Bar Hop Time Calculator
A great bar crawl hits all the right spots with time to enjoy each one. But groups almost always underestimate travel time between venues and end up cutting stops or paying overtime. Therefore, add your 3–6 planned bars with time per stop, and the calculator layers in realistic travel time to tell you exactly how many rental hours you need.
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Time Breakdown
3.3
Total Hours
150 min
At Bars
20 min
Traveling
30 min
Buffer
We recommend booking at least 4 hours for this bar crawl.
How this tool works
What the Bar Hop Time Calculator computes, and what it cannot
What it computes
List three to six bars with the minutes you want at each and the drive to the next, and the calculator adds up time at venues, time on the road and the total, then rounds up to the whole hours you would need to book. It separates venue time from travel time so you can see how much of the night is spent moving.
When to use it
Use it when the bar list exists but the hours do not. Most crawl plans look fine at forty minutes a bar and fall apart once the ten to fifteen minutes of loading at each end is added, so the calculator is the quickest way to find out whether the list is a four-hour night or a seven-hour one before you commit to either.
What it cannot tell you
It cannot know the queue at the door, the curb situation outside each bar or which venue will refuse a group of twenty on a Saturday. Those decide the real timeline as much as drive time does. We check curb and venue access for your route when we quote, and a spare venue at the end of the list is the best protection against a long line.
When the tool has done its part, call us at 844-725-4257 or send the itinerary and we name the bus, the itemized total and the written terms.
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Bar Hop Time Calculator questions
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How long should we spend at each bar?
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What the inquiry data shows
For this event
Saturday is the date on 59.6% of the bar-hopping trips we book.
For this event
Our bar-hopping bookings come in 0–7 days out 15.7% of the time.
Across our bookings
A 5-hour rental covers 20.2% of our party bus bookings.