The fleet · 14 passengers with a chauffeur
Sprinter Van Rental with a Chauffeur: 14 Passengers
Fourteen people, one vehicle, and nobody trailing anybody down an interstate.
A Sprinter van is what a group books when splitting into cars would cost it the afternoon: fourteen forward facing seats, an aisle tall enough to walk down and one uniformed chauffeur for the whole day. Departments flying out together, wedding parties, plant tour visitors and flight crews all ride the same van.
- 14Passengers seated
- UniformedChauffeur on every trip
- One quoteFor the whole van
- 24/7Dispatch answers
Why riders book Executive Transportation
Fourteen seats and a chauffeurQuoted by the hour, minimum stated up frontOne quote for the whole vanDispatch answers at any hour
The vehicle
The Sprinter van, at a glance
The seat count, who drives it, what it is best at, and how it is quoted, in one place. Ask a coordinator about anything the card does not cover.
- Passengers
- 14Forward facing seats, with an aisle you walk down rather than shuffle along.
- Chauffeur
- Uniformed, on every tripThere is no version of this booking without one, and the same person stays with the group all day.
- Best for
- Team flights, wedding parties, site visitsAny group between about eight and fourteen that would otherwise leave in four cars.
- Booked as
- By the hour, minimum stated up frontA run out and back is quoted on the hours it takes door to door. A day the group directs is quoted on the hours the van is committed to it. One figure covers the van and the chauffeur.
- Luggage
- Tell us the bag countCases travel in the rear rack rather than on laps. Give a coordinator the real number when you book and the van is sized against it.
- Notice
- We prefer 72 hours’ notice, but call anytime. Short-notice trips depend on availability. (217) 523-5466.
What it is for
What a Sprinter van actually gets booked for
Four bookings fill most of the van calendar, and only one of them is really about seats.
A group splitting one figure
The quote is written for the van, not for a seat in it, so twelve colleagues traveling to the same flight settle one figure instead of filing twelve mileage claims.
A flight crew and their cases
Charter crews land with hard cases and a hotel to reach. Fourteen seats and a rear rack take the crew and the bags in one movement, and the passengers ride on the same reservation.
A wedding party, two venues
Hotel to ceremony, ceremony to reception, and back at the hour the couple agreed. Nobody in a dress climbs in and out of a low car four times in an evening.
A working team on a site visit
A tour slot opens at an hour and closes at one. The van stands between stops with the coats and the printed packs still aboard, so the group walks in carrying nothing.
We prefer 72 hours’ notice, but call anytime. Short-notice trips depend on availability.
Who books it
Who reserves the Sprinter van
Three desks book most of them, each arriving at the same vehicle from a different direction: a headcount, a dress code or a tour slot.
Travel
Travel coordinators and assistants
A department on one flightTwelve people dropped at the terminal door, and one written figure for the trip file.See the pageA recurring run for visitorsThe same collection, the same week, booked once and edited by phone after that.See the pageFamilies
Families and wedding parties
A wedding party between venuesOne vehicle holds the party, the dresses and the hour the photographer needs.See the pageA family traveling as one groupGrandparents, a stroller and the cases, collected at the door instead of a parking aisle.See the pageEvents
Event and conference planners
A speaker party or a head tableA small group moved off the main shuttle loop and onto its own schedule.See the pageAn overflow vehicle beside a coachFourteen more seats on the same reservation when the headcount lands awkwardly.See the pageNot on the list? The van is quoted the same way whatever the occasion is.
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The van, on the road and at the door
Two St. Louis venues, the step down at a front door, and the person who is at the wheel for all of it.
These are Executive Transportation frames. The licensed cabin view above is credited at the foot of this page. Trim and layout differ from one vehicle to the next, so a coordinator confirms what is held for your date.
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Which vehicle a group this size takes
Headcount picks the vehicle before anything else does. The figure on each card is what that class seats, and the line under it is the kind of day it suits.
Two vehicles on one reservation is ordinary: ask a coordinator on (217) 523-5466 what that looks like.
Between ten and fourteen the van is usually the answer, and under ten the Stretch Limousine is the one booked when the night is the occasion. Past thirty-five a booking becomes two vehicles on one schedule.
Give a coordinator the real headcount and the right vehicle picks itself.
How it is priced
How much is a Sprinter van rental, and what the figure is built from
No van rate is published on this site, because the van and the chauffeur are quoted by the hour and the hours depend on the day. Three things set them, and the written reply names all three.
The hours the van is held for
A run out to a terminal and back is quoted on the hours it takes door to door. A day the group directs, with the van waiting at a tour slot, is quoted on the hours it is committed for. Either way it is one hourly figure for the whole van, with the minimum stated up front.
The date, and the hour the group boards
A region holds a finite number of fourteen seat vehicles, so a contested Saturday is a supply question before it is a pricing one. A boarding time before dawn is its own line of the same conversation.
Stops, and what happens between them
Two addresses is one shape of trip. Four addresses with the van standing at each one is more hours, and the quote says so, because the vehicle is not free to be anywhere else in between.
How an hourly figure is put together is walked through on the car service cost guide, and the group version of the same arithmetic is on the charter bus cost guide.
Popular runs
The runs a Sprinter van is booked for most
Six pairings take up much of the van calendar, and each is a group that would otherwise have left in four cars. Each card opens the route page and its written figures.
Treat each drive time as the best case. Open miles hold their average and the approach into a metro is what moves, so a group boards earlier than one traveler would.
A run that is not on this list is still an ordinary booking: any address to any field on the airport roster, quoted on the hours it takes door to door, venue or terminal alike.
The leg home goes on the same reservation as the leg out.
Reserve the van
Book the Sprinter.
Send the headcount, the date and the addresses. What comes back names the vehicle, the boarding hour and one written figure for the whole van.
(217) 523-5466We prefer 72 hours’ notice, but call anytime. Short-notice trips depend on availability.
What riders say
Groups on the fourteen seat run
Executive Transportation was incredibly responsive and was able to secure us a bus quickly. Our driver Andrew arrived on time and got us safely to and from our event.
Our group of 7 needed a ride from Chicago O’Hare to Springfield. The vehicle was clean and comfortable.
The scheduling process was seamless, and the timely pickup from Bloomington airport made my journey stress-free.
A group that outgrows fourteen moves up to a shuttle coach, and a group of eight or ten that is dressing for an occasion moves across to the Stretch Limousine.
Offices that book a van the same week every month usually want shuttle services written up instead, which is one schedule rather than a stack of separate reservations.
Sprinter van questions
What groups ask before reserving a Sprinter van
Written for whoever is counting the heads. Where we collect is on each city page.
How many passengers fit in a Sprinter van?
A Sprinter van from Executive Transportation seats 14 passengers in forward facing rows, with an aisle tall enough to walk down rather than shuffle along. Above fourteen the booking moves to a coach, and below ten a stretch limousine is the one booked when the night is the occasion.
Compare every class on the fleet page.
Where does the luggage go in a Sprinter van?
Cases travel in the rear rack behind the last row rather than on laps, and the chauffeur loads them. Tell a coordinator the real bag count when you book, because ten riders with a week of checked bags is a different sizing question from ten with carry-ons.
Call (217) 523-5466 with the bag count.
Is there a minimum booking for a Sprinter van?
Yes. The van and the chauffeur are quoted by the hour, and a minimum number of hours applies because the van is held for your group while it waits. The minimum is stated up front, in writing, before anything is committed. A straight run out and back is quoted the same way, on the hours it takes door to door.
Can I rent a Sprinter van without a driver?
No. Every vehicle Executive Transportation reserves comes with a uniformed chauffeur, and there is no version of the booking that hands over a key. That is the difference between this and a rental counter: the same person stays with the group all day, loads the bags and holds the door.
Ask a coordinator at (217) 523-5466 what a chauffeured day looks like.
How much is a Sprinter van rental?
Executive Transportation quotes a van instead of publishing a rate. The van and the chauffeur are quoted by the hour with a minimum stated up front, and the hours follow the run door to door, the date, the boarding hour and the stops. One figure covers the whole vehicle, so a group of twelve splits it once.
Which airports do you drive a Sprinter van to?
The van runs to the same fields every other vehicle does, including the two Chicago airports, St. Louis Lambert, Indianapolis and the Illinois regionals, plus the general aviation operators. A crew and their passengers ride the same reservation when a charter flight splits at the aircraft.
The full roster is on the airports hub.
What is the difference between a Sprinter van and a stretch limousine?
What each one is built for. The van carries 14 forward facing seats with a standing aisle and room for the luggage, so it suits a group that is traveling. The stretch limousine carries 8 to 10 in leather seating and is built for the occasion: a wedding, a dance or a dinner.
See the Stretch Limousine.
Keep reading
More on moving a group of this size
The rest of the fleet, the services a van gets booked for, and the reads worth forwarding.
Smaller than fourteen
When the headcount comes back under twenty.
Bigger than fourteen
When a second vehicle or a coach is the answer.
What the van is booked for
The services on either side of a reservation.
Reserve the vehicle
Reserve the Sprinter van
Three things groups mention after the first van has run.
The group lands as one arrival
A van is one set of doors opening and one headcount taken, rather than four cars trickling into a visitor lot over a quarter of an hour.
Nobody has to drive, including the organizer
The person who booked it gets to sit down as well, which never makes it into the comparison against taking cars.
One figure on one expense line
The van is quoted once, by the hour, for the whole vehicle, so fourteen travelers reach a finance desk as a single line rather than fourteen claims.
Photo credits
- Passenger van cabin with the side door standing open. Photo by Lilian Serrano, Pexels License, source.