Halloween brings with it boundless fun for all ages, from corn mazes to hayrides, from pumpkin carving to trick-or-treating. Maybe you’re planning to head to a haunted house or two during the spooky season, or you want to hold a party for your friends where you play Halloween-themed games and have Halloween-themed food and drinks.

On the other hand, you could be the operator of a party bus business and you’re wondering if there’s a way to appeal to potential customers more when the Halloween season rolls around. In that case, here are a few ideas you can try.

3 Halloween Party Bus and Truck Ideas

Change the decor of your party bus

Just as malls and stores dress up their storefronts with Halloween decor for the month of October, you should consider decorating your party bus to suit the season. You may already have a fog machine installed, but you can boost the spooky vibe by adding decorations. Bats, pumpkins, and cobwebs are a good place to start, as these are Halloween staples.

If you use colored strobe lights, you could try looking for strobe lights that use colors more akin to those found in a haunted house instead of bright or neon colors. Think dull and eerie greens, yellow, or blues. 

You can go one step further with the decorations by having different “decoration sets”. Make the interior of the bus look like a haunted house, a mad scientist’s lab, or a graveyard, depending on what your customers want for their own Halloween bash!

However you go about it, it’s important that you make sure your decorations are set up properly and that none of them will cause your guests any harm if they happen to fall off the wall or ceiling during the trip. At the same time, the pieces should be sturdy enough that they’ll withstand several trips without showing major signs of wear and tear. 

Offer Halloween-themed refreshments

Halloween-themed doesn’t mean alcoholic, and you don’t have to come up with an entirely new food and drink menu. Even just adding classic fall flavors will work, as will renaming some options to evoke a creepy vibe.

For example, add apple cider and witch’s brew to the drink options, and switch out orange soda for blood orange soda. For food, you can turn pizza bites into monster bites by adding sliced olives on top; turn a bread bowl into a cauldron; and shape savory bread sticks into witches’ brooms or snakes. Anything pumpkin- or pumpkin-spice flavored are also good additions to the menu.

If you expect to host a few children’s parties on board, you can add fun activities that go hand-in-hand with the refreshments. For instance, kids can make their own monster cupcakes or candy kabobs, or decorate pumpkin hand pies. 

As with any other event, though, you may want to check with your guests if anyone has certain food allergies so you can make sure you serve food and drink that’s safe for everyone. It’s supposed to be a fun Halloween party, and rushing someone to the hospital for emergency treatment certainly doesn’t qualify as fun.

Have a Halloween route

Cities may have more than one Halloween-themed attraction during the Halloween season, including haunted houses. You can take advantage of this by plotting out a special route that will take your guests from one attraction to another. For example, you can start the route at an establishment that offers a corn maze or hay rides, then to a pumpkin patch for guests to pick out pumpkins to carve into jack-o-lanterns at home, and finally to a haunted house or two. 

Give your guests a bigger say in the matter by offering a “choose your adventure” style route. Take note of the Halloween attractions in your area, regardless of popularity, and have guests choose where they want to go, within a certain limit. This limit could be a number of attractions, or those within a certain distance from a central location. 

However you go about your special Halloween route, make sure you look up the important information for each attraction, from the address for each to their operating hours. This is so you can recommend alternatives if you think you won’t arrive at an attraction on time. After all, no one wants to travel to a place only to find out they can’t get inside because it’s closed.

In other words, adding a Halloween theme to your party bus business isn’t that much different from any other holiday theme, whether it’s Valentine’s Day or Christmas. All it takes is a little research for ideas to kickstart the whole thing, some imagination, and some time dedicated to planning and dedication.

You can do as much or as little as you want, depending on what fits your budget. Don’t forget to change your advertising to match the Halloween theme, and include some information on what’s new for your Halloween party bus. 

Even more important: make sure the bus is in good running condition before any trips you make, especially if you’re working with a used party bus. That way, you don’t risk your guests’ safety on the road, and they can rest assured you can take them wherever they plan to go that day and back to their own homes at the end of their party.

 

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