adored him! The whole thing was so much better than I could have imagined. Carlos took us everywhere in DC, all the monuments and stopped to let us take pictures and smoke breaks and was outside with us joining in the fun and taking pics with all the beautiful ladies of the bus. We ended up at Bar Code (one of their sponsored vendors) and upon entering we were a little disappointed. We were on level 100 and the bar was on level 3. No matter, the minute we walked in rowdy and ready to party, the staff started shooing people off the longer tables and cleared them just for us and we got the entire bar to party with us! The bartenders kept making a beeline for me and buying me birthday drinks all night. It was more or less perfect.
My third time was almost 2 weeks later for my best friends birthday. We insisted on Carlos again, and again he was just as fun! Stopped at some monuments again but this time we went to Georgetown and got to take pics of everyone conquering the Exorcist stairs. We were going to go into the bars, but at this point everyone was having so much fun we just asked him to stop in front of Spider Kelly’s and stay there, and partied on the bus. The birthday girl was so happy. The manager, Matt Norman, even made a special appearance and joined us for a spell! The only bad thing about being parked on the street in front of a bar like Spiders is drunken people thinking they can sneak on without being noticed, which two girls tried to do and almost wound up with a face full of concrete from the birthday girl but that almost made the night even more enjoyable. An elder couple, clearly confused, tried to get on thinking it was for public transportation and Carlos kindly pointed them to the nearest bus station.
My latest time was for my 25^th birthday party a year later, again with my beloved Carlos. I was crossing my fingers for my special bus again but a girl can’t be spoiled forever I guess! This bus wasn’t quite as nice but it was still an extremely fun night. My only major complaint about it is the iPod connections were unstable and finally gave out completely at the end of the night… which to me is a big deal because I worked for weeks on the playlist. We requested to go to this place in DC that someone had looked up, and it was nothing short of a nightmare. We walked in, again on level 100, and this place was barely at level 1. Everyone at this bar only wanted to eat quietly in booths and stare at us and I could barely stomach one drink. I immediately rounded up the herd and we got the heck out of there as fast as possible. Carlos seemed to expect this and was waiting where we left him, and took us straight to McFaddens, where FINALLY the night went the way it was supposed to. Unfortunately, on the way home some rowdy friends decided to get in a fight and Carlos had to pull the bus over to threaten to call the police, as he should. I was glad that he didn’t let favoritism get to him and followed their company protocol.
I can’t wait to use Keg Bus for my next adventure, this time I’ll make sure to leave the rowdy ones at home and triple check that whatever bus I get has a perfect working iPod system! :)

I love KegBus! I used it for my birthday party last week and it was a blast. Our driver was Andy and he was very accommodating and patient with my group of 14 friends. He made two stops to pick people up and we were able to fill the bus up with whatever drinks we wanted. I made a playlist with the songs they provided on their website, but for the most part we used my phone to play Spotify since they had a cord to plug it in.
I thought the bus was very spacious and it was nice to have cup holders behind the seats. There’s a cooler provided, plastic cups and a bathroom if you need to go.
Andy took us to wherever we wanted to go during our 9 pm-​2 am time block. We visited the DC monuments and Georgetown. The ride was smooth, and there was plenty of time to party for five hours. Make sure no one pukes or you’ll get stuck with a $ 250 puking fee.

I planned a Bachelorette party for a friend and a bunch of us chipped in for a 20-​person KegBus. The bus was clean, had cool LED lighting, and came equipped with a large cooler, Solo cups, «liquids» only bathroom, and iphone hook up for our music playlist. Our driver was on time, accommodating, and friendly.
We brought along liquor bottles and mixers but in retrospect we should have just done beer bottles because sipping out of a solo cup on a moving vehicle can be pretty tricky.
It was certainly nice being shuttled everywhere and not having to worry about cabbing it with a large group. It was a little bit nerve-​wracking knowing that there was a $ 175 overage charge and $ 250 vomit fee but I suppose that’s the case with all bus and limo rentals.
Overall, I would recommend KegBus but I’m a little too old to be super excited about ever doing it again.

I have used KegBus for just about every major party/​event I have hosted in DC, probably about ¹⁵⁄₂₀ times over the last 2 years. I had used a few other companies before I started using them but the first time I worked with them I instantly fell in love. Matt is amazing to work with and always has a bus perfect for my needs. He even hooks it up with last minute upgrades when he can. I have a great relationship with the KegBus team and want to say thank you for all of the great times we have had due to working with them.
Not only are their in house/​organizational staff great, but every driver we have had has been fun, laid-​back, and professional. They manage to make it down my street in 50+ passenger buses and never complain, anytime we have an issue they help us, and they know exactly how to get us where we need to go.
I host events/​parties/​concerts throughout the DMV area and have a very large group of «followers» who attend my events regularly. They ALWAYS have a good time because I choose to work strictly with KegBus and their great party buses. We even had a DJ on the last bus and it took it to a whole new level.
I’ll say this, I will not plan a party bus event with out booking with the KegBus team, there is no better company to work with in DC!

We used Keg Bus for transporting my family to my Dad’s funeral at Arlington National Cemetery… The owner (bill or bob don’t remember his name), Linda who I made the reservation with and the driver Mohamad were all very professional and responsive to our needs from start to finish… We also have a party bus business in Santa Barbara so I know how this business works and they were great I highly recommend them. I made a video for my dad’s tribute which features kegbus…

ABSOLUTELY THE WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE. I’ve never experienced such FREQUENT practice of unprofessionalism. After trying to contact the company several times over the past WEEK AND A HALF via email AND phone, for an event two weeks from now, they still haven’t answered our inquiry. Will never try and waste my time on trying to contact them for their services in the future again. We are booking with Chariots for Hire. Very disappointed.

As part of a conference I attended last month, I got a night tour of the DC monuments aboard the KegBus. It was a ton of fun. We had to bring our own booze (provided by the conference, so that was OK), but once the bus started going, we just poured our drinks and had a good time — and got rides not only to the monuments but to a club that a lot of people were meeting at (that we soon got bored of and jumped back on the KegBus, which came back to pick a group of us back up).
The bus took us to various monuments and let us off for about 15 minutes each time, so we could explore the area on foot and take pictures. It was really cool going to the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial at night — the monuments were lit up, and there were no crowds.
It can be tricky to be in a moving vehicle with drinks, but there were a good amount of cup holders. Some of the bottles would slide, though, so we had to be careful of that. There was a small bathroom in the middle, which was helpful considering the night’s activities. Our driver was also a very friendly guy, who seemed to be understanding and pulled out a garbage bag from a cabinet toward the end when we needed one.

Matt at KegBus is a pleasure to work with… he helped us find the right bus at the right price with lightning-​fast turnaround. All just a week before my birthday after our other transportation plans fell through.

This company rocks. The booking process was painless. They have a website where you get your own personal login to pre-​designate your schedule and music playlists. Our driver (Jeff) called me 2 days prior to the event to make sure I had everything under control.
Fast forward to the party: Jeff shows up 20 minutes early in a newly refinished bus (still smelled like paint and new carpet although… it probably doesn’t anymore).
First thing I noticed was «no stripper pole» (we were promised a stripper pole). I was kinda disappointed but was just going to let it go. Next thing that went wrong — 20 minutes in, a fuse blew and we lost all music, partial AC and lighting. I was not happy at all.
Wait! Hear me out. This is where it gets good. We get to our dinner spot in Bethesda and Jeff tells me the situation is «totally unacceptable» and is on his phone to the owner of the company and says he’ll fix it. I rolled my eyes and figured we’d have to make the best of the situation so we went and had dinner prior to heading downtown for a night of… well, whatever it was we did. I think there was a mechanical bull involved. I’m not really sure.
So dinner took about 1hr 15 minutes. I leave the restaurant and re-​enter the bus to find that not only has the music/​electrical situation has been resolved, but while we were inside SOMEONE BOLTED A FREAKING STRIPPER POLE INTO THE BUS. I can’t even make this stuff up. I’m picturing Batman flying down 270 with a giftwrapped stripper pole because really, who does that?
A+ customer service. Best limo experience I’ve ever had. I almost wonder whether the whole thing was a setup to demonstrate how awesome Kegbus is and how they instantly respond to their customers.
If you ever have the desire to rent a party bus that will take care of you like no other, look no further.
PS: Jeff if you’re reading this, I’m hoping I was polite when we left. I’m pretty sure I tipped you but if I like… ate your tip instead of handing it to you please let me know.

How on earth can someone not give this five stars? Seriously, it’s a bus with booze and a stripper pole. You can get drunk (or drunker) and make an ass of yourself and have someone drive so you don’t do something stupendously stupid.
Now you can still do something incredibly stupid like take home that Thai ladyboy you picked up, but whatever, you’ll get home alive and well.
If you’re planning a party, don’t mess with cabs or designated drivers, just spring and rent this thing. It’s worth every penny and then some.

You know when you get an evite titled, «[Friend’s name] is as old as 30-​yr-​old dirt» that it’s going to be the beginning of a great and/​or bad idea.
Thirty of us rented a KegBus for a friend’s 30^th.
**Let’s digest that for a moment.**
30 people on a bus with a stripper pole, those too high ceiling rails (like the Metro), and long lounge benches facing inwards. Not to mention the logistical nightmare of collecting money from 30 different folks. And lots o’ booze. Let the chaos ensue!
Anyway, I think half of the purposed of being on a partybus is to inadvertently shove your assets into your friends’ (or strangers’) faces, or to land in other people’s laps because the BUS IS MOVING. Luckily, I knew almost everyone on this trip, so it was just silly ridiculousness and some awkward moments during the wide turns. And I got to swing from the ceiling handrails because I’m 5’2″. Awesome.
As elaborated on in other reviews, yes, there is a stripper pole in the middle of the bus. And yes, I totally had an antibacterial wipe on hand and let somebody else clean it before people made fools of themselves.
As noted in my P Spot review (
), it is actually ridiculously hard to hang from a *vertical* pole, so I did not make any such foolish attempts, Of course, some homegirl in a short black number got up there only 30 minutes into our bus ride and gave us a professional show, so no one was going to follow her act unless they were goofing off. I think a lot of the efforts after that were reminiscent of a scared koala.
BYOB. They provide plastic solo cups, and you can just shove whatever into the inset cooler. I recommend having the fewest ingredients possible, because more than one drink slid into the abyss of the bar mid-​mixing during a wide bus turn. Maybe they need to put some non-​slip surface on the back bar. Or cup holders. There are cup holders all along the back of the bench/​lounge seats though.
Also, our driver was awesome. We did one of the monument tours, and got to stop by Iwo Jima and take pictures. Also, the bday boy requested a stop by the Nicaraguan embassy, which our driver obliged. She even stopped to let some too drunk people off the bus (because there is a $ 250 vomit fee).
Overall, fun times. Well done, KegBus.

Had an amazing experience with Kegbus. They day I requested a quote I received a call back within 15 minutes from Matt Norman. The booking process was smooth and easy. I received a call from the driver about two days before event to get more information on where I wanted to go. I was somewhat worried when talking to him because he seemed unfamiliar with the club Barcode which is listed on the website as a partner. He later confirmed they were in fact a partner but I guess he had just never been. Barcode was a BLAST in Saturday btw.
I hit a small bump in the road when driver pointed out my party was scheduled for Friday and not Saturday, as was my intention. I was almost devastated! I text Matt Norman and emailed him at 8pm. Luckily there was a bigger bus free for Saturday and price difference was extremely low. Total there was 28 people on the 28 passenger bus. Driver was friendly and staff was friendly. Bathroom on bus was nicer than bathrooms on megabus.
Very enjoyable experience, friends had a blast. It was my birthday as well as my husband’s 30^th bday and he remarked it was the best birthday ever. Can’t wait to plan my next Kegbus party!

Kudos to any girl willing to use the KegBus bathroom after a dude has done his business in motion. I’ve seen airplane bathrooms that were twice as spacious. I told my bladder, «Nope. You’re on lockdown. I love these people but I ain’t going anywhere near the territory of their wobbly urine streams.»
Yay for the bus rails in the ceiling, plenty of room for people to dance without falling over. Sideways seating makes for easy group socialization as well. Cup shelves and ice cooler (sans ice). This special ed bus was perfect for us.
Docking them because the bolt missing from the stripper pole left it a tad too wobbly for the antics of a drunk Asian chickadee. Fortunately we only brought 9 people for the 12-​seater bus, otherwise we’d be looking at no stripper pole fun at all. Or a lot of accidental spinkicks to skulls. As it was, I was too close to the action for good pictures. Baby needs wide-​angle for that shyte.
Also, the faucetless sink made me sad. Purell and paper towels just don’t cut it on my hygiene routine. I guess if someone’s in the loo, there’s someplace for a barfer to earn the company the extra dime. Fortunately our crew knew how to hold our own.
Boo for me being too drinkity drinkity drunk to remember to rifle through the porthole wells for my headband.

Every now and then you get a strange combination of words, that at first glance doesn’t seem to exactly go together, but in execution it comes out wonderfully. Turbo Diesel, junk food, and safe sex all come to mind, but now there’s a new addition: the Keg Bus. Alcohol on wheels, it’s been done for ages, but not very often in such a glorified manner. In fact, this contraption is designed to keep you drunk motorists OFF the roads, and let the party go on in a fashion akin to a make-​your-​own-​bachelor-​party kit.
The inspiration for me renting the KegBus was a brewery tour of Flying Dog in Frederick, MD that our team «The Beerds» won for coming in second place at the first ever District Beer Hunt (
). Frederick isn’t exactly close to DC, and even further from Alexandria, my home base, so instead of having 12 random people attempt to all make it to the location at the same time, I decided to rent transportation for us. KegBus actually has multiple different vessels to suit your needs, and since one of them happened to conveniently be a 12 seater I chose that one. The initial quote came within minutes, at $ 800 for 6 hours worth of service. I informed Matt who I was working with there that I was looking to keep my costs at around $ 50 per guests, and he worked with me to get it down to $ 600, exactly where we needed to be. I should point out to those that think this is still a high price that the second best quote for similar services elsewhere was $ 1,400. You get to have someone as your driver, and let you consume as much alcohol as you want during that time, for merely $ 50 per person. If you can’t see the value in that then we probably wouldn’t be drinking the same thing anyway.
After a bit of difficulty in finding my location, the driver Rhonda arrived pretty much on time… which really didn’t even matter as we were late ourselves after a delayed start in breakfast. I tried to give us some buffer time, as I knew counting on close to a dozen people to all arrive in a timely fashion was a lofty goal. Once we got on the road she quickly informed us of the great stereo system built into the seats with an iPod hook-​up. We barely even noticed the traffic slowing down on 495 as we were so distracted by the tunes coming over the speakers and the built in stripper pole, even more so on the ride back. (Note here: beware the magic of Photoshop, and don’t believe everything that you see!)
On the ride back Rhonda was straight hauling it, and we managed to make it back in fantastic time, avoiding the very expensive overage charges. We drank very well on the ride up (after knocking off 2 growlers of Front Street Brewery ales), raiding some of my special stash for 4 great 750mL bottles, and almost as good on the way back, draining 2 entire growlers from Flying Dog’s taproom. (The Raging Bitch growler is still in the fridge, awaiting my soon to come house-​warming party) I highly recommend this charter group if for just about any kind of event you need to get around. Everyone I dealt with was extremely friendly to work with, and they mean it when they say there are no hidden charges (the 2 extra possible charges you find out up front: one fee for paying with CC instead of cash, and another for clean-​up fees if someone happens to puke on the bus).

Terrible. Absolutely terrible. Do not use this company for your event. I repeat: DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY FOR YOUR EVENT.
Our emergency-​only windows kept flying open the ENTIRE time on the way to our event. Even to the point where my friend’s purse flew out the window, and landed on the side of the highway — thankfully though, someone who lives in Alexandria, VA called to claim they found it.
Not only were there serious safety issues with the windows, but KegBus wanted to charge us $ 500 after we returned the bus! We had a group of 35 twenty-​something year olds, who were doing nothing out of the oridinary… drinking and eating on the bus to our event. They claimed we left the bus «filthy», even after we had collected our trash at the end. We asked to see evidence, since they claim to have taken pictures, but they refuse to show these to us.
We have filed a complaint with the Dept. of Consumer & Regulatory Affairs, accusing KegBus of violating safely rules since the windows weren’t secure. We will see where the claim goes from there.
DO NOT USE KEGBUS!!!

Three stars seems a little bit high, but I’ve taken only one Kegbus trip, so it seems a little unfair to judge too harshly. Yet.
We chartered a Kegbus for a Saturday afternoon wine-​tour. Everything started great. Our bus driver, Karen, was fantastic. The bus looked good on the inside and was well-​kept. All was going well until we began to make our way home after the second, and last, winery.
The bus overheated. We pulled over. We left the bus. We called Kegbus. A rescue bus was on its way. It took more than 90 minutes for the bus to pick us up. What was most disappointing was the lack of communication between the bus HQ and our group. We tried calling several different numbers and no one could give us any answers about how long we would be stuck on the side of the road or what was going on.
The back up bus eventually arrived and we finished our trip back to DC content enough, even though very late for other evening activities. Buses break down, unpredictable things happen, but it’s disappointing to pay so much for a chartered bus and receive minimal communication and customer service when something goes wrong.

I’m a little embarrassed to admit that I’ve been aboard this bus 3 times in the past year. Yeah, that’s right…3.
The first time was on the very last day of classes last year before graduation. I had just gotten out of the 8:10 — 10:40pm block and was ready for some heavy drinking. The bus pulled into the AU driveway and we all boarded — just in time — because it had started raining!
My friend had heard about this bus online and we thought it would be funny if we did it on the last night of classes but I never actually thought she’d follow through and book it. Thankfully, I was wrong! It is one of my favorite memories of graduation week/​end last year. We brought our own keg on and just drove around DC til our time was up. We were on the regular sized school bus the first time and there were about 30 of us.
The second time I was on the bus was pretty much with the same people — it was for my friend’s graduation party. (This is the same friend who booked it the first time — and she may or may not have *cough* uhh become *friends* with the driver from our first experience…) I’ll just leave it at that.
But anyway — the second time, we were on the shorter bus — there were 15 of us. I preferred the smaller bus because the sound system computer was better, if I recall correctly.
The third time was with all of my Lia’s co-​workers after our Holiday Party at Buffalo Billiards. Everyone was pretty plastered after that, so we wanted to make sure everyone got home safely that night so we just booked the bus to drop everyone off (while drinking the entire time, of course). What a fun night!
As I mentioned earlier, they have a whole fleet of buses to accomodate your party. Bigger ones that can hold 30 – 40 people and then the smaller one for 10 – 15 people. Each bus has a bar, seating, bathroom, sound system — (bring an iPod with a playlist all ready to go– it’s much easier that way).
It’s a ridiculously fun time — and my guess is there may be a round 4 in my near future…