Our Fleet: Bourbon Tour Vehicles and Who Each One Suits
Updated November 2026 · BourbonTown Tours
BourbonTown Tours runs four bourbon tour vehicles, and your headcount decides which one turns up. The Audi A8 sedan is the small-party car, for up to 3 guests. The GMC Yukon Denali SUV covers 1 to 5. At 6 to 14 guests the booking moves to a passenger van: the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, which seats 14, or a Ford Transit, which also seats 14. Those four are the entire fleet.
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Quick Facts
- Fleet: Audi A8 sedan up to 3 guests, GMC Yukon Denali SUV 1 to 5, Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van 6 to 14 (seats 14), Ford Transit vans (seat 14).
- Groups over 14 travel in multiple vehicles or a bus or motor coach we contract.
- Every vehicle carries your booked party and nobody else for the whole day.
- The vehicle is part of the tour rate: $275 to $425 per person depending on group size, plus 6% KY sales tax and a 3% booking fee.
- The rate covers everything except lunch and driver gratuity.
- We start and end where you need us: your hotel, your door or the airport. Louisville, Bardstown and Lexington are the most common starts. A Nashville pickup is quoted by your Bourbon Experience Coordinator.
- Transportation Only puts our private vehicle and driver on the plan you make: SUV for 1 to 5 guests, $100 an hour. Van for 6 to 14 guests, $150 an hour. 4-hour minimum, plus 6% KY sales tax and a 3% booking fee. Billing runs from the time our vehicle leaves our garage until it returns.
The Audi A8 sedan, for up to 3 guests
The sedan is the smallest vehicle we run, and it carries parties of three or fewer. A day in it is built exactly as a day in the van is: you name the distilleries, we set the running order, book the tickets against your dates and drive you between them. Nothing about the itinerary shrinks because the party does. Private Kentucky distillery tours by driving cluster sets out how those days are put together.
The GMC Yukon Denali SUV, for 1 to 5 guests
The Yukon Denali covers parties of 1 to 5, which is the range a group of four or five sits in. Five guests is where its capacity stops. A sixth name on the list moves the booking to a van, so tell us the range if your numbers are still moving.
The Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van, for 6 to 14 guests
The Sprinter seats 14, and it carries groups of 6 to 14.
Groups over 14 are covered with multiple vehicles or a contracted bus or motor coach, quoted on your planning call.
The Ford Transit vans, for 6 to 14 guests
The Transits are in the same 6 to 14 van tier as the Sprinter, and each one seats 14. Any party of 6 to 14 guests fits a Transit or the Sprinter on seats alone.
Which vehicle your group gets
We match the vehicle to your headcount: the sedan for up to 3 guests, the SUV for 1 to 5, and a van for 6 to 14.
| Vehicle | Seats | Suits groups of |
|---|---|---|
| Audi A8 sedan | Up to 3 | 1 to 3 guests |
| GMC Yukon Denali SUV | Up to 5 | 1 to 5 guests |
| Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van | 14 | 6 to 14 guests |
| Ford Transit van | 14 | 6 to 14 guests |
Groups over 14 travel in multiple vehicles or a bus or motor coach we contract.
Every vehicle is private to your group
Whichever of the four you get, it carries your booked party and nobody else for the whole day. We do not sell individual seats and we do not put two half-parties in one van to fill it, so there is no stranger in the third row and no second group setting the pace at a stop. That is the only way we run a tour day: custom private bourbon tours explains why the company was built that way.
The vehicle itself is part of the rate rather than a line added to it, alongside the distillery tickets, the tasting fees, the guide and the lunch reservation. What every private tour includes lists all five.
Where we pick you up
The vehicle comes to you. We start and end where you need us: your hotel, your door or the airport, rather than a downtown meeting point you have to reach under your own steam first. Louisville, Bardstown and Lexington are the most common starts. Raise airport pickup when you send your dates and the quote will set out the arrangement. Which of the three cities you sleep in decides how close the distilleries sit, and where to stay for a Kentucky bourbon tour goes through all three.
A real person answers 1-844-BOURBON if you would rather work the seats out by phone. We reply the same day between 8 AM and 8 PM Eastern. Requests after 8 PM get a reply the next morning.
Derby transportation: any party up to 14 at the van rate
For Derby, a party of any size up to 14 can book the van at the van rate. The 7-to-14 capacity rule does not apply to Derby van bookings, so a group of four that wants the Sprinter for Oaks and Derby can have it without meeting a minimum headcount. Derby transportation is quoted for the vehicle, not per guest: a full guide to Kentucky bourbon tour costs carries the SUV and van figures, and Kentucky Derby transportation covers how race days run.
What the vehicle costs, and the driver-only option
The vehicle is not priced separately from the tour. A custom private tour runs $275 to $425 per person depending on group size, plus 6% KY sales tax and a 3% booking fee, whichever of the four you ride in, and a full guide to Kentucky bourbon tour costs breaks that scale down step by step.
If you want the vehicle and a driver without a guide and without our planning, that is a separate product charged by the hour with a four-hour minimum, and transportation-only bourbon tour drivers covers how it works and what it leaves to you.
Frequently asked questions
Which vehicle will our group get?
Your headcount decides it. The Audi A8 sedan carries up to 3 guests, the GMC Yukon Denali SUV carries 1 to 5, and groups of 6 to 14 ride in a passenger van: the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, which seats 14, or a Ford Transit, which also seats 14. If your numbers are still moving, tell us the range and the quote names the vehicle.
Can you take a group of more than 14?
Groups over 14 travel in multiple vehicles or a bus or motor coach we contract. The largest vehicle in the fleet, the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van, seats 14, and so do the Ford Transit vans. Send your date, the full headcount and the distilleries on your list, and the quote that comes back is written for your whole group. We reply the same day between 8 AM and 8 PM Eastern. Requests after 8 PM get a reply the next morning.
Will we share the vehicle with another group?
No. Whichever of the four vehicles you get, it carries your booked party and nobody else for the whole day. We do not sell individual seats and we do not put two half-parties in one van to fill it, so there is no stranger in the third row and no second group setting the pace at a stop. Every BourbonTown Tours day runs this way.
Does the vehicle cost extra?
No. The vehicle is part of the tour rate rather than a line added to it: $275 to $425 per person depending on group size, plus 6% KY sales tax and a 3% booking fee, whichever vehicle you ride in. The rate covers everything except lunch and driver gratuity. A vehicle and driver without a guide or our planning is Transportation Only, charged by the hour with a four-hour minimum.
Can a small group book the van for Derby?
Yes. For Derby, a party of any size up to 14 can book the van at the van rate, so a group of four that wants the Sprinter for Oaks and Derby can have it without meeting a minimum headcount. Derby transportation is priced per vehicle rather than per guest, and each rate includes tax and gratuity, plus the 3% booking fee.
Tell us the headcount and we will name the vehicle
Send the date, the headcount and the list of distilleries you want, and the quote comes back with the vehicle written into it. A deposit reserves your date. Your quote includes the full details.
Your tour includes:
- Trip planned by a Bourbon Experience Coordinator; a professional guide drives the tour
- Distillery tickets booked for you
- Lunch reservation made (meal on your tab)