Corporate Bourbon Tours in Kentucky for Teams, Clients and Incentive Trips
Updated November 2026 · BourbonTown Tours
BourbonTown Tours runs corporate bourbon tours in Kentucky as private distillery days built around your group's agenda: a team outing, a day of client entertainment, an incentive trip for top performers, or a break for colleagues in town for a conference or a meeting. Corporate days are priced from the same sheet as every custom tour, at $275 to $425 per person depending on group size, plus 6% KY sales tax and a 3% booking fee.
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Quick Facts
- Price for a corporate day: $275 to $425 per person depending on group size, plus 6% KY sales tax and a 3% booking fee.
- A corporate day's rate covers everything except lunch and driver gratuity.
- In the team calendar, a tour day runs 6 to 8 hours. Custom tours typically run three stops, and we can add or subtract on your planning call.
- Corporate pickup: at the guest's hotel or door in Louisville, Bardstown or Lexington.
- Largest vehicle: Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van 7 to 14 guests (seats 14). Groups over 14 travel in multiple vehicles or a bus or motor coach we contract.
- Experience behind the day: 3,000+ private tours since 2012.
A corporate day is a private distillery day built around your agenda
Every tour is for one booked group, and a corporate booking is no exception. Your team rides in its own vehicle with its own guide, and the plan for the day is yours alone. We build it around the distilleries you name, or around a shortlist we put together from where your group is staying and what the day is for. Nobody on the team drives, so no one has to sit out the tastings to get the group home.
The written quote sets out the stops in order with their times, which lets whoever organizes the day set it against flights, meetings and dinner plans before anyone signs off. What we run is the distillery day itself, not the rest of the trip: rooms, meeting space and evenings stay with you. Tours run every day of the week; on a Sunday the day fits two distilleries and a sit-down lunch, or three with a box lunch.
Corporate pricing is the custom-tour sheet
Corporate groups pay the rates any custom tour pays, from one sheet with no corporate version of it: $275 to $425 per person depending on group size, plus 6% KY sales tax and a 3% booking fee. The per-person figure falls as the headcount climbs to 10, and the full bourbon tour cost guide prints the rate for every group size.
That rate buys everything except lunch and driver gratuity, and what every private tour includes lists it item by item. The distillery ticket is covered whichever experience your group picks, and any bottle bought at a distillery is on the guest who buys it. For a corporate lunch, we book and confirm the restaurant reservation; the meal is on the guest's tab; a box lunch can be built into the quoted price on request.
Custom tours typically run three stops, and we can add or subtract on your planning call. Multi-day trips are quoted rather than priced per day.
How a corporate booking runs, from first message to pickup
- Send the dates, the headcount, the city or hotel your group is staying in and what the day is for, with any distilleries already on your list. We reply the same day between 8 AM and 8 PM Eastern. Requests after 8 PM get a reply the next morning.
- Your written quote follows, setting out the stops in order, the times and the price for your headcount.
- A deposit reserves your date. Your quote includes the full details.
- On the day, closed-toe shoes are required at the distilleries, and the full bourbon tour FAQ covers what else to bring.
For your team's day, we book distillery tickets once your tour is confirmed, against your actual dates, and confirm every reservation in the itinerary.
Fixed corporate dates need early booking
Book as soon as the date is set, because the month decides how far ahead a day can be built.
| When | Book ahead |
|---|---|
| Derby week | 4 to 6 months |
| Bourbon Festival, mid-September | 6 months or more |
| October, April and May | Earlier, they fill first |
| The rest of the year | 2 to 4 months |
| Short notice, any month | Sometimes a week, but distillery tours may already be full |
If Buffalo Trace matters to your team, reach out at least 10 weeks ahead. Our guide to private Kentucky distillery tours explains which ticket we book there, and if Buffalo Trace is full on your date, we plan other stops in the same cluster. Holiday dates are subject to distillery availability. How to plan a Kentucky bourbon trip sets out lead times across the year. If the date is already fixed in the company calendar, call 1-844-BOURBON: a real person picks up and can check it with you.
Frequently asked questions
Can you take a corporate group of more than 14?
Groups over 14 travel in multiple vehicles or a bus or motor coach we contract. Put the headcount in your first message, or call 1-844-BOURBON, where a real person answers. We reply the same day between 8 AM and 8 PM Eastern. Requests after 8 PM get a reply the next morning. Our vehicle fleet page covers the vehicles. Teams larger than 14 should also read large group bourbon tours, which covers multiple vehicles and coaches.
Do colleagues who do not drink pay the same rate?
Yes. A colleague who skips the pours pays the same per-person rate as everyone else: $275 to $425 per person depending on group size, plus 6% KY sales tax and a 3% booking fee, covering everything except lunch and driver gratuity. That colleague still rides with the group and takes the tours. Nobody on the quote is priced differently for not tasting, which keeps it simple for whoever approves the spend.
Will another company share our vehicle or our day?
No. Groups are never combined, so your vehicle, your guide and your plan stay with your party from pickup to drop-off. That matters when the day is client entertainment or a reward trip and the conversation is meant to stay inside the group. Private versus public bourbon tours sets out how a shared tour differs.
Do you book hotels, event venues or evening events?
No. We run the distillery day itself: a tour day runs 6 to 8 hours, with pickup at the guest's hotel or door in Louisville, Bardstown or Lexington. Rooms, meeting space and the evening are yours to arrange, and where to stay in Kentucky bourbon country covers the three pickup cities. Airport pickup can be arranged for colleagues flying in; put it in your first message.
Can we add a VIP distillery experience to a corporate day?
Yes. A hands-on experience, such as You Do Bourbon at Heaven Hill, can be written into a corporate day once it has been checked against your date. The experiences on our custom tour page list each one. Standard distillery experiences are included; premium and VIP add-ons are quoted on your planning call. Any bottle a guest buys along the way stays on that guest.
How far ahead should we book a corporate bourbon day?
Two to four months ahead is best. Fall and spring weekends fill first, so plan earlier for those seasons. We can sometimes build a day on a week's notice, but distillery tours may already be full. A team outing during Derby week needs 4 to 6 months, and one during the Bourbon Festival in mid-September 6 months or more. If Buffalo Trace matters to your team, reach out at least 10 weeks ahead. Send the dates, the headcount and what the day is for, and the written quote comes back built around your agenda.
Plan your corporate bourbon day
Send your dates, your headcount and what the day is for, and a written quote comes back built around your agenda. How a custom private tour is built covers the same process for any group.
Your team's private tour includes:
- Distillery tickets and tasting fees, booked once your tour is confirmed
- A private vehicle and driver from hotel pickup to drop-off, with water stocked
- A written itinerary with every reservation confirmed, lunch table included (the meal is on your tab, or a box lunch can be built into the quote)