Activity Trips & Bus Charters
Field Trip Calendar
Click HERE to download the "Field Trip Deadline Calendar" (PDF)
Student Trip Guide
Please consult the current edition of this important document for trip procedures, required forms, and official guidance. If you have any questions, please contact the Director of Transportation.
Quick-Load View-Only Version: View Online
Version to Download or Print: Printable Copy
Click here to submit a field trip request.
Transportation Department will assign a bus and driver for your requested field trip. This link opens in Liquid Forms.
School-Based Bus Handbook
Please consult the current edition of this important document for policies and procedures that pertain to the custody and operation of school-based buses.
Click HERE to download the "School-Based Bus Handbook" (PDF).
Click here to submit a school-based bus request.
This PDF form is used to request permission to schedule a trip on your school-based bus, to be driven by an authorized member of your school's staff. The Transportation Department *will not* arrange for a bus or driver on your behalf. This is a fillable PDF form.
Approved Charter Bus Companies
Only vendors listed below are authorized for charter bus services for students, and only utilizing the vehicles specifically listed for each below. Drivers must have successfully completed District background checks prior to the trip. These authorizations expire at the end of the 2021-22 school year.
Important Note About Travel Agencies: The Escambia County School District no longer lists travel agencies through which schools might make their travel and activity arrangements. However, only charter bus companies listed as "APPROVED" on this page are authorized for charter whether they are procured through a travel agency or not.
Colonial Trailways (Mobile, AL)
Status: APPROVED
TEL (251) 476-8687 / (800)233-1981 / FAX (251) 476-7177 - charters@colonialtrailways.com or ra@colonialtrailways.com
Download Vendor Validation and Approved Vehicle List (16)
Covenant Elite (Loxley, AL)
Status: APPROVED
TEL (800) 279-9225 / (251) 423-3002 - covenantelitecharters@gmail.com
Download Vendor Validation and Approved Vehicle List (5)
Florida Trails Inc, dba Annett Bus Lines (Panama City, FL)
Status: APPROVED
TEL (800) 282-3655 - sales@annettbuslines.com
Download Vendor Validation and Approved Vehicle List (64)
Download Vendor Validation and Approved Vehicle List (64)
Good Time Tours (Pensacola, FL)
Status: APPROVED
TEL (850) 476-0046
Download Vendor Validation and Approved Vehicle List (9)
Gulf Coast Tours (Mobile, AL)
Status: APPROVED
TEL (251) 633-0560 / FAX (251) 633-4012
nick@gctbus.com
Download Vendor Validation and Approved Vehicle List (26)
Phoenix Bus Inc. (Orlando, FL)
Status: APPROVED
TEL (888) 755-5398
Download Vendor Validation and Approved Vehicle List (18)
Astro Travel & Tour (Tallahassee, FL)
Status: APPROVED
TEL (850) 514-1793
Download Vendor Validation and Approved Vehicle List (22)