Poll Results

Opinion polls versus what Houston groups actually request

A poll tells you what people say they prefer. It is good for a tie-breaker: should the playlist belong to the guest of honor, is four hours enough, which district gets the last stop. It cannot tell you what groups really do, because anyone can vote and nobody has to follow through.

For that we keep a separate record: aggregated figures from historical Houston transportation inquiries. They answer the practical questions — how big the typical group is, how many hours people ask for, which vehicle they mention first — and they come with cohort sizes so you can see how much weight each number deserves. The two are deliberately never blended on this site. The full set, with method notes, lives on our Houston inquiry data page.

Used together they are handy. If the poll says most voters would split a bus evenly per head, and the inquiry data says nearly half of groups are 11 to 20 riders, you already know roughly what the per-person conversation in your group chat is going to look like. From there, the cost planner and the group-size planner turn it into a plan.

Five results worth bringing to your group chat

Most polls on this site exist because a group once argued about the question. When a result has a healthy number of votes behind it, it can end that argument quickly. These are the ones planners find most useful, and where to go once the vote is settled.

• Party bus sizes and features. If your group votes for standing room over seats, you are choosing a party bus, not a limousine. The group-size planner turns that preference and your headcount into the sizes worth comparing.
• Pricing and splitting the cost. Polls on who pays and how to split are the fastest way to agree a rule before the quote arrives. Once it does, the split cost calculator applies whichever rule won, to the cent.
• Minimum hours and stops. How many stops a night can hold is a common vote. Before trusting the winner, run the actual route through the hours planner, because Houston drive times decide more than preference does.
• Prom and weddings. Results in these categories are mostly about timing and who rides together. Our prom guide and wedding transportation guide cover the rules that sit underneath those choices.
• Booking lead times. Voters tend to think they can book later than they can on busy Saturdays. The how early to book guide explains why the larger buses go first.

How we keep the tallies honest

Every vote passes through a single database function before it counts. It checks that the answer belongs to the question, refuses a second vote on the same poll from the same browser, and caps how many votes one browser can cast in an hour. There is no way to edit a tally from this site, and we never add votes ourselves.

We also do not hide inconvenient results. If a poll says most voters would rather take separate rideshares than a bus, that result stays up with its count. The point of the page is to show what riders think, not to argue for a booking. If you want the case for one option over another, the rideshare versus party bus comparison runs your own numbers and says plainly when rideshare is the cheaper choice.