Nights out: what groups actually ask for

A night-out group runs 15 people through the middle of our book; the middle half sits from 11 up to 20.

Headcount quartiles across night-out quote requests. The biggest single band is 15–20 passengers.

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Plan a night out and you are probably calling 25 days out — that is our median — while the middle half stretches from 11 to about 53 days.

Median and interquartile lead time on night-out requests. 29.4% of them reach us inside two weeks of the date.

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Weekend concentration on night-out trips is high: 82.5% Friday or Saturday, 58.7% Saturday.

Weekday split of the dates people give us for night-out trips.

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If you are planning a night out, know that 27% of them land in December or October, so those weekends go first.

Share of night-out event dates falling in the two busiest months for that occasion.

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On night-out quotes, four hours covers 78.4% of the book while 11.4% stretch to six hours or more.

How long night-out groups ask for, where the request states it.

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When a night out group picks, 72.1% end up on party buses and 16.4% on limo-style Sprinters.

Share of night-out quotes by vehicle category.

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History on night-out trips: a median quote of $1,580 and a middle half of $1,300 to $1,930, before your date, hours and route move it.

Quartiles of the total quoted on night-out trips, pooled across markets and durations. History only, and your date sets the real number.

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